In 2015, I wrote a brief post based on a business book titled Trust Agents by Chris Brogan and Julien Smith. Surely trust is a critical component for authors as
Ciera Horton McElroy’s novel, Atomic Family, released in late February. Foreword Reviews calls it “a sharp portrait of a family unraveling under the pressure of the paranoia of the Cold
Some time ago, acclaimed science writer Annie Murphy Paul wrote Your Brain on Fiction, an article in the New York Times. In that article, she revealed some intriguing insights into
Some of you will know that my mother passed away on Feb 24th at the age of 96. I was fortunate to be with her in the weeks leading up
Eva Stachniak, author of The School of Mirrors and several other historical novels, shares the inspiration behind her latest novel which is set in 18th century France. In Eva’s words,
I’m astonished to report 51 books read in 2022 – and I’m sure there are more as I’m only counting what’s on my Kindle! The selection includes may different historical
I had the good fortune to meet Patricia O’Reilly, author of ORPEN AT WAR, in London during the 2014 HNS conference. That was my first Historical Novel Society conference –
Some of you will know that I do a summary each year of the books I’ve read. It’s a quick look at with brief comments and a rating scheme to
A few months ago, I submitted The Admiral’s Wife for an indieBRAG medallion and was delighted to receive their endorsement. If you are serious about your self-published novel, you should
Author Gina Buonaguro and I had a great time talking about Women in History at The History Quill conference in February 2022 (see here and here for details). Gina’s work
The historical fiction author behind A Writer of History...
