Historical Fiction Online

Glad you checked it out. Yes, I'm happy to say Denver did end up getting the 2015 conference after some last minute maneuvers.

I am serving on the Board for the 2015 Conference as Venue Chair and look forward to welcoming HNS to my hometown!

[quote=""Susan""]Juana is generally listed as a monarch of Spain. Of course, as pointed out here, her actual power was limited due to politics and her supposed mental health issues. I do question the extent of her mental health and its probable cause. It's not surprising that someone who was treated...

[quote=""MLE""]I don't believe Juana was ever Queen of Spain, [/quote] Not only was she never Queen of Spain, she also never was able to exercise royal authority on her own. Due to her mental instability, she reigned under a series of regencies. She and her husband, Philip of Austria, were crowned j...

A queen-consort who became Regent was Maria Cristina, mother of the Isabel II. She has an interesting life story which seems like it would be ripe for HF interpretation. She started of as a Princess of Sicily and was married off to her own uncle, Fernando VII, as his 4th wife. She three children by ...

After some back and forth, Denver was ultimately awarded the 2015 Historical Novel Society. The dates are 26-28 June, 2015 and will be at the Hyatt Regency Denver Tech Center. This information is slowly coming on line at http://www.hns-conference.org I have the honor to serve as the Venue Chair and ...

For a limited time, Thursday Night Press is offering the first book of my Chronicles of the Mages seres, Immortal Betrayal for just .99 for the ebook!!! Here is the link for the Kindle version: Kindle version and here is the link for all other e-readers (you can select based on your type of reader):...

I am chewing my way through Stephen King's "11/22/1963." Since I usually only have time to read while commuting, it is taking me forever to read it. Going on a cruise in a few weeks, should be able to finish it then.

I don't feel the need to have access to the whole word at every minute of the day. I don't even use most of the features on my phone. I got a smartphone for only one reason: to be able to accept credit cards when I am at conferences and wifi is not always available. Other than that, I use it only as...

It's very cold outside. A little snow still here from a few days ago, it hasn't warmed up enough to melt. Be have been ranging between 9 above an 10 below (degrees F).

Book 2 of the Chronicles of the Mages, Immortal Duplicity , series was released yesterday. At the moment it is only available via Amazon in paperback. Ebooks will be available in the next few days and other retailers should be getting their copies by the end of the month. This is a sequel to Immorta...