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May 21, 2023
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May 20, 2023
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Dec 02, 2022
Throughout the No Man is Her Master series, the lives of
the fictional characters, such as Christina and Trudi, are
interwoven with those of actual people.
One such...
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Nov 28, 2022
Her Dangerous Journey Home
begins in the winter of 1310, an extended period of extreme cold
that created a tremendous hardship for London's...
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Nov 24, 2022
Christina Kohl is not the only female warrior of the Middle
Ages. Isabel of Conches is an actual woman who took up sword and
shield to fight alongside her...
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Nov 08, 2022
The Knarr was one type of ship favored by the pirates Christina
pursues in Her Dangerous Journey Home. Used primarily in
coastal waters since the 10th century by...
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Oct 23, 2022
I'm happy to announce that Her Dangerous Journey Home has
made the long-list of 25 top novels competing for the Chanticleer
International Book Awards pre-1750 Chaucer...
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Sep 27, 2022
Throughout the No Man is Her Master series, Christina and her
friends spend an inordinate amount of time drinking ale. This is
not unusual, as ale was the preferred...
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Sep 25, 2022
Visiting Warwick Castle is something every lover of medieval
history should do at least a dozen times in their lives. Leave an
hour, however, to visit the village of...
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Sep 15, 2022
Today, we journeyed to the ruins of Berkhamsted Castle in
Hertfordshire. Many thanks to my intrepid wife who drove, as the
two plus hours of travel from Staffordshire...
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Sep 13, 2022
Returned to Knaresborough Castle this morning as the museum and
keep tour were closed on Mondays. Met an absolutely brilliant young
lady working in the museum who had...
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Sep 12, 2022
We journeyed today to Knaresborough, a market town between the
Yorkshire cities of York and Harrogate. Although the castle is now
largely in ruins, it was an imposing...
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Sep 10, 2022
Today, our holiday took us to the Yorkshire town of Scarborough.
The weather was absolutely glorious, sunshine and a balmy
sea-breeze. We spent the entire afternoon...
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Sep 09, 2022
Today we toured Iceland's Golden
Circle, with stops at waterfalls, geysers, and Thingvellir National
Park. Amazingly, the Icelandic parliament met here at the...
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Sep 07, 2022
Today, I had the pleasure of visiting Reykjavik's Saga Museum.
One of my favorite exhibits detailed the exploits of Flóki
Vilgerðarson, who was one of the first...
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Sep 05, 2022
We're just getting ready to start the trek to Boston's Logan
Airport. We're flying Icelandair to Reykjavik for four days before
continuing on to England. Really...
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Aug 25, 2022
I am so happy to announce Stephanie Barko of Best Book Marketing
will be working with me to promote my new novel, Her Dangerous
Journey Home. Stephanie is a renowned...
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Aug 25, 2022
I am happy to announce Jeff Decola has agreed to work with me on
the cover design for the next novel in my "No Man is Her Master"
series, "A Dangerous Journey...
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Aug 04, 2022
Just arranged an appointment for a pitch session with Anna
Worrall, an agent with the Gernert Company on September 24th. I
will be pitching my next novel in my "No Man...
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Aug 02, 2022
I'm very much looking forward to our upcoming trip to England in
early September. Besides visiting friends and family, as well as
considerable time in the pub, we are...
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Aug 01, 2022
The Historical Novel Society has just reviewed Her Perilous
Game in issue 101 of their Historical Novel Review quarterly.
Thanks to the reviewer, B.J. Sedlock for...
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Had a great day as a visiting author at the Biblioteca
Publica (Public Library) Book Fair in San Miguel de Allende,
Mexico. There were a great number of authors,...
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I have finally decided on the subject for my next series of
novels. Isabella de Beaumont was a lady-in-waiting and confidant to
Edward I's Queen Eleanor as well his...
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To many, medieval England was rife with tales of witchcraft and
other workings of the devil. Surprisingly, there were very few
instances of accusations being brought...