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Char Newcomb
@charnewcomb.bsky.social
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Writes 12th/13th century #histfic & #scifi
BATTLE SCARS trilogy - ROGUE - ECHOES OF THE STORM
https://charlenenewcomb.com

U.S. Navy veteran. Retired librarian. Grandma.
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Char Newcomb @charnewcomb.bsky.social · 12d
⚔️ Rogues & Kings 🏹
Cover reveal & pre-order!
books2read.com/u/bplgDJ

#historicalfiction
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charnewcomb.bsky.social
My book club is currently reading an oldie. (Ha! 1997? Old?)
The Partner by John Grisham. I have to admit it's the first Grisham novel I've ever read. Spreading my wings with this club after being immersed in medieval times.
What are you #reading?
January 15, 2026 at 4:39 PM
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It's a very peculiar thing, that you can invent people and put them down on paper, and then kill them - and you feel guilty! THEY AREN'T REAL, dammit!
Huh. You tell them that! #amwriting #amediting #histfic #medieval #crime @boldwoodbooks.bsky.social @editorbritton.bsky.social
January 14, 2026 at 10:48 PM
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On my blog today, meet Carol Anne Dobson and discover her historical romance, STORKS IN A BLUE SKY, set in 18th century Devon and Alsace

Find out about the book. Read an #excerpt.

#TheCoffeePotBookClub #BlogTour #HistoricalRomance
@cathiedunn.bsky.social

carolynhughesauthor.com/2026/01/15/c...
January 15, 2026 at 11:15 AM
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An intriguing #CoffeePotBookClub spotlight on my website today. #MedicalHistory #HistoricalFiction
@cathiedunn.bsky.social www.elizabethjstjohn.com/guest-author...
Till Taught by Pain | Fascinating Medical Historical Fiction by Susan Coventry - Elizabeth St.John
Till Taught by Pain by Susan Coventry Inspired by the groundbreaking discoveries of ether and chloroform anesthesia, William Stewart Halsted pursues a surgical career with ruthless ambition, daring to...
www.elizabethjstjohn.com
January 13, 2026 at 11:11 PM
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helenhollick.bsky.social
SPOTLIGHT GUEST on my promo blog today: Antoine Vanner & his excellent early 1900s nautical novels The Dawlish Chronicles
ofhistoryandkings.blogspot.com/2026/01/spot...
SPOTLIGHT ON: The Dawlish Chronicles by Antoine Vanner
A blog about pirates, 1066, King Arthur, history, mysteries, writing and general chit-chat interesting bits and pieces
ofhistoryandkings.blogspot.com
January 10, 2026 at 1:56 PM
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alisonmorton.bsky.social
Chapters – Entitled or just a number?

Is it better to put a title at the beginning of each chapter in your book or should you merely put a simple number? I’ve never used chapter titles when writing my own books although I’ve absorbed them when reading other books. What do chapter titles do? They…
Chapters – Entitled or just a number?
Is it better to put a title at the beginning of each chapter in your book or should you merely put a simple number? I’ve never used chapter titles when writing my own books although I’ve absorbed them when reading other books. What do chapter titles do? They can act as promises of what’s to come in the next few pages, be it a potential escalation (The Reading of the Will), an emotional disaster like loss or dread (The First Betrayal), or perhaps they point to an ironic promise that primes the reader for subversion (
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January 12, 2026 at 2:21 PM
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alisonmorton.bsky.social
A charismatic, amoral manipulator seizes power and hollows out civil society through his nationalist movement. But is it already too late for Aurelia Mitela to save her country? www.alison-morton.com/books-2/insu... #political #thrillers #bookstoread
January 13, 2026 at 1:14 PM
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#TalkingLocationWith ... @kathryngauci.bsky.social, author of An Aegean Odyssey: A Memoir, with stops in Athens, Chios, Crete, Karpathos, Lesbos, and Rhodes

www.tripfiction.com/taking-locat...

Featuring #chios 'The Resin Isle' GREECE

#blueskybooks #booksky
Talking Location with Kathryn Gauci: CHIOS - TripFiction
#TalkingLocationWith... Kathryn Gauci, author of Aegean Odyssey: A Memoir, set on Chios in the Greek Islands My 15th book, An Aegean Odyssey: A Memoir, is
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October 31, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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Son of an outlaw.
Squire to King John.
What could possibly go wrong?

Pre-order Rogues & Kings now books2read.com/u/bplgDJ

#historicalfiction 💙📚
book cover image for Rogues & Kings.
January 14, 2026 at 9:37 PM
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Historical Fiction as a tool for Empathy by M.K. Tod

awriterofhistory.com/2026/01/13/h...

#historicalfiction
Historical Fiction as a tool for Empathy | A Writer of History
Author M.K. Tod looks at how historical fiction is a powerful tool to create empathy for people of the past and the present
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January 14, 2026 at 9:33 PM
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Reading Agatha Christie's lesser work does show you how much of what counts as "fair play" in mysteries depends on the assumption of shared social context.

Just read a short story where the crucial clue was, as Miss Marple says, "Gardeners don't work on Whit Monday. Everybody knows that."
January 14, 2026 at 2:36 PM
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January 12, 2026
January 12, 2026
Today, Democratic senator Mark Kelly of Arizona sued Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, the Defense Department, Navy Secretary John Phelan, and the Navy Department for violating his First Amendment right...
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January 13, 2026 at 7:12 AM
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My upcoming novel - Rogues & Kings - takes place over the last 3+ weeks of King John's reign and happens to include this horrific incident at the Wash.
www.historytoday.com/archive/miss...
#writing #historicalfiction
King John’s Lost Treasure
www.historytoday.com
January 11, 2026 at 10:37 PM
charnewcomb.bsky.social
I haven't heard much about the MGM #RobinHood series
- yay or nay??
www.imdb.com/title/tt3348...

