The Anglo-Saxon Period stretched from 480 c.e. to 1066 c.e., and ended with the Norman take-over. Even with Danish kings, the landholding...

Period Language in Historical Fiction – Revisited I wrote a blog on using period language a few years ago and it is time I revisited the...

A Rose by Any Other Name… I chose the Canadian classic Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery for a visual because Ann hated her...

This blog is about creating great titles for stories and novels. I used to give my Grade Four students “The Best Summer Vacation...

For the magic to happen–and it is magical to gather and lead willing minds on a literary journey–one needs the right books. I discovered...

I have taken up my friend and colleague, Michael Hiebert, on his invitation to do a blog swap. My blog, Titles and Titillation, will...

So I managed to get up by alarm this morning at eight, then wasted a whack of time reading the newspaper, fed the horses, and got to my...

I now have my second medieval novel underway, but I’m still not sure if I have perfected medieval-speak.  I do however, have my own...

This is a tricky topic. I check out an historical fiction writers’ forum occasionally and I mostly find very knowledgeable people helping...

The fact that tweaked my interest that day was that King Canute of England in the year 1027 traveled to Rome for the coronation of the...

What has worked for me so far is to relate events that I experienced–a strange meeting on a plane, the finding of a 1940’s love letter in...

No, my wife hasn’t left me, and empty-nest syndrome hasn’t kicked in, though my three sons have gone. The loved ones who are now far away...