Viking Children Learned the Art of War – ThorNews
To be a Viking child: becoming fighters and trusting the Norns We know from the sagas that Viking boys were trained in the art of war. The Viking’s success in…
Self-censorship and the writer
Blood is the only bodily fluid allowed It’s a dilemma that I hate. And it’s dangerous for any art: self-censorship in the eye of other people’s double-morals. I’m confident in…
My work is not “me” – About attention, compliments & male entitlement
Just because I write it doesn’t mean I want to do “it” (and certainly not with you) If I pay a compliment to my female friend, telling her she looks…
Don’t aim for perfect – but ‘voice’
How great art is not flawless Art isn’t clinical. It is not about who gets something into the perfectest shape or form. Flawlessness is only briefly interesting, if at all….
Jenny Kane: Shsh, don’t tell anyone …
… but it’s okay to write erotica! Heck, you all know by now that I don’t care for genre pigeonholing and expectations concerning rules and labelling. But especially for those…
Historical fiction: little lives matter most
The big in the small: Why I avoid the epic As a writer of historical fiction I never wanted to write the big and epic. As my plots are character-driven…
The gut is your colleague, parents and writers!
Mother’s instinct vs. writer’s instinct As a mother AND writer I am truly grateful for my gut agreeing to help me with both. Parenting AND writing. Because: A child is…
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”…
The iconic idiocy of horned helmets
Or: Why horns were real … weren’t they? As a writer of Viking historical fiction – sensual or not – I stumble regularly across the silly misconception of warriors wearing…
How writing buddies become fighting buddies
Or: Can wounds be sexy? – From being stuck to publication With the imminent release of the first short story in the Tales of Freya series came retrospective. How each…
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