Romance and Ruin: Tales of Love and History
Loving medieval England as I do and loving to play with time periods, I am honored to share with you, one chapter at a time, ETERNAL BELOVED. I'll also occasionally share posts about writing historical fiction, and whatever is bugging or exciting me at the time!
Click below to enjoy the first chapter.
Would you cross centuries to be with this this knight? Bel Lucy would--and did!
ETERNAL BELOVED is set alternately in contemporary Colorado and fourteenth-century Ireland. Bel Lucy, my failed novelist and successful publishing mogul, finds herself in fourteenth-century Ireland, where she must survive famine, war… and one irritating but dangerously appealing knight.
The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends justice--except for America's working class. Colorado has some of the most violent labor history in America. Blue-Collar Blues will share my opinions on various strikes, socialism, and my working class roots.
Click below to read my essay: An America That No Longer Exists.
My union uncles and my union dad (in the center) following their uncle's funeral. Uncle Vic was a coal miner and IWW radical, as is most of my family.
WFM union hall following militia attack that ended the 1903-04 strike. Read about the Colorado Labor Wars in THE GOLDEN PROMISE OF CRIPPLE CREEK.