2014 index and PDF of blog posts
Another year, another round of blog posts. There are book reviews (look for "Talking about the book"), research posts, interviews, Men of the Cross updates, and work-in-process news on book 2 of the Battle Scars series, For King and Country.
Note: a few posts have separate entries (and are linked below). Many are my research posts. They always appeared on 'most popular' posts, so I recreated them.
2014 PDF (open to read them all!)
- 2014-01-01 — A Certain Point of View
- 2014-01-05 — Happy New Year!
- 2014-01-08 — crossing the Plains...
- 2014-01-15 — west from Dover... January 1193
- 2014-01-22 — revisions, round 4...
- 2014-01-31 — twitter fun...
- 2014-02-05 — it's done! (where have you heard that before?)
- 2014-02-12 — Battle Scars update
- 2014-02-19 — weather: past, present, and future
- 2014-02-26 — mini update on life, the novel, and... oh wait... I said "mini"
- 2014-03-05 — picture moments - vacation in Hawaii
- 2014-03-12 — Did I mention Robin Hood?
- 2014-03-19 — a bit more of the Robin Hood legend...
- 2014-03-22 — Sign up now for a chance to win a copy of Battle Scars I
- 2014-03-24 — Battle Scars I… book cover reveal coming on Wednesday
- 2014-03-26 — book cover reveal - Battle Scars I: Men of the Cross
- 2014-04-02 — and the countdown to publication of Battle Scars I begins...
- 2014-04-09 — of kings, of knights . . . of war . . .
- 2014-04-16 — seasons change. . . and so do characters. . .
- 2014-04-23 — a final quote, a Goodreads giveaway, and my author's note
- 2014-04-30 — final countdown… are we there yet?
- 2014-05-07 — 3, 2, 1…lift-off!
- 2014-05-14 — writing process blog hop...
- 2014-05-21 — on writing
- 2014-06-01 — in search of the facts (for my fiction)
- 2014-06-06 — june 6, 1944...
- 2014-06-08 — #luckyseven - book excerpt - Men of the Cross
- 2014-06-15 — Third Crusade History - Highlights of Junes 1190-1194
- 2014-06-22 — Baronial estates in 12th century England: pulling together some backstory for my novel
- 2014-06-29 — Thank you, Sharon Kay Penman
- 2014-07-04 — Happy 4th of July!
- 2014-07-06 — The “Three” Questionnaire for Writers
- 2014-07-10 — Moments in Third Crusade history: 10 july 1190 - the bridge collapse on the River Rhône
- 2014-07-20 — random moments in a life...
- 2014-07-26 — a great review of Men of the Cross
- 2014-07-30 — talking about the book: Shadow on the Crown
- 2014-08-07 — oh to be 18 again… not
- 2014-08-13 — Rebecca's advice to writers - giving it to us straight
- 2014-08-19 — Moments in Third Crusade history - 20 august 1191 - the massacre at Acre
- 2014-08-24 — Visual inspiration and the writer
- 2014-08-31 — Feeling war through a character's eyes
- 2014-09-07 — Moments in Third Crusade history - 7 september 1191 - the Battle of Arsuf
- 2014-09-11 — Fifty shades of…12th century England
- 2014-09-17 — Faced with a scene that just isn't working? What's a writer to do?
- 2014-09-24 — Reading non-fiction for my fiction...
- 2014-09-29 — Things I collect...
- 2014-10-04 — Third Crusade history - 4 October 1190 - the capture of Messina
- 2014-10-07 — Is the world ready for another Robin Hood tale?
- 2014-10-10 — Interview with Author Steven A. McKay
- 2014-10-13 — Writing update… For King and Country, book 2 of Battle Scars
- 2014-10-15 — Interview with Author Helena P. Schrader
- 2014-10-22 — talking about the book: Devil's Brood
- 2014-10-29 — When life gets busy...
- 2014-11-02 — Men of the Cross - a B.R.A.G. Medallion honoree!
- 2014-11-13 — Interview with author E.M. Powell
- 2014-11-17 — Medieval man, sex, and mortal sin in Men of the Cross
- 2014-11-21 — An Interview of Me on Helena P. Schrader's Blog
- 2014-11-27 — Giving thanks every day for the good people in my life
- 2014-12-09 — Teaser: Men of the Cross
- 2014-12-11 — Talking All Things Medieval on E.M. Powell's Blog
- 2014-12-17 — 12%, holiday book sales, and Hale
- 2014-12-20 — Pirates, shipwreck, and the capture of a king . . . December 1192
- 2014-12-24 — "The stockings were hung by the chimney with care…"
- 2014-12-29 — Talking about the book: The Fifth Knight by E.M. Powell
