Viking jewellery (Giveaway closed)
Jewellery to express status The Vikings, men and women alike, loved their jewellery. Rich people of the era expressed their status with it, just like with clothing and weaponry. Today,…
Welcome to Sarah Dahl – Tales of Freya | Chris Cherry
Source: Welcome to Sarah Dahl – Tales of Freya | Chris Cherry
Guest post for Tony Riches: Writing the Viking
I feel humbled that Tony Riches gave me the opportunity to guest blog on his awesome histfic site to mark the release of “The Current – A Battle of Seduction”…
Authors, there’s no shortcut!
Don’t ALL artists need years of practise before going public? Since the advent of self-publishing, writers seem to be the only artists often thinking they can just skip and shortcut…
Writing with Scrivener made easy for you
…a hands-on explanation of how to start lightly! Yes, I can only recommend this magical tool. In my opinion, every writer should at least give it a go and try….
Hush, writer, you can’t write that …
Or: Why do I hold back? A painful observation. E.M. Cioran said: “Write books only if you say in them things you would not dare confide to anyone.” Or in…
The Female Gaze: that’s the revolution!
… Bring on the Vikings! In part 1 of this post I explained how the old-fashioned male gaze in stories (written or on-screen) is incomplete and stereotypical, but still wildly…
The Female Gaze: What’s the revolution?
As an empowered, confident woman I didn’t at first realise why I am so in love with series like Vikings and Outlander. Yes, my gaze finds amazingly attractive men there,…
Outlander vs. 50 Shades of Grey …
… or How to write sex with style – Part 1 Yes, one can’t compare the two, Outlander and 50 Shades of Grey, and still, I’ll do just that, to…
When temptation knocks, or …
… How to stay happily married to your current Work in Progress! My workload currently consists of the aforementioned Works in Progress. And because life threw its usual chaos at…