Mar 8, 20152 min readThe Distracted Writer and His DemonsSo 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...
Nov 12, 20144 min readPeriod 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...
Oct 3, 20142 min readWriting Historical FictionThe 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...
Sep 27, 20143 min readGrabbing Ideas Out of the AirWhat 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...