I’m thrilled to announce the Historical Fiction Virtual Blog Tour Schedule for Avelynn! Pop in, follow along, and join in the fun. There will be prizes and giveaways too! Monday, September 7 Review at Oh, for the Hook of a Book! Tuesday, September 8 Review at A Chick Who Reads Review & Giveaway at Historical …
Please welcome Wren Michaels and her sexy new book, VEXED, to the page! Take it away, Wren! Thanks for sharing in the release of my first full-length novel! I hope you enjoy reading about Kena and Luc as much as I enjoyed writing them. There’s plenty of action, adventure, romance, and Vodou for everyone! I …
Join me today between 4:00 – 5:00pm EST for the Facebook release party of Gambling on the Outlaw! I’ll be giving away a copy of my book Life: Living in Fulfillment Every Day! Fun starts at 12:00pm noon EST! Lots of authors giving away lots of cool prizes all day long! 😀 Genre: Historical romance …
NEW HFVBT TOUR ALERT! Marissa Campbell on Blog Tour for AVELYNN, Sep 7-Oct 2 http://t.co/FcJq477A94 #HistRom pic.twitter.com/mqEYXA4p5M — Amy Bruno (@HFVBT) June 4, 2015
Gloaming: Evening twilight; shade or dusky light; or even as an adjective as in: gloaming-sky, gloaming-hour, etc. If you are of Scots heritage, you may recognize this word. I first heard it at one of my husband’s family gatherings. It was part of a poem: ‘roamin’ in the gloamin’. At the time, I’d no idea …
Farrago: A confused group; a medley, mixture, hotchpotch. The OED dates common usage about 1637. Old enough for me to include in my Avelynn novels, which are a farrago of different story elements. An author takes a farrago of plot, characterization, setting, and theme, mixes them all together, waves a magic wand, and viola, they …
The Latest Word is: Embrangle: To entangle, confuse, perplex. The Oxford English Dictionary has embrangle coming into common usage in the 1600s but its etymology dates back to the early 1500s with brangle, which, I’ve decided, is a cool word all on its own and may have to write a post on it, too—when we …
If I had to go back to the beginning of my career and give myself one piece of advice, it would be…. I can’t narrow it down to just one thing, as there are two really important messages I would love to press upon my newbie self! The first is the importance of hiring a …
In my debut historical fiction, AVELYNN, we learn about a terrible Viking attack on East Anglia and the vicious killing of king Edmund. Here’s an excerpt: Aelfgar cleared his throat and spoke louder. “Our king was seized from his hall and dragged behind the pagan’s horse to the forest’s edge. He was tied to a …