Historical Christian Fiction

New Book Trailer

linoreb — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:57:15 +0000

Well, it isn’t atmospheric of the Regency, but Harvest House Publishers made a book trailer for my upcoming December inspirational regency romance, Before the Season Ends. It emphasizes the “good girl” safety factor–this is a Christian book, for sure. It doesn’t emphasize the fun factor, or the adventure, or the sense of Regency England you get from reading it.

But hey, I didn’t have to make it myself. And some people LOVE this sort of cozy setting.

What do YOU think? Does the trailer make you think the book is too tame? Or does it whet the appetite of your inner historical romantic reading bug??

Leave a comment and let me know. I’ll pick one winner to receive a copy of the book. However, I’ll only choose a winner if there are at least ten comments left by Friday of this week. (10/31).

So, tell your friends! They could win the a new Inspirational regency that Publisher’s Weekly calls “a tasty confection.” Before the Season Ends, official release date is 12/1/08 and coming fast.

Go HERE to see the vid trailer. Then, come back to this page (use your green back arrow) to leave a comment.

Happy reading,

Linore Rose Burkard

Welcome!

lindafulkerson — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:56:15 +0000

Welcome to the web site of Historical Christian Fiction! This site was created by a group of writers who wish to share their love of the Lord, history, and writing with others who share similar interests.

This site is new, so please continue to check back as content is being added frequently. We hope you’ll enjoy your visit here and encourage you to share your comments and suggestions. Please help us spread the word about this new gathering place for those who love Historical Christian Fiction.

English Colonial Land in the Carolinas

jt4novels — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 14:23:10 +0000

In 1663 King Charles II of England appointed eight men as the Lords Proprietors over the Carolinas land in the colonies for their loyal service to him. At this time, the Carolinas included what is present day, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennesee, Georgia, and Florida. Anyone who wanted to purchase land south of Virginia had to go through one of these eight lords and/or their representatives. Some of these lords never set foot on colonial soil. The Lords Proprietors included:

2nd Earl of Carendon (Henry Hyde)

1st Earl of Shaftesbury (Anthony Ashley-Cooper)

1st Duke of Albemarle (George Monck)

1st Earl of Craven (William Craven)

1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton (John Berkeley)

1st Baronet of Carteret who also later became Earl of Granville (George Carteret)

Marquess of Berkeley (William Berkeley)

1st Baronet of Colleton (John Colleton)

The Earl of Granville mostly issued property in the Piedmont region of North Carolina. Many of these land grants were purchased in England before the colonists ever left their mother country. So they had no idea what they would find when they arrived in the Carolinas. I can only imagine the courage it took to cross the great Atlantic and settle in a foreign land with only wilderness around and Indian people like none they had ever known.

The Holocaust

rachelwilder — Fri, 02 May 2008 16:59:25 +0000

I keep my homepage set to what some people think is a strange site. It’s a conservative news bureau called The Cybercast News Service, or CNSNews.com. That’s how I follow politics, since I’m extremely conservative. The site leans so far to the right that it might fall off some people’s monitors, but I enjoy it a great deal because I lean that far to the right already.

Every once in awhile something useful for historical research pops up on this site. Yesterday one of the featured articles was on Yad Vashem: The Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Authority, headquartered in Jerusalem.

The site itself is a wealth of Holocaust information, including a survivors’ database and numerous articles relating to the Holocaust. They’ve recently added an entire section in Arabic as well, because of the growing sentiment among Arabs that the Jews orchestrated the entire Holocaust to get rid of the sick and infirm among them so they “wouldn’t be a burden to the new State of Israel”.

Earlier this week Yad Vashem launched a new section, an online photo archive. I haven’t looked through it yet since I’m not writing anything pertaining to the Holocaust but I’m sure this section will come in very handy for people who are writing about the Holocaust.

There’s also a newish documentary airing this month on the National Geographic Channel about the Auschwitz scrapbooks. You’d have to check your local listings to see if you have NatGeo and when it’s airing again.

About Historical Christian Fiction

Therese M. Stenzel — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 01:35:32 +0000

His Writers is a group formed in April 2007 and dedicated to the craft of writing European based historical novels by ACFW members. Not that this group doesn’t write for other genres, but we wanted a place where the discussion of the proper use of titles of nobility, corsets in the 18th century, and what publishers were tired of prairie romances could be freely and passionately bantered about.

We have 40 members from the multi-pubbed to the those who are still in the pondering stage of their first historical novel. If you love European historicals, and are a member of ACFW, this is the place for you!

Therese Stenzel-His Writers Head Wench

Bodiam

lindafulkerson — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:05:39 +0000

Castle at Night

lindafulkerson — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:04:54 +0000

Prague

lindafulkerson — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:03:14 +0000

Eastern Gate

lindafulkerson — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:00:39 +0000

Library

lindafulkerson — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:00:04 +0000