Ta dah! The paperback edition of The Game of Hope

Ta dah! The paperback edition of The Game of Hope

by | Sep 23, 2019 | Adventures of a Writing Life, On Research, The Game of Hope | 0 comments

I’m pleased to announce the beautiful Canadian paperback edition of The Game of Hope. It’s fresh and fun to have a new cover. The first person to email me* a selfie holding the book will be sent an autographed hardcover edition.

In other news, I’ve just returned from a three-week trip to the UK, researching the early life of Queen Elizabeth I and the village of Adisham, where I’ve set my other heroine, young Molly the falconer.

Researching falconry at The Hawking Centre was a highlight of my trip.

 

In one month, shortly after Canadian Thanksgiving, Richard and I will be heading south to San Miguel de Allende for the winter. Once settled, I plan to NaNoWriMo-write the rough first draft of Molly & Bess (working title). I’m not yet sure if it’s one novel or two. This will be one way to find out.

*sgulland AT sandragulland DOT com

World Falconry Day celebrates women falconers

World Falconry Day celebrates women falconers

by | Nov 16, 2018 | Adventures of a Writing Life, On Research, Recommended Books, Movies, Podcasts, etc., Work in Process (WIP), Young Adult Literature | 0 comments

Today, November 16, is World Falconry Day. This year the theme is specifically on female falconers, historically and currently. This is significant because traditionally falconry has been a male realm.

I’m in the research stage of writing a Young Adult novel about a young woman falconer in Elizabethan England, so naturally this caught my eye.

If you haven’t watched the award-winning documentary The Eagle Huntress, do! It’s amazing.

This video, too, is also about women practicing falconry with eagles:

The women talk about how hard it was at first. I’d like to know: Hard in what ways?