A vote of gratitude to a community of historical novelists
The A Tale of Ancient Rome Saga – a labour of love Call to Juno has finally been released! The launch of the third book in the A Tale of Ancient Rome Saga marks a labour of love that started over fifteen years ago when I conceived the idea of a love story between the […]
Guest Post on Tony Riches’ The Writing Desk
In the lead up to the release of Call to Juno on 19 April, Tony Riches has been kind enough to feature a guest post from me on The Writing Desk about the A Tale of Ancient Rome saga. Many thanks, Tony! Read the interview here.
Giveaway & Guest Post at the HF Book Muse
This weekend Lucy Bertoldi from HF Book Muse is hosting a giveaway of The Golden Dice. Here’s my guest post on Figure it out – Red and Black in Ancient Pottery. Visit the site and enter the draw! Read more
Giveaway and Guest Post on Reading the Past litblog
Sarah Johnson from Reading the Past is hosting a giveaway of The Golden Dice which is featured on her litblog together with my guest post ‘Goddesses, Priestesses and Princesses – feminine power within Etruscan society’ . Sign up and have a chance to win! Read more
Featured Book and Guest Post on HFeBooks – The Golden Dice
HFeBooks has featured The Golden Dice as a new release as well as hosted my guest post on ‘Who were the mysterious Etruscans?’ Read more Take a look at all the great historical fiction available on the HFeBooks site while you’re there!
Guest post on Kate Forsyth’s blog
Kate Forsyth has kindly featured my guest post – ‘A journey to find the ‘beaten path’: Writing The Golden Dice on her blog. Read more
Guest Post – Her Ladyship’s Quest: Pomegranates and Silphium – Fertility Control in the Ancient World
Tracy Falbe, author of The Rhys Chronicles series has featured my guest post on Her Ladyship’s Quest. Read more
Snail Mail, Rome and Ursula Le Guin
Old fashioned courtesy can go a long way. And so, too, can snail mail. When I requested Ursula Le Guin to endorse my novel I used both. Last year my first novel, The Wedding Shroud, was published in Australia (and has now been released as an e-book world wide). The book is set in C5th […]
Thunderbolts – Beautiful and Dangerous
‘There was drama to his ministry. When he marked the sacred boundaries with his lituus, carried the patera of water around the altar, she could almost see the lines that divided holy from profane appear.’ The Wedding Shroud To me a violent storm instils fascination and fear. Science tells me what causes it but tell […]