Creativity, writing, and life - musings I've assumed no one else cared about, but that seem to resonate with others, along with my imaginings in the shape of fiction

Novels and short stories grounded in history, culture, and family sagas. No paywall.

Random musings and confessions by an historical fiction author.

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All about African history; narrating the continent's neglected past

Finding France, my new culinary memoir, is published in weekly installments full of French inspiration from the kitchen, garden, farms & markets of Gascony. Written at the Relais de Camont, my home and writer’s residency in Southwest France.

History of the Silk Road, Antiquity, and Eurasia