Kim Rendfeld
@kimrendfeld.bsky.social
Indie author of historical fiction. Public relations professional. Former journalist. Cat lady.
On Black Friday, remember books make great gifts--maybe one for yourself. Check out nearly 40 historical fiction novels from several time periods. books.bookfunnel.com/fallforhisto...
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November 28, 2025 at 4:59 PM
On Black Friday, remember books make great gifts--maybe one for yourself. Check out nearly 40 historical fiction novels from several time periods. books.bookfunnel.com/fallforhisto...
A novelist runs into strange but true things, like a highborn man ruling in the name of a dead king: kimrendfeld.wordpress.com/2025/11/10/r...
Ruling in the Name of a Dead King
When Frankish King Theuderic IV died in 737, his mayor of the palace, Charles Martel, made an unprecedented choice. Instead of setting up a new king, Charles ruled in the name of the dead one.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:26 AM
A novelist runs into strange but true things, like a highborn man ruling in the name of a dead king: kimrendfeld.wordpress.com/2025/11/10/r...
This was a fun story to work on.
For 50+ years, Salukis have been driving innovation in cattle genetics. The SIU Bull Test keeps breaking ground — fueling regional growth, elevating herds, and giving students hands-on #R1Research experience that pushes agriculture forward.
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October 30, 2025 at 5:17 PM
This was a fun story to work on.
As part of my research for the short story "Betrothed to the Red Dragon," I looked into the holiday that we call Halloween. kimrendfeld.wordpress.com/2017/10/31/s...
Samhain: The Start of a New Year
Although she is a Christian, Gwenhwyfar, the heroine of “Betrothed to the Red Dragon,” would have observed Samhain, or Calan Gaeaf as it was called in Wales (where my Gwenhwyfar’s fortress is). At …
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October 29, 2025 at 12:49 AM
As part of my research for the short story "Betrothed to the Red Dragon," I looked into the holiday that we call Halloween. kimrendfeld.wordpress.com/2017/10/31/s...
It's easy to write off early medieval people as superstitious, but rulers had good reason for claiming supernatural origins, even if they were sea monsters. kimrendfeld.wordpress.com/2025/10/14/w...
Why Merovingians claimed a sea monster as ancestor
Like many ancient and early medieval rulers, Merovingians claimed supernatural ancestors. Theirs was a sea monster.
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October 15, 2025 at 2:11 AM
It's easy to write off early medieval people as superstitious, but rulers had good reason for claiming supernatural origins, even if they were sea monsters. kimrendfeld.wordpress.com/2025/10/14/w...
This was a fascinating story to edit. It has a "spinning straw into gold" quality.
Childhood myopia is surging and treatment isn’t cheap. SIU researchers set out to change that.
They turned caffeine from tea & coffee waste into 7-MX, a drug that slows nearsightedness. Cleaner, cheaper, sustainable. Drops from $700 a gram to under 35 cents.
Yesterday’s waste. Tomorrow’s solution.
They turned caffeine from tea & coffee waste into 7-MX, a drug that slows nearsightedness. Cleaner, cheaper, sustainable. Drops from $700 a gram to under 35 cents.
Yesterday’s waste. Tomorrow’s solution.
As childhood myopia surges, SIU team finds cleaner, cheaper way to make a key drug
If it seems like more children are wearing glasses, you’re not imagining it. By 2050, scientists project about 50% of tthis he world’s population will be nearsighted. As families and clinicians look f...
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October 11, 2025 at 12:52 AM
This was a fascinating story to edit. It has a "spinning straw into gold" quality.
Reposted by Kim Rendfeld
Childhood myopia is surging and treatment isn’t cheap. SIU researchers set out to change that.
They turned caffeine from tea & coffee waste into 7-MX, a drug that slows nearsightedness. Cleaner, cheaper, sustainable. Drops from $700 a gram to under 35 cents.
Yesterday’s waste. Tomorrow’s solution.
They turned caffeine from tea & coffee waste into 7-MX, a drug that slows nearsightedness. Cleaner, cheaper, sustainable. Drops from $700 a gram to under 35 cents.
Yesterday’s waste. Tomorrow’s solution.
As childhood myopia surges, SIU team finds cleaner, cheaper way to make a key drug
If it seems like more children are wearing glasses, you’re not imagining it. By 2050, scientists project about 50% of tthis he world’s population will be nearsighted. As families and clinicians look f...
news.siu.edu
October 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Childhood myopia is surging and treatment isn’t cheap. SIU researchers set out to change that.
