Shameless Self Promotion- PLEASE READ BEFORE POSTING

[Victoria_Grossack]

There are two things I want to announce. First is the Tapestry of Bronze's semiannual Odes to Olympians poetry contest. This one is dedicated to Artemis (Diana). If you're feeling creative go to www.tapestryofbronze.com/OdeForm.html

And if you'd like to know what it's lie to judge such a contest, check out my current blog:
http://www.goodreads.com/author_blog_...

[Karleene]

OK Allison, I checked you out and must say, you have a definite talent for reviewing, not to mention a good grip on setting up a blog. I've started one, too, but nothing as fancy as yours. I also fell in love with Michael Connelly's books and read The Lincoln Lawyer when it first came out. I was so pleased when they made it into a movie and of course who can resist the delicious Matt Mc ?? My historical fiction is released on the usual online retailers and have to admit I was disappointed to see that it doesn't fit into your criteria for reviewing. But I'll drop in on your blog from time to time because I like your style and appreciate your analysis. Good job, Allison.

[Priya]

My book Middle Time is a historical mystery published by Niyogi Books. It alternates between modern Chennai, India and 1536 Hampi, India.
You can read more about it and catch me on :
australianbookshelf.wordpress.com/......
and
morgenbailey.wordpress.com/.../author...
and
klearsreviews.blogspot.com/.../interv... interview

[Debra]

Joyce DiPastena interviews me and I have a giveaway of my book, The Companion of Lady Holmeshire. Please visit if you enjoy sweet romance, mystery and humor in an Austen-like and Dickens-like story.

http://jdp-news.blogspot.com/2011/09/...

[Paul]

Hi all. I am a big fan of historicals and also a writer. I write it all. My last book is historical, White Seed: The Untold Story of the Lost Colony of Roanoke. I'm a big fan of Michener, Clavell and Follett, and I'm looking forward to finding some other fine writers here. Best! White Seed: The Untold Story of the Lost Colony of Roanoke

[Debra]

Nice to meet you Paul; I look forward to what you can tell us about Roanoke- it has always had a mysterious appeal. :)

[Warren]

Paul, I've read White Seed...being from N.C., I thoroughly enjoyed it. A very believable theory as to what happened to John White and the Lost Colony.

[Karleene]

Hi Paul and welcome - I'm fairly new to this group, too. Find it very interesting. I'm putting your White Seed on my TBR list, which like yours is long. Half my genealogy research spread through VA and surrounding states, my brickwall English ancestor having been a planter for the crown, late 1600s/early 1700s. The other side of my genealogy search was in Russia and Germany, a fascinating story that ended up being the basis of my 18th-century-Russia historical novel, Destinies. It is available as an ebook at major online bookstores, but maybe print book will be next. Best of luck with your writing future.

[Paul]

Warren and Karleene, thanks and nice to meet you both. This seems like a friendly group :)

[Victoria_Grossack]

I don't know where to put this so I'll put it here. I came back from a trip to Poland and discovered that my novel, Jocasta: The Mother-Wife of Oedipus is in the short list for the next group read. Wouldn't it be nice to read about ancient Greece? Don't you want to know what Jocasta knew, if anything?

But seriously, if you're not sure which to vote for, I invite you to read the prologue at my website at
www.tapestryofbronze.com/Jocasta.html

You have to scroll down a little to get to the excerpt, but not much. And then you can decide whether you want to read further or not.

(Note that even if the book doesn't win you can still read it...)

[J.S.]

Great website and look forward to Jocasta: The Mother-Wife of Oedipus

[Jeffrey]

This is possibly the most hilarious chain I have read in days...shows how dull my life is! Spam hell indeed.

Great idea though for those of us who want to find the books that just ARE NOT on the shelves and Amazon and B and N are not helpful in eBook reccs.

[Shirley]

I've found I suck at blogging. It's not that I don't do it well-enogh. I just don't seem to do it often enough. I have good intensions but something always gets in the way. Has anyone else had this kind of problem? You can check out my site at shirley-mclain.com.

[Victoria_Grossack]

My new blog post is a rant about the grammatical boo-boos that irk me most. Come around and vent at
http://www.goodreads.com/author_blog_...

