Land Tenure in the Anglo-Saxon Period
The Anglo-Saxon Period stretched from 480 c.e. to 1066 c.e., and ended with the Norman take-over. Even with Danish kings, the landholding...
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Oct 31, 20194 min read
Period Language in Historical Fiction – Revisited
Period Language in Historical Fiction – Revisited I wrote a blog on using period language a few years ago and it is time I revisited the...
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Nov 19, 20174 min read
A Rose by Any Other Name…
A Rose by Any Other Name… I chose the Canadian classic Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery for a visual because Ann hated her...
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Nov 29, 20163 min read
Titles and Titillation
This blog is about creating great titles for stories and novels. I used to give my Grade Four students “The Best Summer Vacation...
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Apr 4, 20164 min read
I’ve Got Rhythm–Who Could Ask for Anything More?
For the magic to happen–and it is magical to gather and lead willing minds on a literary journey–one needs the right books. I discovered...
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Jul 10, 20154 min read
Hosting Michael Hiebert
I have taken up my friend and colleague, Michael Hiebert, on his invitation to do a blog swap. My blog, Titles and Titillation, will...
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Mar 8, 20152 min read
The Distracted Writer and His Demons
So I managed to get up by alarm this morning at eight, then wasted a whack of time reading the newspaper, fed the horses, and got to my...
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Nov 12, 20144 min read
Period Language in Historical Novels?
I now have my second medieval novel underway, but I’m still not sure if I have perfected medieval-speak.  I do however, have my own...
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Oct 12, 20143 min read
Researching Historical Fiction
This is a tricky topic. I check out an historical fiction writers’ forum occasionally and I mostly find very knowledgeable people helping...
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Oct 3, 20142 min read
Writing Historical Fiction
The fact that tweaked my interest that day was that King Canute of England in the year 1027 traveled to Rome for the coronation of the...
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Sep 27, 20143 min read
Grabbing Ideas Out of the Air
What has worked for me so far is to relate events that I experienced–a strange meeting on a plane, the finding of a 1940’s love letter in...
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Sep 24, 20143 min read
Separation Anxiety
No, my wife hasn’t left me, and empty-nest syndrome hasn’t kicked in, though my three sons have gone. The loved ones who are now far away...
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