Author’s Blog

Big Doings

  If you haven’t taken a look at my Bookshelf lately, please do. Big changes. Last week I was able to reveal the cover for the Price of Glory, and the link to its own page. I now have a release date for that book. I’m finished editing. It is in process with the publisher […]

Traveling the Great North Road

I travel. Sometimes I travel by boat, plane, or automobile. Sometimes I travel by book. This past week I traveled with the hero and heroine of my work in process as they came south on the Great North Road in 1839 until they reached the place where it meets the road to Cambridge at Alconbury. […]

Female Pugilism in the Regency Era

Highlighting the facts behind historical fiction with Edie Cay. Boxing was the sport of the Regency era. Pugilism was considered the noblest and manliest pursuit, and thus, the most English of pastimes. Male prizefighters were celebrities, gaining fame and fortune, but women also fought for sport. I based the character of Bess Abbott, the heroine […]

A Cover Reveal

Richard Mallet—known to his family as Aeneas—had never seen a creature like the one he encountered in a narrow lane in the souks of Cairo, a tiny woman in Turkish dress challenging a man three times her size. And so it begins… The Price of Glory—Coming in July Here’s a taste of it—and check out […]

A Remarkable Substance

Did you know… …that honey never spoils? It may crystalize, but it can easily be liquefied. It is a remarkable substance. In addition to use as a sweetener, honey has a long history of medicinal uses, particularly in wound care and in the treatment of burns. I used those properties in a key scene in […]