New e-mail account.

Hello everyone.

I returned from holiday to find my e-mail account with BT had very messily died in my absence. Not being inclined (after two TRULY TERRIBLE experiences with BT's non UK call centres) to get them to fix things this time around I have done what needed doing long ago, and transferred elsewhere. This does mean though that for the past week I have been unable to read any incoming e-mails to my Elizabeth Chadwick account, and also that until I get things moved over, I won't be able to read incoming e-mails on my old account.
If anyone does want to get in touch with me, my new account address as of today (Saturday 12th September 2009) is elizabethchadwick@live.co.uk So sorry for any inconvenience, but believe me, this is sooooo much easier than going through the torturous circular rigmarole of a BT overseas call centre experience (shudder).

Another wonderful review for The Greatest Knight

I'm busy on a blog tour at the moment and have just had this lovely review over at Booking Mama, for The Greatest Knight. http://bookingmama.blogspot.com/2009/08/review-greatest-knight.html As usual, I am doing the happy dance for William rather than ego-freaking myself!

INTERVIEW WITH SHARON KAY PENMAN

On top of my own blog tour to celebrate the USA publication of The Greatest Knight, I have recently posted an interview on my Living The History blog with my good friend Sharon Kay Penman. She's given me some fanatastic answers! http://livingthehistoryelizabethchadwick.blogspot.com/2009/08/interview-with-sharon-kay-penman.html
Do drop by and have a look.

Announcement of Blog Tour!

As many of you know, Sourcebooks is publishing THE GREATEST KNIGHT in the USA on September 1st. It's going to be available in both paperback and electronic format, including Amazon Kindle.
To celebrate the publication, Source has arranged for me to go on a virtual Blog Tour. I'd love to cross oceans at some point and meet the readers, but this is a great substitute for now. Look out for guest appearances on the blogs below on the given dates, where I'll be talking a little bit about William Marshal (a lot actually, what a man!), and about writing historical fiction. I am told there are going to be book giveaways too, so there's a chance to win a free copy of THE GREATEST KNIGHT.
See you there!

August 20—Pop Syndicate’s Book Addict http://popsyndicate.com/books

August 25—My Friend Amyhttp://myfriendamysblog.com/

August 27—A Reader’s Respite http://readersrespite.blogspot.com/

August 28—Booking Mama http://bookingmama.blogspot.com/

August 31—Historical Tapestry http://historicaltapestry.blogspot.com/

September 1—Passages to the Past http://passagestothepast.blogspot.com/

Yankee Romance Reviewers http://yankeeromancereviewers.blogspot.com/

September 2—A Journey of Books http://ajourneyofbooks.blogspot.com/

September 3—The Tome Traveller’s Weblog http://thetometraveller.blogspot.com

September 4— http://historical-fiction.com/

September 21—Love Romance Passion http://www.loveromancepassion.com/

September 22—The Review From Here/Scribe Vibe http://scribevibe.blogspot.com/

September 23—Bloody Bad Books http://trinsnook.blogspot.com/

September 25—Morbid Romantic http://www.morbid-romantic.net/

TO DEFY A KING - Agent approves anyway!

Agent stayed up until 3.30 in the morning to finish To Defy a King. She said:

'I love the manuscript. I felt bereft when it stopped. Wow oh wow.'

Now, obviously she is my agent and I'm her client, but even so, I am wiping my brow with relief that it has passed the first hurdle now it's out in the world. I still have to hear from editors - they are reading it this weekend.

I guess my News blog is the only place where I trumpet blow. I don't like doing it more broadly online because the 'look at me' stuff gets stale very quickly and I'd rather talk history, writing and books in more general terms than my latest puff - so I confine the 'me' stuff to here!

Oh, and here's the video trailer!

To Defy a King - finished and handed in!

A note to say that I handed in my story of Mahelt Marshal and Hugh Bigod today. To Defy a King is now officially into the next stage of production i.e. out of the writer's hand and heading (6 drafts later!) into the world.

The Greatest Knight Book Trailer!

Well, I've been fiddling again, and here's the book trailer for The Greatest Knight Sourcebooks edition, published in the USA on September 1st.