If you watched the livestream chat I did with Matthew Harffy you'll already know the name of my next book, since I mentioned it in passing on there. Bear of Britain is the title and this follows on from The Northern Throne with Bellicus, Cai, Duro, and Eburus joining Arthur and Merlin in an attempt... Continue Reading →
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
As you'll know if you've read my Forest Lord series it was orginally planned to be a trilogy but ended up as four full-length novels. I'd read things like Bernard Cornwell's Saxon Stories and felt like they'd have been better as a shorter series. Similarly, the first three Shannara novels by Terry Brooks were great... Continue Reading →
by Steven A. McKay (This article originally appeared on the English Historical Fiction Authors blog March 1, 2015) Since the very beginning of time there have been those who chose to live a life of crime: outlaws, or, as they were often known in the middle-ages, wolf's heads. Obviously the most famous of them is... Continue Reading →
