It is an old adage, and a true one, that winners write the histories. Sometimes the histories that survive are the tales told by an enemy. This is often true for Eleanor…so many enemies wrote her history. I am glad we are taking it back. Apache is a Navaho word for enemy. Enemy is the …
How excited am I to be flying to San Diego tomorrow for the Historical Novel Society’s conference? I’m a writer and a wordsmith, but I have no words to describe it. The Zoo and the Pacific and Balboa Park and the ships of the Maritime Museum…I could go on, but I won’t. Instead, I will …
Eleanor of Aquitaine, the lady I most admire in all the world, was always making herself over. She would change her life, in the face of great odds, whenever she felt change was needed. And she did not just change her hair or the color of her gowns, she changed husbands, kingdoms, her entire world. …
I am reading a lovely book by Kelly O’Connor McNees, THE LOST SUMMER OF LOUISA MAY ALCOTT, about Louisa’s choice between marriage and art. As we readers of LITTLE WOMEN know, she did not marry, but pursued her work instead. I would love to hear what the rest of you think of this question. How …
Though I am completely obsessed with Eleanor of Aquitaine and the early Plantagenets, there are other genres I love to write as well. I have written historical romances, a fantasy novella, and chick lit. The summer I wrote the first draft of THE QUEEN’S PAWN, after putting down all of the machinations of Eleanor and …
This Saturday, I had the good fortune to once again walk the labyrinth at the Church of the Servant in Wilmington, NC. I had not taken this walk since the new year. Winter and spring slipped away from me without another visit to that sacred space. But this Saturday, I managed to go. Usually when …