Authonomy and Backspace are online writing communities for authors, readers, agents and publishers. Authonomy — developed by book editors at HarperCollins — invites aspiring writers to submit their works and build their online profiles. Readers, agents and publishers are also invited to join the community and support the best new… Read More »Authonomy and Backspace
Edmund II, the son of King Ethelred the Unready, ruled over Wessex for a short period of time. His reign lasted all of seven months, from April 23 to November 30 of the year 1016. During that time, Edmund managed to hold off Canute (or Cnut or Knute) from invading… Read More »Edmund II Ironside
I’ve needed to add this to my site for a while but have just now gotten around to it. You can follow me on Twitter at the following address: twitter.com/Steven_Till. I’ve also added a link in the right sidebar to my Twitter profile. Most of the time, my tweets relate… Read More »Follow Me on Twitter
My site has been nominated for the Best History/Historical Fiction blog over on the Book Blogger Appreciation Week site (BBAW). There are many categories to vote on: Best Literary Fiction Review Blog, Best Cultural Review Blog, Best Publishing/Industry Blog, Best Published Author Blog, etc., etc. In total, there are 40 categories. Pretty… Read More »BBAW Nomination
1. What inspired you to write the story of Bran Hambric? I was awake on the night of 3/3/03, thinking about a different story, when for some strange reason, the image of Bran Hambric and a banker sitting on a roof leapt into my mind. I knew they were waiting… Read More »Interview with Kaleb Nation, Author of Bran Hambric
Bran Hambric: The Farfield Curse by Kaleb Nation Hardcover: 464 pages Publisher: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky (September 2009) ISBN-10: 1402218575 No gnomes. No mages. Etcetera. Such is the motto of the city of Dunce, a calm and peaceful city that takes great pride in ridding its streets of all forms of magic.… Read More »Review of Bran Hambric: The Farfield Curse by Kaleb Nation
Ice Land by Betsy Tobin Paperback: 368 pages Publisher: Plume (August 25, 2009) ISBN-10: 0452295696 Destiny is everything. At the foot of the tree Yggdrasil, the Norns sit and spin the threads of fate. The shuttle carries the weft through the loom, moving back and forth, back and forth, until… Read More »Review of Ice Land by Betsy Tobin
It’s been a while since I’ve provided any updates on the progress of my novel. Currently, I still have my test group reading it, and I hope to have the majority of their feedback by the end of this month so I can return to editing again starting in September.… Read More »Novel Update – 8.20.09
According to Scotland’s Sunday Herald, young 22-year-old Mark Buckland has launched a new publishing house in Glasgow called Cargo. Buckland states: “I have been frustrated at seeing young writers, people under 35, struggling to get anywhere in the Scottish industry. There is a lack of opportunities, a lack of people… Read More »Upstart Scottish Publishing Company Seeks to Reward New Writers