[David]

Hi all, I've just joined in here, thought I would get the shameless self-promotion out of the way first :)

So my novel, "Folville's Law", is due to be released by Musa Publishing on 11th November. Please see my (our) site and my blog below for details.

http://www.boltonandpilling.moonfruit...

http://pillingswritingcorner.blogspot...

Looking forward to chatting to folks on here!

David

Oh and come find me on Twitter @RobeH2

[Jeffrey]

Victoria, I am with you...and it isn't just the Indies, I just finished a book by Aly Monroe called the Maze of Cadiz and if I find yet another 'beefy Guardia' I will scream.

There are many ways to edit - we all use the old comma after and in different ways but endless short sentences and typos...no excuse.

[Darrell]

Great review of The Grand Mirage at Washington Independent Review of Books. http://bit.ly/uF26Hb

[[deleted user]]

My latest guest post on Henri de Rohan, one of the most powerful Huguenot leaders in history and featured character in my new historical fiction THE HUGUENOT SWORD.
http://englishepochs.blogspot.com/201...

[[deleted user]]

THE HUGUENOT SWORD - is now available in paperback and e-book at Amazon and Barnes & Noble.

Think only Dumas has Musketeers? Think again.



In the time of Louis XIII and Cardinal Richelieu, when being a Protestant could mean death, The Huguenot Sword roamed the streets of Paris by night, defending those faithful to the young heretical religion. The nobility scorned them as ruffians, to the oppressed Protestants they were saviors, but to the Cardinal's Guards they were a pestilence needing to be terminated.

The situation becomes desperate when those in power launch a bold plan to destroy the group. One wrong move can be fatal. But the ordeal of Paris pales in comparison to the possible annihilation of their faith and people at the battle of La Rochelle.

http://www.amazon.com/Huguenot-Sword-...

[Debra]

Shawn wrote: "My latest guest post on Henri de Rohan, one of the most powerful Huguenot leaders in history and featured character in my new historical fiction THE HUGUENOT SWORD.
http://englishepochs.blogspot.co..."

There is now a giveaway of The Huguenot Sword on this blog also.

[[deleted user]]

Thanks, Debra.

[I.j.parker]

Hi, all. I'm back with an announcement for anyone who has a Kindle and is interested in Japanese historical mysteries. I have just uploaded two short stories to Kindle: "The Curio Dealer's Wife" and "Akitada's First Case". Both have appeared in Hitchcock Magazine, and "Akitada's First Case" won the Shamus Award in 2000. Both stories also have a bonus with them. The award story contains the first chapter of Akitada's next case. The "Curio Dealer's Wife" has an additional thrilling swordfight from my historical novel HOLLOW REED. Enjoy!

[J.A.]

Just want to say, I really enjoy your work. I love Heian stuff. :)

[Victoria_Grossack]

New blog post up "Grammatical Groping" on what I think are grammatical gray areas.
http://www.goodreads.com/author_blog_...
How do you think language is changing? Come over and share!

[I.j.parker]

Oh, thank you, J.a. That's wonderful. :)

[J.A.]

You're welcome.

[Libbie Hawker]

Hi, guys! I've really been enjoying the discussions here at H.F.

I recently decided to self-publish my historical novel, set in ancient Egypt (the 18th Dynasty, to be exact, if that means anything to you.) I am offering free ebook copies through the end of November...you can find out how to get one right here.

A few reviews have been posted, and there is a link in the blog section of my author page to a review on HistoricalNovels.info. Please check out the reviews and, if it looks like your kind of book, enjoy a copy on the house! If you read it, I would appreciate your honest review here and wherever else you regularly review books.

Here's the cover copy:

"Queen Ahmose knows her duty: to give the Pharaoh a son. But she is young, and has just watched her closest friend die in childbirth. If the Pharaoh plants his seed in her she will die the same way, in a pool of blood, surrounded by wailing women. She has her husband’s love, but a king must have an heir…and even the Pharaoh’s patience will run out. Meanwhile, a lesser queen – Ahmose’s own sister – has given him three sweet, bright children, all of them boys. Ahmose knows her grasp on the Pharaoh’s heart is loosening.

