"The careful watch for broken weft—
the fault betrays a wand’ring mind.
The windows frame a cagedness
out of which the thought may fly—"

Read "Offering to the Textile Mill Girls of Lowell, #Massachusetts, 1840", a new #histfic #poem by Kataryna Zharkovna

https://sites.google.com/view/sundial-magazine/poems/offering-to-the-textile-mill-girls-of-lowell-massachusetts-1840

Sundial Magazine - Offering to the Textile Mill Girls of Lowell, Massachusetts, 1840

The careful watch for broken weft— the fault betrays a wand’ring mind. The windows frame a cagedness out of which the thought may fly— oh, narrowed girlhood! To tame the wooden beast must I! and rue the sameness of the act that with resurgence goes to die; there is no life or death but one— one

Emma Darwin's latest novel The #Bruegel Boy, published by @hollandhouse3525, is available now. Link below or search emma darwin the bruegel boy

https://www.hhousebooks.com/books/the-bruegel-boy/

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#WritersCoffeeClub Mar 26
How Much of a break or hiatus do you take between works?

That's not something I plan. I'm two volumes into the current #histfic trilogy, and editing those is taking longer than I expected, particularly because I've got to get feedback from beta readers. Breaks just happen.

#writersofmastodon #writingcommunity

Look past the contemporary #photos of Goldsmiths Square #Sibiu and discover the life of a #medieval village at the time of the Mongol invasion of 1241, through a #story.

#Im4Rohttps://alluringcreations.co.za/wp/goldsmiths-square-sibiu-contemporary-photos-story-medieval-mongol-invasion/ #HistFic #Dreamland

The literary representation of frontier hardships offers insight into the realities of nineteenth-century rural life.

I am sharing a new article by Jean Archambault-White: How Historical Novels Portray Rural Frontier Hardships. It explores environmental challenges and the resilience of early settler.

Full article here:
https://www.authorjeanwhite.com/2026/03/19/how-historical-novels-portray-rural-frontier-hardships/

#HistoricalFiction #Sociology #BookDiscussion #ReadingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #IndieAuthors
#HistoryLovers #LiteratureLovers #HistFic #FrontierLife

Emma Darwin's latest novel The #Bruegel Boy, published by Holland House Books, is available now. Link below or search emma darwin the bruegel boy

https://www.hhousebooks.com/books/the-bruegel-boy/

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We wandered along the 1000 years old Targului Street in #Sibiu and snapped both eerie and cheerful #photos. I thought of how life must have been for the Saxons who built the first wooden houses here, during medieval times.
https://alluringcreations.co.za/wp/old-targului-street-sibiu-day-night-walk-photos-medieval-story/

#Im4Ro #Story #HistFic

Old Targului Street Sibiu Day-Night Walk Photos and a Medieval Story - Patricia Furstenberg, Writer of Historical Fiction, Children's Books

As we wandered on the thousand years old Targului Street in Sibiu and snapped both eerie and cheerful photos I imagined how life must have been for the Saxons who built the first wooden houses here, during Medieval Era.

Patricia Furstenberg, Writer of Historical Fiction, Children's Books - Travel via Stories

Gil the soldier...

Emma Darwin's latest novel The #Bruegel Boy, published by @hollandhouse3525, is available now. Link below, in bio, or search emma darwin the bruegel boy

https://www.hhousebooks.com/books/the-bruegel-boy/

#historicalfiction #histfic #amreading #newbook #fiction #bruegeltheelder #bookstodon #books

Gil is back in the studio...

Emma Darwin's latest novel The #Bruegel Boy, published by Holland House Books, is available now. Link below or search emma darwin the bruegel boy

https://www.hhousebooks.com/books/the-bruegel-boy/

#historicalfiction #histfic #amreading #newbook #fiction #bruegeltheelder #bookstodon #books