Fairytales of meritocracy
The words “historical accuracy†do not mean the same things to all people. This is, in large part, because readers read historical fiction for different reasons.
Things I shouldn’t say
To the extent that I have a reputation in the online community of authors and readers, I’ve staked it on trying to speak clearly,…
Sexy historical legal talk: Impotence!
I am in a happy place, because I finished a book! This is exciting, and so I’m going to talk about something even more exciting:…
General noises of denouncement
You may have heard that ICE (that’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement) has seized several domains that it believes are related…
Women. Property.
I have a set of pet peeves about the discussion of legalities in 19th century Britain.
One of those pet peeves looks like this: “A…
Self-aggrandizing post!
There is not much to this post but this:
Trial by Desire made Publishers Weekly‘s list of Best Books. This kind of floors me–I…
Not in my name
Someone sent me a link to a site that uncovers pirates by identifying information about pirates that they have posted on forums: IP addresses,…
a post about me, me, and you
This is a post about me:
First, look! (Or, rather, listen!) There’s a podcast with me talking about Trial by Desire. I started…
Cowry shells, goats, and geographic restrictions
There’s a massive thread of painful death over at Dear Author about the geographic restriction problem.
Full disclosure: I…
