This is the last in a three-part series featuring the research that went into my newest book, Taylor Davis and the Clash of Kingdoms. (Part 1: Elmina Slave Fortress; Part 2: African Tricksters.) One of my favorite characters from my Taylor Davis novel is Q, an agent (angel) with a passion for WWI relics. Since […]
Taylor Davis: African Tricksters
This is the second in a three-part series featuring the research that went into my newest book, Taylor Davis and the Clash of Kingdoms. (Part 1: Elmina Slave Fortress.) One of the subjects I tackled in Clash of Kingdoms was the trickster. This is a figure in mythology who accomplishes his goals through the use […]
Taylor Davis: Elmina Slave Fortress
This is the first in a three-part series featuring the research that went into my newest book, Taylor Davis and the Clash of Kingdoms. Every time I write a new book, I enter the world in which my characters reside. Sometimes they bring me to places and events I’m not very familiar with. Sometimes I […]
Seymour Finney Barn
Seymour Finney was a Detroit innkeeper and a “conductor” on the Underground Railroad. He hid runaways in his barn, pictured at left and below–often while housing the slavecatchers in his hotel! The barn stood on the NE corner of State and Griswold Streets. There is a historical marker placed at that site that reads: “Seymour […]
Taylor Davis: Mount St. Helens
This is the fourth in a four-part series about researching my newest novel, Taylor Davis and the Flame of Findul. (Part 1: Medieval Weapons; Part 2: Tyburn Hanging Tree; Part 3: Submarine Technology.) The climax of Flame of Findul takes place within the cone of Mount St. Helens, so I had to learn a bit about the […]
Taylor Davis: Submarine Technology
This is the third in a four-part series about researching my newest novel, Taylor Davis and the Flame of Findul. (Part 1: Medieval Weapons; Part 2: Tyburn Hanging Tree.) The research for Flame of Findul was very minor compared to what goes into a work of historical fiction, but the quest for information still took me […]
Taylor Davis: The Tyburn Hanging Tree
This is the second in a four-part series about researching my newest novel, Taylor Davis and the Flame of Findul. (Part 1: Medieval Weapons.) The research for one particular scene in Flame of Findul took me back several hundred years to a time when a little crossroads town named Tyburn had become synonymous with capital […]
Taylor Davis: Medieval Weapons
Today I’d like to share the first in a four-part series about some of the interesting things I learned while researching my new novel, Taylor Davis and the Flame of Findul. First topic—medieval weapons! Each of my four main characters has been matched with a primary weapon that fits their strength and personality. Broadsword The Flame of […]
Tour Stop 30 – Friday Freebie Guest Post
This is it! The last day of the tour! To wrap things up, I’ve evaluated whether or not a blog tour is worth the effort over on the extremely helpful blog of author Lindsay Buroker. (I never miss it!) It’s today’s regular Friday Freebie post, just located elsewhere. (It’s not up yet at 8:00 am, […]
Tour Stop 29…If a Tree Falls in the Woods…
…is right here on Bookworm Blather. (Part of a blog tour for Beneath the Slashings.) This guest post about lumberjack cooking was supposed to feature on a cooking blog that never gave me a final confirmation. So here it is: If a Tree Falls in the Woods… If a tree falls in the woods, you […]