Science, History, and Fiction in Everyday Life
If you believed (as I did) that historical fiction is by nature more the domain of long novels than short stories (or flash fiction), be ready to be surprised. As a matter of fact, there are a few publishers around…
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Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted at The Purple Booker. Anyone can play along by doing the following: • Grab your current read• Open to a random page• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page• BE…
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It is with a lot of pleasure that I can finally give the announcement. My article “The Inquisitor’s creatures: the historical roots of the witch trope and its evolution over the centuries” is going to appear in the non-fiction book…
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I have already talked about this interesting and well-researched historical series on the Roman Empire, which devoted the first season to Emperor Commodus (you remember Gladiator, right? I reviewed S1 here) and the second to Julius Ceasar (here‘s the review)….
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I was since the beginning not that keen to watch this movie, for a fairly good reason. Having researched the historical period and the family Mary belonged to (the Guise) for a long time, I was always unhappy with the…
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I have already written in the past about markets for microfiction (intended here as all the prose between 0 and 300 words) and compiled a list of venues you can submit to. That list remains valid even today, and it…
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Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted at The Purple Booker. Anyone can play along by doing the following: • Grab your current read• Open to a random page• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page• BE…
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Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted at The Purple Booker. Anyone can play along by doing the following: • Grab your current read• Open to a random page• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page• BE…
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Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted at The Purple Booker. Anyone can play along by doing the following: • Grab your current read• Open to a random page• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page• BE…
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I had just finished watching the first series of Knightfall (now on Netflix) when I heard History Channel renewed it for a second season. Ugh, I thought, not sure it’s a brilliant idea. While I love historical fiction (people reading…
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