Today I’m hosting my good friend Ashley York. She used her background in history to give her wonderful stories a realistic accounting of the time and place.
Where
History takes a passionate turn says
it all! My medieval stories take place in the 11th and 12th century, the High
Middle Ages. I love the fact that survival was not guaranteed and life was not
easy. Babies died, food was fought over, and enemies were everywhere. This
lends itself to creating complex characters that live life to the fullest,
seeking satisfaction in all their pursuits whether it be in warfare or love, while
knowing how brief there time may be. That equals passion! The fact that they
live in a Christian society adds restraint to their decisions while they
struggle with the many things, seen and unseen, and their pagan past hovers
over them like a storm cloud.
This is an amazing time period
where universities were just coming into prominence, empires were being established,
and human ingenuity was on the upswing. I write my characters without an eye toward the outcome of
history. Just because we know William of Normandy will conquer the Kingdoms of
England in 1066 doesn’t mean we have to act like the Saxons were ripe for an
invasion. Just the opposite! Let’s extol their strength and unity and their
proud, though diverse, heritage. Let’s not give the ending away!
years spent in the wilds of the Colorado mountains, Ashley York is a proud
life-long New Englander and a hardcore romantic. She has an MA in History which
brings with it, through many years of research, a love for primary documents
and the smell of musty old libraries. With her author’s imagination, she likes
to write about people who could have lived alongside those well-known giants
from the past.
my books at: https://www.ashleyyorkauthor.com/books
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