It’s been way too long since I posted an author interview on this blog, but finally found a great candidate. Melanie McDonald just published an acclaimed new literary historical novel Eronemos about Emperor Hadrian’s doomed young lover Antinous. From the back: Eros and Thanatos converge in this story of a glorious youth, an untimely death, [...]
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Author Interview and Giveaway: “Eromenos” by Melanie McDonald
Posted in Books, Fiction, Free stuff, Interviews, tagged antinous, eromenos, hadrian, historical fiction, interviews, melanie mcdonald, roman on March 20, 2011 | 6 Comments »
The Devil’s in the Historical Details. Part II: Internet, Interviews and Site Visits
Posted in Essays/Research, Writing, tagged aaslh, aia, archaeology, christine wiltz, historical fiction, internet research, interviews, john jakes, writing on June 25, 2010 | 2 Comments »
In Part I of this two-part series, I talked about using books and libraries in doing historical research. Although print matter is a good place to start, in today’s world you can’t ignore the Internet. But there are two problems: quantity and quality – too much of the former and not enough of the latter. [...]
