I was sent a message on Facebook the other day by one of my readers (thanks Simon), telling me he'd been out walking in Hertfordshire and mentioning "Jack O Legs" and Little John. I was confused. What the hell was a Jack O Legs? Was it just a random auto-correct, changing normal, recognizable words into... Continue Reading →
Researching The Druid
A short guest post I did for Tony Riches's website about researching The Druid. "What did they wear? What did they eat, drink, do for fun?" Check it out here: https://tonyriches.blogspot.com/2019/01/guest-post-by-steven-mckay-researching.html
The dreaded “F-word” in historical fiction – what’s your opinion on it?
Okay, as you probably all know, I've finished off my Forest Lord series* and am now working on a new novel starring a warrior druid rampaging through post-Roman Britain. That will be the first in, I expect, a trilogy but who knows...? Now, I remember writing my debut novel, Wolf's Head, and wondering if... Continue Reading →