Best Bios about 18th & 19th century crossdressers
As the author of the historical novel Star-Crossed, a title that plays on the practice of cross-dressing, I was asked by Ben Fox, founder of Shepherd.com to share my five [...]
Books that guided and inspired Patricia MacPherson
Thanks to Lisa Goodwin, the Women who Sail New England and the Between the Lines Book Club for inviting me to your discussion of The Surgeon's Mate! As promised, here [...]
Fanny Palmer Austen, Navy Wife
Navy Wives Aboard British Warships A critique of Jane Austen’s Transatlantic Sister; The Life and Letters of Fanny Palmer Austen Jane Austen was a social realist in portraying everyday life [...]
History lives aboard the North Star of Herschel Island
What would it be like to live aboard a historic arctic sailing ship? Freelance writer Bruce MacDonald wrote the book about the life and times of North Star of Herschel [...]
Naval Wives and Mistresses
During the period of time Britain claims to have ruled the seas, women played a role that has been largely overlooked or dismissed by most historians and novelists (except for [...]
Roy and Lesley Adkins, John A. Lynn, Evelyn Berekman, et al.
I get by with a little help from my friends. Thanks to Alaric Bond who sent me a list of sources (Annotated Bibliography ) from a colleague in the National Maritime Society [...]
Top 5 Titles that informed and inspired my nautical fiction
Acclaimed author and webmaster Midori Snyder is putting together a great list of sources used by the authors of Fireship Press. Over the years I have collected a boat load [...]