And now we're getting Hugh Jackman as an older Robin Hood...
www.imdb.com/title/tt3227...

They keep trying... Do you have a favorite movie or tv series?
The Death of Robin Hood (2026) | Adventure, Drama
The Death of Robin Hood: Directed by Michael Sarnoski. With Bill Skarsgård, Hugh Jackman, Jodie Comer, Noah Jupe. Grappling with his past after a life of crime and murder, Robin Hood finds himself gra...
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January 12, 2026 at 9:18 PM
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cathiedunn.bsky.social
Check out The Coffee Pot Book Club #BookOfTheWeek:

⚔️The Briton and the Dane by Mary Ann Bernal⚔️

Discover an intriguing adventure, as Danes arrive on the shores of Saxon England!

thecoffeepotbookclub.blogspot.com/2026/01/book...
#HistoricalFiction #Medieval #Booksky
@maryannbernal.bsky.social
January 12, 2026 at 11:15 AM
charnewcomb.bsky.social
My upcoming novel - Rogues & Kings - takes place over the last 3+ weeks of King John's reign and happens to include this horrific incident at the Wash.
www.historytoday.com/archive/miss...
#writing #historicalfiction
King John’s Lost Treasure
www.historytoday.com
January 11, 2026 at 10:37 PM
charnewcomb.bsky.social
#research gems
A very cool tool that maps out King John’s movements during his reign. neolography.com/timelines/Jo...
This came in quite handy while I was writing Rogues & Kings.
#writing #historicalfiction
January 10, 2026 at 4:50 PM
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abelfrageauthor.bsky.social
My first post for 2026 is a post about writing series, as hosted by @helenhollick.bsky.social
ofhistoryandkings.blogspot.com/2026/01/doin...
#writing
'Doing The Dishes' : Writing For Readers - Writing a Series
A blog about pirates, 1066, King Arthur, history, mysteries, writing and general chit-chat interesting bits and pieces
ofhistoryandkings.blogspot.com
January 3, 2026 at 11:50 AM
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On my TBR list!
jarnopp.bsky.social Judith Arnopp @jarnopp.bsky.social · 10d
'Through Marguerite’s searing internal monologue, Arnopp offers not just a glimpse into the psyche of a warrior queen, but a fully realized portrait of grief transmuted into memory and rage.' ##Review

http://mybook.to/mhhnf

##HistoricalFiction ##WOTR ##Medieval
January 6, 2026 at 5:20 PM
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maryanneyarde.bsky.social
✨ Book Review ✨

"A Red Silk Thread: A Romance of When China Met Rome" by Kenneth Kunkel is a beautifully restrained historical romance of diplomacy, duty, and forbidden love.

thecoffeepotbookclub.blogspot.com/2026/01/book...

#HistoricalRomance #AncientWorld #BookReview @cathiedunn.bsky.social
January 4, 2026 at 2:37 PM
charnewcomb.bsky.social
The Beauty of Self Publishing by Helena P. Schraeder
open.substack.com/pub/hpschrad...
#writing #publishing
The Beauty of Self Publishing
The "Big Five" aren't looking for masterpieces—they’re looking for formulas. After 20 years in the industry, I'm sharing why the most original fiction is coming from independent voices.
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January 6, 2026 at 1:25 AM
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As I said in a review of this: "Get ready for a rollercoaster ride and hold on to your hat!"
Get it!
alisonmorton.bsky.social Alison Morton Author @alisonmorton.bsky.social · Dec 15
Looking for a few hours' escape to a country where honour and integrity still count?
INCEPTIO, the door to this world – Roma Nova – is open…
Now only *99p/99c*!
Kindle: mybook.to/INCEPTIO
#alternativehistory #thrillers
January 5, 2026 at 11:16 PM
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alisonmorton.bsky.social
Serious about series – Great fun to write and read! @helenhollick.bsky.social asks a few authors to give their thoughts: ofhistoryandkings.blogspot.com/2026/01/doin... @abelfrageauthor.bsky.social @susangrosseyauthor.bsky.social @marianlthorpe.bsky.social @elizabethstjohn.bsky.social
'Doing The Dishes' : Writing For Readers - Writing a Series
A blog about pirates, 1066, King Arthur, history, mysteries, writing and general chit-chat interesting bits and pieces
ofhistoryandkings.blogspot.com
January 3, 2026 at 4:32 PM
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helenhollick.bsky.social
Happy New Year to all... January Thoughts From A Devonshire Farmhouse - the topic? 'Stuff' :-)
thoughtsfromadevonshirefarmhouse.blogspot.com/2026/01/janu...
Also, the start of my 2026 'Dispatches Diary' is up on my Web
blog.helenhollick.net/p/dispatches...
lege feliciter (read happily)
Helen
January 2, 2026 at 4:49 PM
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bittenby.bsky.social
2025 was an art year I am proud of. Strong new work, group shows across the country, and a few pieces sold. As an activist artist, it's quite a time to be alive.

Maybe next year, I can get back to spending more time with happier issues like the climate crisis. 🤞
January 1, 2026 at 11:18 PM