Historical Fiction Research

In my last post I promised a look at Florence's medieval population figures, with at least a cursory glance at our sources for that i...

Herewith I want to start a new thrust to this blog.  For a long time I've described myself as interested in Italy in the middle ages,...

I'm delighted to introduce guest blogger Kim Rendfeld, who has recently released her second novel set in Carolingian times. The Ashe...

My historical novel A Thing Done , set in Florence in 1216, is now on sale.  For the next month, more or less, we've dropped the pri...

  *....  When a one-star review is in verse, It somehow makes everything worse. In their zeal to convince, Critics make authors ...

  Okay, faithful readers, it's time for a little audience participation.  I'd like for you to contemplate the i...

Last night my husband and I attempted to watch a movie.  Within the first few minutes it became obvious that it was a young people's ...