by Rue Allyn | Sep 30, 2019 | Romance
“Unkynde neighbores, bakbiteres, breke-cheste, brawlers and chiderers.” Piers Plowman B gives us a long list of mischief makers of various types. I find the term ‘breke-cheste’ interesting for it’s metaphorical implications. This propbable translation demonstrates....
by Rue Allyn | Sep 28, 2019 | Romance |
Why do I write romance starring Canada’s Indigenous People? One, I’m Ojibway and grew up on the reserve. Two, having worked for an aboriginal organization for over fifteen years that took me all over the Treaty Area, which allowed me to engage with twenty-four First...
by Rue Allyn | Sep 26, 2019 | Romance |
I’ll admit, I’m a bit of an old fogey when it comes to popular music. I like many types of music but what I have most on my playlist is ‘rock ‘n roll’ from the fifties throught the nineties. Of the multiple thousands of songs in my...
by Rue Allyn | Sep 23, 2019 | Romance
“Piers the plowman is nought in Lolleres ne in lond-leperes hermytes.” In modern English the statement becomes “Piers the plowman is not a Lollard nor a wandering hermit.” In the 21st century we have a very romantic idea of wanderers. “I love to go a-wandering . . .”...
by Rue Allyn | Sep 21, 2019 | Romance |
Please welcome this week’s Featured Author and a returning favorite, Alice Renaud. I’ve always been fascinated by witches, and not long ago I read a book about the witch hunts and witch trials of the seventeenth century. It was very sad to read about those poor...
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