They turned caffeine from tea & coffee waste into 7-MX, a drug that slows nearsightedness. Cleaner, cheaper, sustainable. Drops from $700 a gram to under 35 cents.
Yesterday’s waste. Tomorrow’s solution.
They turned caffeine from tea & coffee waste into 7-MX, a drug that slows nearsightedness. Cleaner, cheaper, sustainable. Drops from $700 a gram to under 35 cents.
Yesterday’s waste. Tomorrow’s solution.
Fastrada. my heroine in "Queen of the Darkest Hour," would understand the impact of a disease that wiped out most of the army's horses. The novelist needed to do some research. kimrendfeld.wordpress.com/2025/09/16/h...
Horse Heredity in the Dark Ages
Early medieval warhorses, the costliest livestock, had to be brave, a trait they inherited from their fathers.
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September 17, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Fastrada. my heroine in "Queen of the Darkest Hour," would understand the impact of a disease that wiped out most of the army's horses. The novelist needed to do some research. kimrendfeld.wordpress.com/2025/09/16/h...
Reposted by Kim Rendfeld
What happens to a tiny fish when the water turns toxic?
SIU grad Cristina La studied pollution in the delta smelt’s last habitat with @ucdavis.bsky.social & CA Fish & Wildlife. Her findings, published in Environmental Pollution, revealed contaminants in every sample, a warning for the ecosystem.
SIU grad Cristina La studied pollution in the delta smelt’s last habitat with @ucdavis.bsky.social & CA Fish & Wildlife. Her findings, published in Environmental Pollution, revealed contaminants in every sample, a warning for the ecosystem.
SIU grad’s research illuminates pollution threats to endangered Calif. fish
The Sacramento Deep Water Ship Channel was still and quiet as the boat cut through the morning fog. For Cristina La, then a graduate student at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, this was the mo...
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September 16, 2025 at 9:13 PM
What happens to a tiny fish when the water turns toxic?
SIU grad Cristina La studied pollution in the delta smelt’s last habitat with @ucdavis.bsky.social & CA Fish & Wildlife. Her findings, published in Environmental Pollution, revealed contaminants in every sample, a warning for the ecosystem.
SIU grad Cristina La studied pollution in the delta smelt’s last habitat with @ucdavis.bsky.social & CA Fish & Wildlife. Her findings, published in Environmental Pollution, revealed contaminants in every sample, a warning for the ecosystem.
Need an escape from today's news? Try "Rogue" by @charnewcomb.bsky.social. Here is my review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
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Kim Rendfeld's review of Rogue (Tales of Robin Hood, #1)
5/5: With a middle-aged Robin who has a troubled relationship with his eldest son, “Rogue” has a very different and entertaining take on a familiar legend. Although set in medieval times, it feels rel...
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September 2, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Need an escape from today's news? Try "Rogue" by @charnewcomb.bsky.social. Here is my review: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
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This was a fun story to write.
New study: Birds in light-polluted areas sing nearly an hour later at night. SIU’s Brent Pease and OSU’s Neil Gilbert used AI and 180M+ bird calls to link light sensitivity to behavioral change. Published today in @science.org.
#LightPollution #BirdConservation
#LightPollution #BirdConservation
SIU research finds birds in light polluted areas stay up late
Birds that are active during the day sing later into the night in places with significant light pollution, according to research by a Southern Illinois University Carbondale professor and his colleagu...
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August 21, 2025 at 9:49 PM
This was a fun story to write.
On my blog, I discuss "Duchess of the New Dawn," its inspiration and why I'm waiting until June 2026 to release it. Plus a couple of photos with a feline assistant. kimrendfeld.wordpress.com/2025/08/12/d...
‘Duchess of the New Dawn’ launches June 16, 2026 – preorder now
Kim Rendfeld’s novel Duchess of the New Dawn, about an 8th-century noblewoman daring to forge her own fate at great peril, launches on June 16, 2026. The ebook is available for preorder.
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August 13, 2025 at 2:43 AM
On my blog, I discuss "Duchess of the New Dawn," its inspiration and why I'm waiting until June 2026 to release it. Plus a couple of photos with a feline assistant. kimrendfeld.wordpress.com/2025/08/12/d...
My latest novel, "Duchess of the New Dawn," about an 8th century woman daring to forge her own fate at a great risk, is available for pre-order, with a release date of June 16, 2026. You can buy the ebook on Amazon and elsewhere. Paperback will be available soon.
August 5, 2025 at 11:36 PM
My latest novel, "Duchess of the New Dawn," about an 8th century woman daring to forge her own fate at a great risk, is available for pre-order, with a release date of June 16, 2026. You can buy the ebook on Amazon and elsewhere. Paperback will be available soon.
