It is Tolkien week, this week. September 22nd is Frodo and Bilbo Baggins’ shared birthdays. I’ve always been personally pleased that the 22nd is marked in this way, because Mark and I both have our birthdays on the twenty-second, too. February 22nd, but the date does tend to jump out at me. I don’t usually […]
Spooks and the intelligence community they work within is one of the hardest subjects to research. Because of the secretive nature of their work, which lingers long after they’ve retired, and for the sake of the security of their country, most spooks not only don’t talk about their work, but often even their families don’t
You may not be aware that, in another life, I run a productivity blog for writers, the Productive Indie Fiction Writer. I have been interested in productivity for a long time, and the blog is a natural outlet for that interest. When I was researching a blog post for the site the other day, I
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Today is International Chocolate Day. You should absolute celebrate that! Preferably with a good book, and a really good cup of tea or coffee (chocolate goes brilliantly with both). Did you know that chocolate –especially dark chocolate with high cacoa content and little or no diary–has health benefits? It’s good for your heart, among other
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I don’t think we’ll ever forget. Not this generation…
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This is another long post that ran in conjunction with the release of Bannockburn Binding (the individual book, not the series boxed set that was released a few weeks ago!). The blog where it appeared has long gone. (Yet I’m still here. There’s a sobering thought.) I’m preserving the post here, instead. — t. I’ve been
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I love paisley patterns. Paisley fabric is out of fashion these days, but in Victorian times it was hugely popular. The teardrop shape with the curl at the top originated in Persia. However, textile manufacturers in the Victorian era adopted the pattern. The most popular garments using the paisley patten were shawls, called Kashmir shawls,
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I am participating in a small and select BookFunnel giveaway for the next few day. If you’re looking for a new historical romance also to add to your collection, head over to the promotion site, here, and pick up a sample free. Promotion ends on September 8. Enjoy! Cheers, . Get the news that no
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There have been some fantastic reviews for this second book, Dragon Kin. Also, I can see that many people are heading back to book one, Born Of No Man, and picking that up, too. Dragon Kin came out just over a week ago. If you like King Arthur, and you like historical romance, and you
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The Romans fought a lot of wars, including a particularly grisly series of wars called the Punic Wars, against Carthage, in North Africa. One of the more famous series of engagements was against the Germanic tribes, who took nearly a decade to be ground down into the dirt. (If you have watched the movie
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