by 5u5p3nc3Auth0r | Sep 19, 2017 | Checkmate Clans and Castles
While visiting my ancestral home in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, it is impossible to escape the images of the bloody hand. It appears in various forms, sometimes with lions, a fish, a crown or a knight’s helmet. It can be found on the side of buildings, on flags,...
by 5u5p3nc3Auth0r | Sep 19, 2017 | Checkmate Clans and Castles
What if you could walk in your ancestor’s footsteps? Today’s environment comes with a host of challenges, including economic recession, political drama, declining industries, a shrinking middle class, wars and threats on multiple fronts. It might be easy to come to...
by 5u5p3nc3Auth0r | Sep 19, 2017 | Checkmate Clans and Castles, Songbirds are Free
Genealogy research is one of the most popular hobbies in America. In discovering our roots, we discover ourselves. A few years ago when my book Songbirds are Free, the true story of Mary Neely’s capture by Shawnee warriors was released, I was contacted by a Neely...
by 5u5p3nc3Auth0r | Sep 19, 2017 | Checkmate Clans and Castles, River Passage, Songbirds are Free
There’s a thin line between accuracy and the loss of credibility and nowhere does it show more dramatically than with an author. Our words are placed into the public realm for better or for worse and once credibility is lost, it can be next to impossible to regain....
by 5u5p3nc3Auth0r | Sep 19, 2017 | Checkmate Clans and Castles
Londonderry/Derry is the 2nd largest city in Northern Ireland, second only to Belfast yet whether it is called ‘Londonderry’ or ‘Derry’ by residents of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland has a lot to do with politics, religion and heritage. In my book, Clans...
by 5u5p3nc3Auth0r | Sep 18, 2017 | Checkmate Clans and Castles, Cloak and Mirrors, On Writing
For authors of suspense, the political landscape has posed some interesting challenges. It has always been a popular theme to select an enemy government that our hero must infiltrate and take down, even if it’s done in bits and pieces. Consider Ian Fleming’s James...
