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10 Great Historical Fiction Novels

I've been a fan of historical fiction ever since I first started reading novels. Great historical fiction can bring the past alive in a way that dusty history books can't match. Historical fiction offers...

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The Hunting Party

This is a chapter from a novel I am currently writing based on the lives of my parents and grandparents during WW2. My father was 25, a young handsome American battalion commander when he met my mother, a...

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Seven Things To Do In Ancient Corinth, Greece

Forty- eight miles west of the great city of Athens, Ancient Corinth, one of Greece’s richest cities, stood as a radiant beacon on the narrow isthmus connecting the Peloponnesian peninsula to the mainland...

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Seven Things To Do In Ancient Neapolis, Greece

Neapolis (“new city”), modern day Kavala, Greece, was nestled snugly in a half-moon bay looking down upon a natural harbor. An ancient port city on the northernmost edge of the Aegean Sea, it...

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Books I Love

Okay, I'm a John Steinbeck fan. If memory serves, I first discovered Steinbeck in high school, probably with Of Mice and Men. I went on to read most of his books through high school and college. Now, after a...

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City of Tears

City of Tears: A tale of Central Asia in the days before Genghiz Khan - Chapter 1 The boy had lain on the rise for hours. Before him the vastness of the Steppe spread out like a huge carpet. Behind him, his...

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Writing an Historical Novel

Write a novel. Learn fiction writing. Visit Paris as it was in Jefferson's time. Tour Paris following Thomas Jefferson and his daughter Patsy. The Paris of Marie Antoinette, Louis XVI, and Versailles. Links to Paris hotels and shopping. French architecture.

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Eloisa James - And How She Changed my Literary Taste

 It was a boring evening when I called my best friend. She asked if she could call me back. This was weird. She didn't ever call me back unless she was eating dinner...and it was long past dinner time. I...

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Book Review of The Virgin's Lover

The Virgin's Lover is in many ways a typical Philippa Gregory book; medieval England is the setting and the characters are drawn from history. I did, however, find one thing disturbing about this book. There...

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How To Develop Irresistible Sexual Magnetism And Banish Approach Anxiety Forever

How To Develop Irresistible Sexual Magnetism And Banish Approach Anxiety Forever - When most guys see an attractive woman, either across the bar or across the classroom, thoughts instantly shoot to wonderful fantasies of sexual and emotional bliss. If any thought is...

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