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 [...]
Women on board
Transgenders serving on ships is nothing new. I’ve long been interested in women on ships in the Age of Sail -- particularly women posing as men, passing as men, doing [...]
Beyond Research: Creating Verisimilitude in Historical Fiction
Here are a few of the slides from my power point outline, Beyond Research, shared at the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writer's spring Genre Con, May 14, at Table Mountain Inn [...]
Elizabeth Felt, Linda Collison and Mr. Eaton
An interview feels a lot like looking in the mirror first thing in the morning. Ack! Let me brush my hair and put on some makeup! Frankly, it's a little [...]
St. Nicholas Abbey, Barbados
The great house came into view, shabby and overgrown, yet elegant somehow. The outmoded parapets like white waves against the red shingled roof, the azure sky. Hounds bayed; I heard [...]
Barbados Bound!
I'm so happy to have the chance to revise and republish Star-Crossed as Barbados Bound; book one of the Patricia MacPherson Nautical Adventure Series! Last week I received the reversion [...]
My Life as an 18th-Century British Seaman
My Life as an 18th-Century British Seaman: How my ocean crossing aboard His Majesty's Bark Endeavour Replica became a historical fiction series Society of Southwest Author's Forum November 20, [...]
Anniversary of my crossing on His Majesty’s Bark Endeavour
HM Bark Endeavour is a working replica of the ship British explorer and navigator Capt. James Cook commanded on his first voyage around the world (1768-1771) . Twelve [...]
How Star-Crossed came about
Star-Crossed was conceived at the helm of the Endeavour Replica in the middle of the Pacific Ocean on the middle watch. Bob and I had signed on as voyage crewmembers [...]
Melanie Sherman prys a confession from me
I'm a bit of a recluse but was teased away from my mental and social retreat to share some secrets on Melanie Sherman's blog. http://melaniesherman.blogspot.com/2011/07/tension-and-conflict-on-high-seas.html Melanie Sherman is a writer of historical nautical [...]