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By popular demand I have added a character list under the General tab above. There are suggested pronunciations too but note that they...

Those of you who know me well will not be at all surprised to find out that my latest project is to teach myself Old English, which is...

I'm thrilled to announce that I've now become a web designer! Well, not exactly. But I have managed to add some suggested questions for...

After I had finished writing Bound by an Oath  I was ready to leave the fifth century behind. I had lived and breathed that period for...

Bound by an Oath  is a historical novel, an adventure story, and it is a romance, but it is not your usual kind of romance. ( Spoiler...

Recently I was filling out some paperwork about my novel, Bound by an Oath,  for a bookstore and I came to a question that brought me up...

I come from a country that is geologically active. New Zealand is on the “Ring of Fire”, the name for the plate boundaries that edge the...

My first order of business is to say that I have updated my last blog post to include the name and author of the book I referred to. It...

There is quite a lot of religion in Bound by an Oath because in the fifth century religion was a big deal. For a few centuries the...

The following notes were intended as the preface to my novel, but they were never included. At the risk of repeating some of the content...

When recently discussing Bound by an Oath  one of my daughters asked me who was my favorite character. I couldn’t immediately answer her....

In 410 AD the Roman troops that had been stationed in Britannia for nearly 360 years simply packed up and sailed home! They were recalled...

Now that some of you have my book Bound by an Oath  and are already reading it, I think it is time to share some of my experiences while...