Moving, migrating, and more... There's likely a simpler way, but it's almost done. www.charlenenewcomb.com/2026/08/webs... #writerslife

Website under construction - pardon the mess!

Website changes. Welcome to my new site. The basics are live, but I still have some blog-related work to finish. It may not be as fancy as ...

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@kevinmkruse.bsky.social is a historian, Guggenheim Fellow, author of White Flight and One Nation Under God, and co-editor of Myth America. Kruze examines the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the crowning achievement of the civil rights era. #WeAreAmerica250

Check out The Coffee Pot Book Club Book of the Month: 💕Queen Anna by Tony Riches💕 Discover the true story of a remarkable queen, in an era of great change, sinister plots, and cruel witch hunts! thecoffeepotbookclub.blogspot.com/2026/08/book... #HistoricalFiction #Stuarts @tonyriches.bsky.social

My interview about Bess – Tudor Gentlewoman, the sixth and final novel in my Elizabethan Series: maryanneyarde.blogspot.com/2026/08/auth... @maryanneyarde.bsky.social #Elizabethan #Tudors #HistoricalFiction

Elizabeth R. Varon is an award-winning historian and the author of seven books. Varon profiles Clara Barton, the Civil War "angel of the battlefield" who founded the American Red Cross and championed women's suffrage. #WeAreAmerica250

Everyone should know who Borlaug is. This is the legacy Musk and Trump destroyed.

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Tom Vilsack, former Secy of Agriculture & former gov of Iowa, profiles Dr. Norman Borlaug, the Iowa-born scientist whose Green Revolution transformed global agriculture, saving more than a billion lives from famine in this 250 to 250 from @hcrichardson.bsky.social& team. youtu.be/JF46O8BgTq0?...

Dr. Dianne Johnson-Feelings, professor of English at the University of SC, explores the Harlem Renaissance, the explosion of Black art, music, & literature that reshaped American culture in the early 20th century, in this 250 to 250 from @hcrichardson.bsky.social & team. youtu.be/8u4HIY-xTO8?...

Harlem Renaissance, Narrated by Dianne Johnson-Feelings

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Check out the spotlight for CM Gray's new WWII thriller, One More Hour of Daylight. #historicalFiction #BookSky 💙📚 charlenenewcomb.com/2026/07/a-ww...

What is the point of the United States Senate?

Jamie Dupree@jamiedupree.bsky.social · 2w ago

The Senate has again refused to debate a 'war powers' resolution on stopping the Iran War. 3 GOP Senators voted 'Yes' - Collins ME, Murkowski AK, and Paul KY. Fetterman D-PA voted 'No.' (McConnell did not vote)

My review of the epic & action-packed The Eagle & the Wolf by @gordondohertybooks.bsky.social the first book in the Age of Attila series out on 13th August from @harper-collins.bsky.social #books #bookreviews #historicalfiction #booksky

Book Review – The Eagle & the Wolf by Gordon Doherty @GordonDoherty @HarperCollins #20BOS26

About the Book As Hun hordes and Germanic tribes maraud through Imperial lands, two legendary men – Attila the Hun and the “Last of the Romans” General Flavius Aetius find their fortunes entangled with the chaos. Flavius Aetius, a noble Roman son, is an outsider in a savage land. He has been banished, given as hostage to the barbaric Huns and sent to the edge of the world.

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I'm often asked about my writing process. I usually collapse in laughter. Here's why: alisonmortonauthor.com/.../whats-my...

Good old Dolly! #BookSky

Today is Black Women's Equal Pay Day. And in 2026, Black women are STILL only making 65 cents on the dollar. Pay Black women. Period.

Book Spotlight: The Making of Marigold McGrath | Carrie Hayes on my blog today. charlenenewcomb.com/2026/07/book... #historicalFiction 💙📚

Summer Reading - solve a murder mystery with JAN CHRISTOPHER mybook.to/JanChristoph... #CosyMystery #WhoDoneIt #1970s #PublicLibrary #NorthDevon #Series

@tonyriches.bsky.social is on my blog today, talking about his #Elizabethan series! www.annabelfrage.com/2026/07/17/i...

The new release of Queen Anna explores the remarkable, true story of Anna of Denmark, and follows her journey from her early life in Denmark to become the queen consort of three kingdoms in Stuart England. mybook.to/QueenAnna #HistoricalFiction #Stuarts #BookLaunch

On the new #WIP, revisiting 2 knights who served Richard the Lionheart. #historicalfiction 💙📚 #amwriting charlenenewcomb.com/2026/07/on-n...

Creating a heroine's backstory requires educated guesses and invention. open.substack.com/pub/kimrendf...

Creating an Early Medieval Heroine’s Childhood

Part of writing a novel is creating backstories for your characters, especially your protagonist. Even with historic early medieval characters, that backstory means guesswork and invention.

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Little girl wreaks havoc in her parents' cabinet. And she's got a pretzel! And a dog! Can't help loving this painting by Sebastian Stosskopf of Strasbourg.

»Emails that would have been easy to spot even twelve months ago are now detailed, personal, and convincing enough to make a careful author stop and ask, “wait, is this real?”« selfpublishingadvice.org/spammers-and... #WritingCommunity #KathySWriter

Spammers and Scammers: The Personalized Pitch — The Self-Publishing Advice Center

Welcome to Spammers and Scammers, our second edition in this new series where we explore different scams targeting our indie author and publisher community so we can stay educated and protected from b...

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In the last year of his life, Vincent van Gogh painted this delicate ‘Almond Blossom’ as a gift to brother Theo & his wife Joanna to celebrate the birth of their newborn son, whom they named after Vincent (1890)

To be a historian is to speak ill of the dead and the rest of you should take more history classes and join us.

Bob Crawford is best known for being the bassist for the Avett Brothers, historian, podcast host, childhood cancer advocate, and author of “America's Founding Son.” Crawford shares the history of President John Quincy Adams, who used his post-presidency to fight against slavery. #WeAreAmerica250

Well, that's good to know… #BookSky

#OTD 10 July 1190 From the archives: On the way to the Holy Land, Lionheart's army nearly met with disaster. charlenenewcomb.com/2014/07/10-j... #medievalhistory #RichardI

Waterways and Windsor - a coda to our hiking trip | @abelfrageauthor.bsky.social www.annabelfrage.com/2026/06/14/w...

Waterways and Windsor - a coda to our hiking trip - Anna Belfrage

Ha! Surely you did not think I’d milked my recent travels to their full extent? No, no, dear peeps, that is not the case. So: a final post (hmm) about my recent adventures along the Thames, and let’s ...

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Delighted to spotlight Mirta Ines Trupp's new book on my blog today. charlenenewcomb.com/2026/07/spot... #historicalfiction 💙📚 #AmericanRevolutionaryWar @cathiedunn.bsky.social #thecoffeepotbookclub

Shana Bushyhead Condill recounts the Trail of Tears, the brutal forced removal of Indigenous peoples whose survival remains a testament to Native resilience that endures today. #WeAreAmerica250

It has been criminally underreported but Kelsey Pfendler has just rowed solo across the Pacific Ocean from the US coast to Hawaii in record time. A 2,400-mile unsupported journey in 43 days, 17 hours, and 55 minutes. Notably beating the Men’s record by 9 whole days.