Love is worth the risk
Highlighting Historical Romance with Nicole Zoltack and some Viking Lore. Writing a Yule love story featuring Vikings set during wintertime was a lot of fun but required a lot of research. Did you know that mistletoe played a role in Scandinavian mythology? An arrow poisoned with mistletoe claimed the life of Balder. His mother Frigga […]
“We’re off like a herd of turtles…” This is going to be one of those weeks. It began with some prep and a medical procedure so I’m moving rather slowly, but I plan to get to The Price of Glory later today. Also this week? Its my week up on History Imagined…I need a topic! […]
Highlighting Historical Romance with Valentines From Bath You might think a novella, shorter and often simpler than a full novel, would not require much research. You might be wrong. Writers of historical romance always begin with questions. Questions breed research. Sometimes they lead us down the infamous rabbit hole. One thing to keep in mind: […]
Highlighting Historical Romance with Kathy Otten. While the characters and their story are fictitious, this story is based on a true event, a disaster that took place in 1919. January 15, 1919 was an unseasonably warm day. For residents of Boston’s North End things were finally looking up. On November 11, 1918, the Armistice had […]
Beloved fed me oatmeal on this frigid morning, rich with raisins and cinnamon and topped with maple syrup. Love takes many forms—oatmeal is one—but the love itself is the fundamental nourishment we all crave. Nothing warms us more thoroughly. We ran outside several times last night, me bundled up and Beloved in his fuzzy robe […]