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đJoin me and my editor for discussion about writing and publishing (and my next book)!đ
Hello all, I wanted to let you know that I am (excitedly!) doing a live guest spot on my editor Jessica Hatchâs Stubstack podcast, Comp Title Book Club, this Saturday, January 13th, 2024 at 2pm EST! Jessica is veteran editor and author with experience in both traditional and indie publishing, and she is using all…
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Destination Unexpected: A Trip Into Forensic Book Ownership
Listen, dear readers, my book-buying problem is no secret. I buy a lot of books every year, and apparently Iâm not able to curb this addiction in any meaningful wayâeven as I fight an increasingly lost battle with where Iâm going to put all of those books. That said, Iâm not one to entirely throw…
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My Best Books of 2023
Here we are, folks, at the end of another year, and I thought weâd keep a new tradition going by doing a round up of my favorite books I read this year. Like last year, this list will be my favorite books that I read this year, not necessarily ones published this year (though I…
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Original Chick Lit: 19th Century American Women Writers, Readers, and the Little House that Millbank Built
âMa spread the between-meals red-checked cloth on the table, and on it she set the shining-clean lamp. She laid there the paper-covered Bible, the big green Wonders of the Animal World, and the novel named Millbank.â – On the Banks of Plum Creek, chapter 17 âEvery window and shutter at Millbank was closed. Knots of…
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The Fifth Horse-Man: Apocalypse and Allegory in the Roman de Fauvel
âLe jugement contre Fauvel est dĂ©jĂ prĂȘt, et il sera jugĂ©; lorsquâil aura Ă©tĂ© condamnĂ©, il subira le chĂątiment Ă©ternel avec le prince des dĂ©mons.â [âThe judgment of Fauvel has already been set, and he will be judged. When he is condemned, he will undergo eternal punishment with the Devil.â] – le Roman de Fauvel…
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Renos and Revamps: Updates From the CMOA and CMNH
I am up to my eyeballs in pre-publication work for The Gourd and the Stars, so Iâm afraid I donât have a super substantial post for this week. But I did take a much-needed mental break trip to the Carnegie museums last week, and since there were a number of changes to exhibits and situations…
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Caught in a Bad Roman-ce Again: Medieval Myth- Making and the Octavian Romances
Somtym byffell ane aventure,In Rome ther was ane Emperoure,Als men in romance rede.He was a man of grete favoureAnd levede in joye and grete honoureAnd doghety was of dede.In tornament nor in no fyghteIn the werlde ther ne was a better knyghte,No worthier undir wede.Octovyane was his name thrughowte;Everylke man hade of hym dowteWhen he…
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Empire and Imagination: The Victorian Middle Ages and Arthur Conan Doyleâs The White Company
âSo they lived, these men, in their own lusty, cheery fashion rude and rough, but honest, kindly and true. Let us thank God if we have outgrown their vices. Let us pray to God that we may ever hold their virtues. The sky may darken, and the clouds may gather, and again the day may…
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Preview for THE GOURD AND THE STARS
As previously promised, I want to take this week to talk a little about my next book, The Gourd and the Stars, as Iâve entered the last pre-formatting editing phase and my artist at SelfPubBookCovers is beginning work on a cover. I thought I still might be jumping the gun a bit, but seeing how…
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Americaâs Eternal Sweetheart: The Transatlantic Love Affair with Lafayette
“Lafayette, we are here.” – Col. Charles E. Stanton, visiting Lafayetteâs tomb after the arrival of American forces in Paris during WWI âAs I admired this noble countenance of stone, a wry smile crept across the [French] curatorâs face. Suddenly the silence was broken. âWhy,â asked the curator, âshould we have a bust of Lafayette?ââ…
Sarah Holz 