Author Archives: Walt Shiel
Why the Knight in “Once A Knight”?
During my weekend forum on the Military Writers Society of America website last weekend (April 27-29), one of the members asked about my use of the term knight and my basing the fictional village of Cantiny on the actual old walled city of Toul, France. Did it have something to do with the era of knighthood and chivalry? Continue reading
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“Once A Knight” Video Introduction
Here’s the video intro about my historical novel Once A Knight: A Novel of Aerial Combat and Romance in World War I (which is not in the romance novel genre, by the way) plus some info about my weekend author forum sponsored by the Military Writers Society of America. The forum is this weekend. Continue reading
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Upcoming MWSA Event
As I’ve mentioned previously, my WW I aviation historical novel Once A Knight received a Bronze Medal in the 2011 Book Awards for the Military Writers Society of America. This month MWSA has asked me to be the featured writer … Continue reading
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Author Interview – Neil Moran
If you’re into gardening, particularly in northern climates, you likely could learn a lot from Neil Moran and his books: North Country Gardening: Simple Secrets to Successful Northern Gardening (which I think was the first book we bought after moving to the UP in 2004, a big help with our 2005 garden) and North Country Gardening with Wildflowers: A Guide to Growing and Enjoying Native Wildflowers in the Great Lakes Region. I think Neil must be the reigning guru of gardening in the north! Continue reading
Revised Book Cover
We originally released my World War I historical novel, Once A Knight, with a quickly done cover because I honestly did not know what to expect regarding sales. Well, it’s been doing far better than I had hoped. So, we now have a new cover that is in the process of propagating through all the various systems. Continue reading
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