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Fictions and Factions

Historical fiction is a touchy subject for reasons that I, as someone with Asperger’s syndrome, have a hard time fathoming. There is fiction, and there is fact, and if the twain don’t meet 100% then it is historical fiction. In fact, historical fiction that is 100% accurate in historical details (how I do love Susan… Read more Fictions and Factions

Book Release!

Yesterday my first offering to the Made Global’s “History in a Nutshell” series hit the shelves and I am happy down to my toes. It’s entitled Henry VIII’s Health in a Nutshell and it’s available in paperback and ebook format. It also has a highly complimentary blurb. I really like highly complimentary blurbs. I’m needy… Read more Book Release!

The One Star Angst

I don’t consider myself to be unreasonable, but shouldn’t you READ a book before you review it … especially if you are going to give it a snark-filled, snide, condescending one-star review? This is on my mind, since I recently received a vicious one star review of The Jezebel Effect based on the pseudo-reader’s ire… Read more The One Star Angst

Mumpsimus

A mumpsimus is  person who clings to something even after it has been shown to be wrong, or the action of clinging to incorrect belief. For example, when someone insists on saying irregardless regardless of the fact it is NOT a word, then that person is a mumpsimus and his act of using the word… Read more Mumpsimus

The Regency Era

I am working on my next book, which is requiring me to take a deeper look into Regency Era Britain. As a long-standing Austenite and reader of modern day Regency romances (many of which are VERY well researched in terms of mores, manners, and dress) I have had the tendency to look at 1811-1820 Britain… Read more The Regency Era

Welcoming Beth von Staats, author of Thomas Cranmer in a Nutshell!

MadeGlobal’s History in a Nutshell Series aims to give readers a good grounding in a historical topic in a concise, easily digestible and accessible way. In Thomas Cranmer in a Nutshell, Beth von Staats discusses the fascinating life of Thomas Cranmer, from his early education, through his appointment to Archbishop of Canterbury, his growth in… Read more Welcoming Beth von Staats, author of Thomas Cranmer in a Nutshell!

Call for Papers on Tudor Women

Amy Licence and I are now inviting proposals for papers to be included in a multidisciplinary edited volume entitled Envisioning the Tudor Woman: Historical and Modern Representations of Women from the Tudor Era. The deadline for submitting a proposal is December 1, 2015. Papers must be between 8000 – 10,000 words in length and focus… Read more Call for Papers on Tudor Women

Good News / Bad News

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times … Happily, I am able to share that The Jezebel Effect went to #1 in the category of Women in Politics on Amazon: That’s great, right? Yes! But then I saw my first review and sadness came for me. Someone has given me… Read more Good News / Bad News