Do E-book Authors Dream of Electronic Royalty Checks?
Writers often daydream about their first publishing contract, and in the States, that dream involves a trip to New York, a ride up some swanky elevator, and a welcome into the community of real...
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Ravished
Long before Elvis, another kind of pop music swept the country. The glass harmonica, a musical instrument invented by Benjamin Franklin, caused young ladies to swoon. A poet of the period described the...
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E-Book Revolution: Same story, different century
I read in the bathtub and have always loathed e-books, but all that changed a year ago when an e-book publisher bought my debut novel. Since then, I’ve reconsidered my position, put today’s technology...
View ArticleAn Old-fashioned Valentine
In February, 1779, Ebenezer Bragg began to spend the night with Abigail Washburn. Many people in Keene knew about this unmarried liaison — indeed, “girling of it” and “afrolicking” were common...
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Celebrate Banned Book Week with Dorothee
To celebrate Banned Books Week and the start of National Book Month, author Dorothee Kocks will read from, discuss and sign her historical novel, The Glass Harmonica at the King’s English Bookshop in...
View ArticleReading What’s Banned
My novel features an early 19th century bookseller who sells obscene books, and this surprised me. I come from a liberal family but a sexually modest one. What was I doing with a character who roamed...
View ArticleThat’s a Wrap!
Alastair Owen and Jakob Wehrman of Edelbytes with actor Eli Skatvedt filmed the trailer at the Museum für Musikinstrumente der Universität Leipzig, Germany. Volker Friedemann Seumel played the...
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@bawdyamericans: Welcome to “Such Were My Temptations: Bawdy Americans 1760-1830″
View ArticleInterview with author Dorothee Kocks
Published in “News and Random Musings about Historical Novels,” HistoricalNovels.info, June 28, 2012 How did it feel when you first heard music played on the glass harmonica? One spring day, I drove a...
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