Desperate, she begs the gods for courage to become a mother. They give her more than courage: she is granted a vision of a shining prince, her son – a gift for Egypt who will bring glory to the land. He will be more than the son of a king. He will be the son of the god Amun.

But when the child arrives, it’s a girl.

Ahmose knows the vision was not wrong. Her daughter Hatshepsut has a male soul, and Amun intends the girl to rule. But the Pharaoh will not scandalize Egypt by proclaiming a female successor. If she cannot convince the Pharaoh to accept Hatshepsut as his heir, everything Ahmose loves will be destroyed."

"With accessibly modern prose, vivid detail, and deadly sibling rivalry, The Sekhmet Bed is reminiscent of Michelle Moran's Nefertiti." ~Stephanie Dray, author of the critically acclaimed Lily of the Nile"


Thanks!

[Jackie]

All downloaded. :) Thanks for the offer Lavender.

[[deleted user]]

Can anyone guess who was to be a fencing stunt double for Bo Derek in a pirate movie? Hint - go here to find out. http://www.jodiebrownlee.blogspot.com/

[Faith]

Hypatia: Great Mathematician or Geometry Teacher?

Because Hyptia is major character in my novel, I set up a Google Alert on her name. Mostly I get hits on her namesake philosophy magazine (they’re looking for a new editor), the digital archival materials software (recently released version 0.8.0) and the woman who blogs about her cat (Hypatia doesn’t like the new kittens.) About once or twice a month there will be a post at some public Q&A site, “So I’m doing a paper on Hypatia. I heard she invented the hydroscope and helped her dad with his math book. What else did she do?”

Find out in my most recent blog post:

http://faithljustice.wordpress.com/20...

[Libbie Hawker]

Awesome! I absolutely love Hypatia. I'll check it out, and your novel as well!

[Faith]

Thanks, Lavender! Will reciprocate.

[Clodia]

Hi Everyone

My novel Gaius and Achilles is now available as an ebook here

http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/...

It is a gay romance, set during the late Roman Republic, the time of Caesar and Cicero and concerns the developing relationship between Gaius Manlius Torquatus, a decadent Roman poet and Achilles, a young noble from Cyprus who became a slave after being captured by pirates and separated from his lover Hippothous.
Gaius is a poet in the neoteric circle of Catullus, where Eros and personal passion is privileged over the traditional Roman virtues of military conquest and political glory.

[Gregory]

I fear I've only just had a chance to explore this group and I must say what a find I see quite a few familar names from the Tudor group and FB Author Central. Also some extremely interesting discussions. Now since I'm new I wont push my novels but I will mention that if anyone wants to read some Tudor articles or strange theories in archaeology then take a stroll to the following blogs.
http://prognosticationsandpouting.blo...

http://rednedtudormysteries.blogspot.com

Regards Greg

[J.A.]

I write weekly entries on Regency England and Heian Japan (794-1185).

The last few weeks I've been focusing on late Georgian/Regency poet and celebrity Lord Byron:

Part I: Scandalous Life: http://bit.ly/tZjxhr
Part II: His poetry: http://bit.ly/vaPYoN
Part III: His politics: http://bit.ly/uliZyv

In the last couple of weeks for my Heian stuff, I've been exploring Japanese religion during the Heian era:

The latest entry gives an overview of Tendai and Shingon Buddhism during the Heian era: http://bit.ly/t8F9Bq

[Clodia]

J.a. wrote: "I write weekly entries on Regency England and Heian Japan (794-1185).

The last few weeks I've been focusing on late Georgian/Regency poet and celebrity Lord Byron:

Part I: Scandalous Life: http:/..."

Regency England and Heian Japan sound an interesting combination. Both periods are fascinating - I'll have to check your blog out :)

[J.A.]

Thanks. I hope you enjoy it.

[Jackie]

Hi C.D. and welcome to the group. Please make sure you follow our Group Rules. We have an Introduction Thread and participation is required before you start promoting yourself. Thanks!

