DARK MIST RISING: AVALON UNVEILED

Boudiccea Haranguing the Britons , by John Opie I’m just going to say it: Boudicca was a badass.  And, don’t say, “Whooooooo?”  Boudicca.  That’s who. Queen of the British Iceni tribe after her husband died.  Freedom-fighter against the Romans after they flogged her and raped her daughters.  Burner of London, amongst other cities.  And suicide: she killed herself after the Romans finally beat her in battle. Boudicca.  That’s who.  Anyway, she was a badass. You might ask: What does this have to do with Guinevere, King Arthur, Camelot, or my book, The Tyrant and the Twins , which is really the raison d’être for this blog?  Well, I suppose now is as good a time as any to tell you that my book has not one, but THREE narrators. Yep, that’s right.  THREE.  All female. Two out of three are – or over the course of several books will become – what scholars, archaeologists, and snobbish history-buffs like me like to call warrior women, ba...

CALLING ALL ARTISTS! I AM HOLDING A CONTEST FOR THE BEST COVER ART FOR MY NEW BOOK: THE TYRANT AND THE TWINS ! §        The Prize : $50.00 §        The Deadline : Friday, September 16, 2011 (3 weeks from today) §        The Challenge : I know exactly what I’m looking for, but it won’t be easy to design.  I want an artist’s rendering in color of both the Sutton Hoo Helmet and a specific Roman/Pictish/British mirror, both shown below in photographs.  I also want the lettering for the book and series titles and author’s name (mine!) done as if in beaten Celtic gold.  So, once again: not an easy task! §        The Links : Please find the links to the two pieces of art below: 1) Sutton Hoo Helmet and 2) Celtic mirror. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/20/Sutton.hoo.helmet.png http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/Romano-Celti...

Peel Castle, Peel Isle, Isle of Man: The Original for my "Avalon" Celebrated in literature, film, and song, the world of Camelot has survived in varied form for over fifteen hundred years.   Yet even in this age of science and discovery, this fabled realm remains elusive, lurking just beyond the glimpse of the modern eye.   A veil obscures Avalon, as tantalizing and intangible today as it was long ago, when aged scholars painstakingly copied decaying manuscripts by hand, bent close over their work in the dim light of a single candle. Combining twenty years of research, plus the fruits of a three-week trip to the British Isles and my original etymological findings, my new series of books, The Annals of Anavere , tells the tale of Camelot as it must have been in the days of gods and grails: a richly-tapestried world of savage tribes and noble Roman patricians, fierce warrior chieftains, battle maidens, and strange, pagan magicians in full panoply. In the first of th...