Happy New Year everyone. WordPress has this lovely feature I want to share with you - and to set up the perfect opportunity to say "Thank you" to all of you. 2013 was a terrific year of chances to talk and share with you. I'd like to do more in 2014. Tell me what sort …
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Terror in a Wild Weird West – #3 is here!!!
The Wild American West was a dream and hope for many, but for some it was a place to die. Lucky Tom Turner has finally run out of the good fortune that kept him alive for so long. Rescue the brilliant scientist, elude the New Confederacy, and escape the Prussians determined to torture him for …
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Journey to the Center of the Jökull – (Giving volcanic ash the finger or Part 2)
They have T-shirts and magnets for sale at every shop in Iceland, but for once, the cheesy tourist junk was tempting because it was funny. “What part of Eyjafjallajökull do you not understand.” I HAD to get the magnet! The Icelandic Kroner is a wildly flocculating rascal in the international exchange world. Rather more colorful …
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The Happiest New Year! Look what’s coming!
To all my fellow bloggers, followers, readers, lurkers, casual drop ins, and merry makers: I wish you all a lovely and safe New Year. 2012 was extremely difficult for me on a variety of levels, but one place I found a great deal of joy was in writing. Well, no duh, you say? But of …
The Volcano Lady to Launch – November!!! Steampunk Romance and Adventure!
That's right, Vol. One: A Fearful Storm Gathering will be released ~November 10th. Check here or on Facebook (The Volcano Lady by T.E. MacArthur) for details. From TreasureLine Books, http://www.treasurelinebooks.com.
Okay, okay, I’m back …
Am I the only one who finds Facebook addictive? Well, I confess, I've been blogging over on a fan page for my upcoming book: the Volcano Lady (a working title I assure you.) But, one must reach out - go beyond a simple, mortal, social network and embrace the vastness of the whole internet. Translation: …
The Best Historical Novel – How to Write History into Your Fiction – Part 1 – the All Essential Setting
On Wednesday, Nov 18th, I popped up a post on things you can do to help decide what time period and what place to set your historical novel. So now you know where and when. The question becomes, how do you convince the reader (in this case a picky history-lovin’ geek - me) that they …
Writing Your Historical Novel – A Historian’s Viewpoint – Don’t Wait for the Writer’s Bug to Find You – Start Now.
As a historian, there are just aspects of context that drive me nuts in what is being sold as historical fiction these days. This is not a negative commentary on the quality of characterization or plot development – quite the contrary, one can write a brilliant mystery or family narrative without the advantages of accurate …
You call that history??? A little introduction to writing Historical Fiction
As an author and reader, I attack libraries and book stores as a history-seeking missile. I anticipate the thrill of finding a historical novel, especially a mystery. Carefully, so as not to damage the spine of a hard back or the cover of its paper cousin, I open to a random page and begin reading. …
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Horoscopes, Victims, and Enlightenment
"There's nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly," said philosopher Buckminster Fuller. I encourage you to make that your personal motto in the coming weeks, Scorpio. From what I can tell, you are capable of generating a transformation that will look impossible to casual observers. You have the power …
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