Sold into Freedom is now available in audiobook! You can find it in Audible, as well as many other online stores and library services. Join Tia as she resists the invading soldiers. Take a stand with Quin against the selfish ambition of the praetor. Listen to Paulos’s gentle advice when all seems lost. Audible || iTunes …
What do Thyatira, Tyre, and Tiberius have in common?
A certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, one who worshiped God, heard us; whose heart the Lord opened to listen to the things which were spoken by Paul. When she and her household were baptized, she begged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and …
Hail, Britannia!
Our heroine, Tia, comes from a tribe known as the Dumnonii, in Britannia. Britannia is a Latinization of the native Brittonic word for the island, Pritanni. (In Freedom, I use Britannia for both the Latin and Brittonic name for simplicity’s sake.) For the Romans, Britannia was a hugely attractive target. This was a land rich in metals (especially iron, tin, …
Meet Paulos
If you’ve read my books, you know that my heroes and heroines are characters that are only mentioned a few times in the Bible. Major personages, like Moses and Joshua, are there, but they are not the focus of the story. For my next series, Paul will be a little more involved than Moses and Joshua were. Each story will take place in …
Meet Quin and Tia
Elantia is Sold into Freedom’s heroine. She’s from southwest Britannia, the area that is now Devon and Kent. Her father is the chief of their small village, which is part of the Dumnonii tribe. Britannia was inhabited by the people we now call Celtics, though they weren’t known by that name until the 17th century. They were actually many disparate …
Join Me in Philippi
I’ve been AWOL for about six weeks now. It’s been an incredibly busy 6 weeks, bookwise, on top of two birthdays and Christmas in the same week. I think I’m almost recovered. On the 15th I submitted my manuscript for Guideposts’ upcoming series “Ordinary Women of the Bible.” My book is about Jochebed, Moses’s birth mother. It was one of the …
Ten Things Almost Every Movie About Rome Gets Wrong
Hollywood loves Ancient Rome. Who doesn’t? It would be hard to find a greater source of pomp, brutality, action, and personality than Rome. But apparently, sometimes Hollywood feels the need to embellish—leading to lots of myths, misconceptions and just plain errors that are often taken as fact. I give you ten. First, my pet peeve: Roman men did not fight …
Planting Faith with Paul
I’ve been working on my next historical novel, which should release next November. It’s the first in a series I’m calling “Planting Faith.” These books will follow Paul on his second missionary journey through Macedonia and Achaia, now modern Greece. As with Moses and Joshua, Paul will be a secondary character. This first book I’m calling Sold Into Freedom. Set in …
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