historical thriller Archives - Page 3 of 3 - Shelley Blanton-Stroud

Interviews are dangerous

Shelley Admin2022-01-18T18:27:28+00:00audience, AUTHOR, Copy Boy, Craft, Dust Bowl, Fact and fiction, FAMILY, historical thriller, Interview|

It's like I'm a sophomore. It's fascinating to me how a person can turn sixty and still feel, well, sophomoric. To [...]

Launching the Mystery Review Crew

Shelley Admin2022-01-18T18:28:06+00:00AUTHOR, Craft, feminist noir, Giveaway, historical fiction, historical thriller, Interview, Mystery Review Crew, Noir, Online event, Video|

In just three days, January 10, the Mystery Review Crew website will launch, sharing news, reviews, interviews, videos and more [...]

Noir-y Holidays

Shelley Admin2021-11-23T00:43:44+00:00Copy Boy, historical thriller, Indie Bookstores, Noir|

I love my local bookstore, Capital Books, partly because they just like to have fun with books. To that end, [...]

A number for Barbara Stanwyck

Shelley Admin2021-11-12T14:51:19+00:00AUTHOR, Barbara Stanwyck, feminist noir, historical fiction, historical thriller, Noir|

Poet Barbara Hamby's "I Beseech Thee, O Yellow Pages" scratches an itch today. Thanks to my friend, author Amanda McTigue, [...]

Shopping for 1939 fashion

Shelley Admin2021-11-01T22:33:16+00:00Fact and fiction, Fashion, historical fiction, historical thriller, History, Research, RMS Queen Mary, Uncategorized|

Writing historical fiction means a lot of learning. Some of it gives me a headache. But other research topics are [...]

Recreating 1939’s RMS Queen Mary

Shelley Admin2021-10-29T15:05:53+00:00historical fiction, historical thriller, History, Menus, RMS Queen Mary, Tomboy, Wine|

Though half of Tomboy takes place on RMS Queen Mary in 1939, I was never able to visit her in [...]