Medieval life

The Hands on Approach to Historical Mysteries

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There are hazards to writing a period piece. There’s a lot of research involved, from the cut of a shoe to the taste of the food. So when I set out to pen my medieval mystery series and later my Tudor series, there were many tidbits of information I sought to keep it real. For … Read more

Keeping it Clean in the Middle Ages

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Back in the days before I was published and I was trying to peddle my own brand of medieval mysteries to agents, I came upon an astonishing bias. One agent rejected my manuscript because she couldn’t get past the notion that my protagonist would be intimate with someone with all that “lack of hygiene.” She … Read more