Tag: historical fiction

• Offerings

  

  Author Robin Rivers offers up her thoughts on her grandmother’s memory.

  Robin Rivers

  August 20, 2020

  Everyday Life, Spiritual Development

  ancestors, family, historical fiction

• Atop The Ramparts at Château Royal d’Amboise

  

  Author Robin Rivers takes you atop the ramparts at Château Royale d’Amboise in Amboise, France.

  Robin Rivers

  November 17, 2019

  A Canadian In France, The Woman On The Wall, Travel

  amboise, author, castles, Château Royal d’Amboise, Da Vinci, François I, France, Francesco Melzi, French, historical fiction, kings, Loire River, Loire Valley, Mona Lisa, novel, novel research, novel research trip, renaissance, Robin Rivers, Woman On The Wall

• Atop The World With Da Vinci

  

  Author Robin Rivers visits with da Vinci and his apprentices atop a hill in Amboise, France.

  Robin Rivers

  November 3, 2019

  A Canadian In France, The Woman On The Wall, Travel

  amboise, art, art histori, author, Château Royal d’Amboise, Da Vinci, France, French Renaissance, historical fiction, Loire Valley, medieval, novel, novel research, Novelist, painters, renaissance, Robin Rivers, The Woman On The Wall, Travel

• A Journey Without Expectations

  

  For the next several weeks, I’ll be posting the tales of magick, time travel, serendipity, and the great confluence of modern-day life alongside that of the Renaissance which defined my French sojourn, deeply reshaped the story being told in Woman On The Wall, and brought me to a place at the edge of the veil where I found far more than details for my novel. 

  Robin Rivers

  October 21, 2019

  A Canadian In France, The Woman On The Wall, Travel

  16th Century, Air France, amboise, France, French Renaissance, historical fiction, history, leonardo da vinci, Mona Lisa, novel, novel research, novel research trip, October, Paris, solo travel, The Woman On The Wall, Travel, writer’s life, Writer’s Studio, writing, writing community

• Slow Travel

  

  Novelist Robin Rivers talks about her realization that slowing down in Paris and Amboise means a more immersive travel experience.

  Robin Rivers

  August 2, 2019

  A Canadian In France, In The Writer’s Studio, The Woman On The Wall, Travel, Uncategorized

  amboise, author, Canadian in France, France, historical fiction, novel, Novelist, Paris, Quartzy, research, Robin Rivers, slow travel, The Woman On The Wall, Travel, travel blogger, travel to France in October, writing

• The Lady and The Unicorn

  

  Author Robin Rivers reads up on the Lady and The Unicorn tapestries before heading to the Musée de Cluny le Monde Médiéval in Paris.

  Robin Rivers

  July 30, 2019

  A Canadian In France, The Woman On The Wall, Travel

  amreading, amresearching, Books, Cluny Museum, France, historical fiction, Lady and the Unicorn, medieval, novel, Novelist, Paris, renaissance, tapestry, Tracy Chevalier, unicorn, Writer’s Studio

• Late-Night Storytelling

  

  Author Robin Rivers shares a moment from her late-night writing binges.

  Robin Rivers

  July 15, 2019

  In The Writer’s Studio, The Woman On The Wall, Uncategorized

  am writing, historical fiction, late-night writing, novel writing, Novelist, pencil and paper, The Woman On The Wall, writer’s life, Writer’s Studio, writing

• Historical Fiction Book Review – Cleopatra’s Daughter

  

  A review of Michelle Moran’s historical novel Cleopatra’s Daughter.

  Robin Rivers

  June 8, 2019

  Book Review

  am reading, ancient Egypt, Book Review, Books, Cleopatra, Egypt, Fall of Egypt, female protagonists, historical fiction, Michelle Moran, North Africa, novel review, reading, Rome, Selene, women’s fiction