1911 Las Vegas, the setting for my short story "Madame Noir," is very different from today. kimrendfeld.wordpress.com/2025/07/07/w...
When Las Vegas Was Young
The setting for Kim Rendfeld’s short story “Madame Noir” is a very young Las Vegas, newly incorporated as a town in 1911.
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July 7, 2025 at 2:27 PM
1911 Las Vegas, the setting for my short story "Madame Noir," is very different from today. kimrendfeld.wordpress.com/2025/07/07/w...
Thanks @tinneyheath.bsky.social for the nice review of "Madame Noir": "I came away feeling that I had gained a stronger sense of what a woman’s life was like in the story’s time and place, and also that I had met an extraordinary character." www.amazon.com/gp/customer-...
Check out this Amazon review of Madame Noir
A rich and complex story
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July 5, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Thanks @tinneyheath.bsky.social for the nice review of "Madame Noir": "I came away feeling that I had gained a stronger sense of what a woman’s life was like in the story’s time and place, and also that I had met an extraordinary character." www.amazon.com/gp/customer-...
My thanks to friend and author Marina Julia Neary for her review of my short story: "Her story 'Madame Noir' is nothing short of a tour de force. She manages to squeeze a whole universe into a piece of short fiction." ctcommie.blogspot.com/2025/06/mada...
Madame Noir: a study of moral ambivalence
Greetings, commies! If you cannot commit to a full length novel, check out this brilliant short story from a historical novelist Kim Rendfel...
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June 17, 2025 at 2:04 AM
My thanks to friend and author Marina Julia Neary for her review of my short story: "Her story 'Madame Noir' is nothing short of a tour de force. She manages to squeeze a whole universe into a piece of short fiction." ctcommie.blogspot.com/2025/06/mada...
My short story "Madame Noir," a tale of a middle-aged woman seeking redemption in 1911 Las Vegas, is out in the wild today. Here is my blog post with a few thoughts and buy links: kimrendfeld.wordpress.com/2025/05/19/i....
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May 19, 2025 at 10:36 PM
My short story "Madame Noir," a tale of a middle-aged woman seeking redemption in 1911 Las Vegas, is out in the wild today. Here is my blog post with a few thoughts and buy links: kimrendfeld.wordpress.com/2025/05/19/i....
My short story "Madame Noir," a tale of redemption in young Las Vegas will launch in less than a week. It's available for preorder: www.amazon.com/Madame-Noir-...
Madame Noir
Amazon.com: Madame Noir eBook : Rendfeld, Kim: Books
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May 13, 2025 at 10:18 PM
My short story "Madame Noir," a tale of redemption in young Las Vegas will launch in less than a week. It's available for preorder: www.amazon.com/Madame-Noir-...
Even if it's a short story, there is a to-do list for an indie author.
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The To-Do List to Publish a Short Story
My historical short story “Madame Noir,” about medium trying to escape her scandalous past, is available for preorder on Amazon and other retailers, but the process was more than writing and polish…
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April 17, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Even if it's a short story, there is a to-do list for an indie author.
kimrendfeld.wordpress.com/2025/04/13/t...
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One of my books was pirated as well. This is theft.
META paid a pirating organization - LibGen - to steal copyrighted books to train its AI. Mine are there. What about yours?
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#BookSky 📚💙
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The Unbelievable Scale of AI’s Pirated-Books Problem
Meta pirated millions of books to train its AI. Search through them here.
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March 20, 2025 at 11:32 PM
One of my books was pirated as well. This is theft.
Reposted by Kim Rendfeld
META paid a pirating organization - LibGen - to steal copyrighted books to train its AI. Mine are there. What about yours?
#writingcommunity
#BookSky 📚💙
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
#writingcommunity
#BookSky 📚💙
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
The Unbelievable Scale of AI’s Pirated-Books Problem
Meta pirated millions of books to train its AI. Search through them here.
www.theatlantic.com
March 20, 2025 at 8:06 PM
META paid a pirating organization - LibGen - to steal copyrighted books to train its AI. Mine are there. What about yours?
#writingcommunity
#BookSky 📚💙
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
#writingcommunity
#BookSky 📚💙
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
A song from my youth. youtu.be/4xmckWVPRaI?...
Twisted Sister - We're Not Gonna Take It (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Twisted Sister
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February 12, 2025 at 1:18 AM
A song from my youth. youtu.be/4xmckWVPRaI?...
Views of our house and backyard--snow on top of ice.
January 11, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Views of our house and backyard--snow on top of ice.