About C.M. Huddleston: Connie M. Huddleston loved history and dreamed of writing a book even as a child. However, she got sidetracked. She became an Army wife, a mother, an elementary school teacher, an archaeologist, and an historic preservation consultant, before publishing her first book! In 2017, she published her ninth and tenth volumes, all dealing with her first love, our nation’s past. While four are written for children under the name C.M. Huddleston, her other works are histories … [Read more...]
Coastal Cottage Calamity by Abby L. Vandiver
Everyone wants Oliver dead . . . Playboy Oliver Gibbons turns up dead, face down, in the Savannah River. And there are plenty of people around town who wanted him that way. But when the five-foot nothing, ninety-something Voodoo herbalist of Yasamee, Georgia discovers that her daughter is a lead suspect, she'll stop at nothing to either clear her name or get her out of town - fast. Miss Vivee and Logan - the funniest pair of amateur sleuths you'll ever meet. Targeted … [Read more...]
Interview with Author – Alasdair Shaw
About Alasdair Shaw: I studied at the University of Cambridge, leaving with a BA in Natural Sciences and an MSci in Experimental and Theoretical Physics. My masters options included gravitational astrophysics, planetary geophysics, remote sensing and high resolution electron microscopy. I went on to earn a PGCE specialising in Science and Physics from the University of Bangor. A secondary teacher for over ten years I have plenty of experience communicating scientific ideas. I grew up in … [Read more...]
Interview with Author – R. Leonia Shea @RLeonia
Author Bio: I grew up in coastal New England and on the Jersey Shore. Most of my summer vacations from school were spent writing stories or painting pictures, so I guess I can say I've always been an artist and a writer. I have a very professional day job that I love, but when I'm not working I'm busy being creative - it seems to recharge my batteries better than anything else. I'm currently an urban fantasy author, but I have a few stories that are nearing completion in other genres. I … [Read more...]
Interview with Author – Jeffrey Perren @JeffPerren
Author Bio: I was born in Independence, MO right around the corner from Harry Truman's house. But then, at the time, everything there was right around the corner from Harry Truman's house. Right now I live in Sandpoint, Idaho with my wife. I wrote my first short story at age of 12 and went to win the Bank of America Fine Arts award at age of 17. I graduated from UCLA with a degree in philosophy and studied physics later at UC Irvine. The lure of writing soon outweighed everything, … [Read more...]
Pagan’s Sphinx by William Webster @huwdthomas
This book is bargain priced from 11/29/2013 until 12/01/2013 A battered journal left by the lone survivor of a plane crash provides a tantalising clue to an ancient mystery… After years of leading overland expeditions all over the world, Ben Drummond is trying to settle down in England and forget the woman who broke his heart. But he is summoned to Oxford by maverick archaeologist Dr Sarah Pagan, who believes she has discovered the whereabouts of a lost statue. Pagan … [Read more...]
Pagan’s Sphinx by William Webster @huwdthomas
This book is bargain priced from 11/05/2013 until 12/02/2013 A battered journal left by the lone survivor of a plane crash provides a tantalising clue to an ancient mystery… After years of leading overland expeditions all over the world, Ben Drummond is trying to settle down in England and forget the woman who broke his heart. But he is summoned to Oxford by maverick archaeologist Dr Sarah Pagan, who believes she has discovered the whereabouts of a lost statue. Pagan believes the statue … [Read more...]
Interview with Author – Barbara Silkstone @barbsilkstone
Author Bio: Barbara Silkstone is the best-selling author of the Wendy Darlin Tomb Raider series that includes: Wendy and the Lost Boys, London Broil, Cairo Caper, Wendy Darlin Tomb Raider Boxed Set. Her Criminally Funny Fables series includes: The Secret Diary of Alice in Wonderland, Age 42 and Three-Quarters; Wendy and the Lost Boys; Zo White and the Seven Morphs; Cold Case Morphs. The way Ms. Silkstone plays with words is unrivaled and the way she incorporated segments from … [Read more...]
Echo Prophecy by Lindsey Fairleigh @LindsFairleigh
The first book in an imaginative new paranormal romance/historical mystery trilogy. "...we only see what we want to see...what we expect to see..." Discover what's hidden--a powerful, mythic race, an ancient Egyptian prophecy, and a love strong enough to shatter the boundaries of time. Alexandra Larson isn't human...but she doesn't know that. As far as Lex is concerned, she's simply an ambitious and independent archaeology grad student with a knack for deciphering ancient languages, … [Read more...]
Doing Research—The Minefield of Writing Ancient Egyptian Fiction – Guest Post by Inge H. Borg
What REALLY happened at the dawn of that amazing civilization? Nobody REALLY knows. So you (a historical fiction writer) think you can just fabricate the stuff. Not quite. There are plenty of people (I am excluding professional historians and archaeologists here) who do know. You have to do your research; and that’s when the trouble starts. Time-lines especially become a blur of contradictions and "facts" are constantly superseded by new findings. Take Dynasties 00 to 03, for example. … [Read more...]
