Thanks to the Internet, more primary sources are available to us historical novelists than ever before. As the availability of such sources grows, however, so does another danger: that the sources will be interpreted out of context. Karen Clark over at A Neville Feast has blogged about an excellent example of this: a letter by …
In 1445, Margaret of Anjou was present at Nancy at the wedding of her sister, Yolande, to Ferry de Vaudemont. It was a grand occasion, marked by days of jousting, and King Charles VII himself showed up. But what image was on his shield, pray tell? None other than Melusine, the fairy that with a …
A Melusine Sighting, A Brand-New Theory, and a Father’s Love Read More »
At the suggestion of Deborah Homsher, autor of The Rising Shore–Roanoke, a few of us historical novelists who are self-published have banded together to bring you a new blog, Yesterday Revisited. Check it out! Deborah’s already been posting, and the other members will soon be following suit. Speaking of yesterday, Wednesday for me was sort …
A New Blog Announcement, and Some Therapeutic Ranting Read More »
I want to start off this post to say that I can feel for editors, agents, and publishers. Some of my day jobs have involved editing, and back in the days when an IBM Selectric typewriter (here’s a link for you young folk who read this blog) was state-of-the-art technology, I was the editor of …
Dear Author: Not Only Did Your Query Suck, We’re Going to Tell Everyone About It Read More »
I’m not sure I can remember a sillier election season than this one. (Or maybe I’m just repressing bad memories.) Hot on the heels of Fred Head, blasting his opponent as a pornographer for having written a romance novel years before, now comes George Allen, Republican Senator from Virginia, attacking his Democratic opponent, James Webb. …
I really was going to do some work on my novel in progress last night. Honestly. Then I saw this article in The New York Times, and my rant switch came on. (If you can’t get to it–the article, that is, not my rant switch–try using Bugmenot.com.) The gist of it is that thanks to …