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Writing (and reading) pandemics
Michael Woodson has a great piece in Writer’s Digest this week: Pandemic Pros(e): Books That Tackle Real and Imaginary Pandemics. He talks about the…
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Write what you know?
How our lives inform our fiction, even when we’re writing about the long-ago
Feb 7
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Breathe
Hello, my friends.
Jan 27
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Debut!
Look for my debut novel, An Uncertain Age, in 2026!
Dec 12, 2025
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Dispatches
what I've been working on and some useful sources
Oct 11, 2025
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Sudden Death in Medieval Durham
At the heart of my novel is sudden death and its aftermath. Writing it entailed a bit of a deep dive into the interesting world of medieval justice.
Aug 1, 2025
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A Touch of Seasoning
Using Olde Wordes, Jargon and Dialect in Historical Fiction
Jul 6, 2025
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Brewsters and ale-brewing in the Middle Ages
And how it all went pear-shaped
Jun 8, 2025
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