Rachelle Gardner of the Wordserve Literary Group has an interesting post relating to self-publishing versus traditional publishing. Her answer to the question above is basically “no,” self-publishing will not necessarily hurt your chances of getting published traditionally. I have to agree with her. Self-publishing used to have a negative stigma to it, but over the past couple of […]
Filed under: Publishing on June 28th, 2011 | 3 Comments »
The site, Renaissance Spell, was brought to my attention by someone who emailed me. It’s a new informational site about the history of the times and culture of the Renaissance society. The site covers Renaissance society, culture, art, architecture, rulers, food, fashion, life, etc. Just thought I would pass this resource along to all who might […]
Filed under: Middle Ages History, Medieval History on June 24th, 2011 | No Comments »
Vote at NPR:
In summer, people like to get away. Some visit the beach, others the mountains. But many of us like to go a little further: to Arrakis perhaps, or Earthsea — or maybe a new dimension entirely. Which is to say, we escape into a fat science fiction or fantasy novel.
And so, to help […]
Filed under: Fantasy on June 23rd, 2011 | No Comments »
It’s been a while since I’ve provided an update on my novel. Unfortunately, I’ve had lots of other things going on, so I’m not as far along as I’d like to be. I’m still on track to start sending out queries before the end of the year, I just have to research the query writing […]
Filed under: Novel on June 22nd, 2011 | No Comments »
From the Kingston Herald (with video):
Queen’s University students writing exams last month got an unexpected surprise when they were suddenly joined by a knight in shining armor.
The fellow student, who goes by the profile name “Mastadufus” on Youtube, had decided to write his final exam for medieval history garbed appropriately in a set of armour he’d cobbled […]
Filed under: Medieval News, Middle Ages History, Medieval History on June 21st, 2011 | No Comments »
The Burning Land is the fifth installment in Cornwell’s Saxon Stories. Set in late 9th century Britain, King Alfred the Great is close to death, and Uhtred breaks his oath to Alfred to ride north to Northumbria in order to reclaim his ancestral home of Bebbanburg from his uncle. To reclaim his land, he needs money […]
Filed under: Vikings, Middle Ages History, Medieval History, Historical Fiction, Book Reviews on June 17th, 2011 | No Comments »
Oriel:
1) Projecting room on an upper floor (in the medieval sense; later an upper-floor bay window).
(Gies, Joseph and Francis. Life in a Medieval Castle, 226)
2) Originally a projection or built-out gallery, often a porch outside an upper entrance reached by an external staircase, later a projection usually containing a window. Now chiefly used for a […]
Filed under: Middle Ages History, Medieval Glossary, Medieval History on June 10th, 2011 | 2 Comments »
The release date for A Dance with Dragons is only a month away. I speculate how well it will be received since it has been five or so years since the last book. I feel like this series has lost a lot of momentum among readers, though the HBO series has probably revitalized some interest.
Hardcover: 1040 pages
Publisher: […]
Filed under: George R.R. Martin, Fantasy on June 9th, 2011 | 3 Comments »
From the BBC series “Medieval Lives:”
Filed under: Videos, Middle Ages History, Medieval History on June 1st, 2011 | No Comments »