[Athanasios]

Howdy everybody. I've been reading historical and occult or horror fiction since I was much younger. I especially like Mary Renault, Stephen King & Clive Barker, a wide variety, I know. I'm Athanasios and indie author here to tell everyone about Mad Gods & it's sequel, Commitment. They're both partially set in the Languedoc region of Medieval France during the time of the Cathar Crusade. They also go through the Americas of the tumultuous 1960s & early 1970s.
Read more at my webpage: www.mad-gods.com and are available @:

Mad Gods:

The Antichrist lives. He is wanted dead or alive by Satanists, the Catholic Church and the Dark Nobility.

Kostadino must save him or let the world turn into hell on earth.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004QOA768
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...

Commitment:

Adam watched Mad Gods drag his father to Hell.

Melusine Rothschild, Grande Dame of the Black Nobility wants to raise him. She is part of the World Elite that live by Predatory Ethics and seek to guide him in wielding the power and influence of his dark birthright.

Adam, the teenage Antichrist/AntiXos, wants none of this. He watches his TV shows in one of Danvers Mental Hospital's nice padded rooms, snugly dressed in his own long sleeved, buckled, canvas jacket. He feels safe here away from a hostile, ravaging outside world.

He's horribly wrong.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006098CSC/
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...

[Jackie]

No problem C.D. and thanks for following the rules :)

[Victoria_Grossack]

We finally put our novels on the Nook! So if you prefer not to support the Amazon, but you still want to read great novels set in ancient Greece - and find out whether or not Jocasta knew if she was married to her son... More information at www.tapestryofbronze.com

[Faith]

Thanks for the info, Victoria. I've been waiting. BTW is a person who uses a Nook a "Nooker", "Nookie" or something else? ;-)

[Larry]

Hi everyone.

I’ve just completed a labor of love that’s taken me more than 10 years to finish due to lack of a sufficient market and health issues.

Times have changed and far more people are now interested in history-based time-travel stories.

My latest book, The Rebellion, slated to be the first in a time travel series: ESCape Into History is available as an EBook and other formats just in time for holiday gifting. The book is newly available on Nook and Kindle and should be out as a large format paperback within the next two weeks - just finalizing the layout.

The series revolves around two former military Special Operators travel back in time to prevent occurrences that could alter the timeline of history.

The Rebellion involves Frank Souza and Bob Ponte as they head off a Tory conspiracy to prevent completion of the Declaration of Independence. Will they succeed? Will history be altered?

You're also invited to visit my website: http://www.larrymonizbooks.com/

[I.j.parker]

I have made available my Akitada stories in a collection on Kindle and Nook, as well as elsewhere. All the stories have been previously published by ALFRED HITCHCOCK'S MYSTERY MAGAZINE, and the first won the Shamus Award in 2000.
If you like your mysteries in smaller helpings and exotic settings and culture, please try AKITADA AND THE WAY OF JUSTICE: TALES OF CRIME IN IMPERIAL JAPAN.
And if you've been reading the novels in the series, you'll find that the stories are arranged in relation to the novels. They fill in gaps in Akitada's career.

[Bill]

I.j.parker wrote: "I have made available my Akitada stories in a collection on Kindle and Nook, as well as elsewhere. All the stories have been previously published by ALFRED HITCHCOCK'S MYSTERY MAGAZINE, and the fi..."

You should put up an author page on GR so you works are easily accessible here.

[I.j.parker]

Thanks, Kernos. Will do when I figure out how. :)

[J.A.]

In my continuing series on Heian Japan, I discuss Amidism, a type of Buddhism that though it didn't become a formal sect until after the period had great appeal to the masses versus the more aristocratic Tendai and Shingon sects: http://bit.ly/uueYrl

[I.j.parker]

Yes, interesting, J.a. It was just beginning during the time I write in.

[J.A.]

I find it such a fascinating period in general. I remember when I read the Tale of Genji, there were characters discussing the Amida Buddha, but at the time I didn't pay all that much attention other than noting it. It wasn't until relatively recently that I realized why Amida Buddha was such a big deal in the context of Japanese culture.

[I.j.parker]

It got much bigger later on. Appeal for common people. And the simplicity of just having to repeat a short phrase, when the other forms of Buddhism were highly esoteric and beyond most people's grasp.