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  • It’s Time to Celebrate World Book Day – Gina Conkle


    Since my days as an elementary school teacher, I’ve loved honoring books and reading. I’ve loved giving books away. I’ve loved talking books—fiction and non-fiction. For these reasons, I celebrate World Book Day by giving away at least 20 print novels.

    I started this tradition 5 years ago, and I plan to carry it on for many years to come.  This year’s giveaway is all of the 20 print novels pictured above (available worldwide). It will end at midnight ET on April 24, 2019 with 1 random winner drawn from the Rafflecopter sign up (see below).

    Got any questions? Just put them in the comments and I’ll get back to you ASAP.

    Yours in the love of books!

    ~Gina



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  • Crazy news! – Gina Conkle


    Yes, you read that right.  It stunned me when Sourcebooks emailed me with the news.

    So, I’m passing it on to you.

    At the moment, the ebook sale is available on these retail sites:

    Apple   Barnes & Noble   GooglePlay

    It’s supposed to be available on Amazon and Kobo.

    Maybe if you give them a nudge, they might speed up the price lowering.

    Just click the retailer of your choice listed above to download Meet the Earl at Midnight.

    Please, tell a friend. 

    Your in the love of books!

    Gina



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  • How Far into North America did Vikings go? Part 2 – Gina Conkle


    Letter from a king

    In 1354, King Magnus Eriksson of Sweden wrote a letter, ordering his officer, Paul Knutsson, to lead an expedition to Greenland. The king wanted Knutsson to look into reports of Greenland’s people (his subjects) turning away from Christianity.

    Some think Knutsson may have missed Greenland and landed in North America (or he went after renegade Greenlanders and found himself in North America). Records are scant on this period in Norway’s history because of much turmoil. Because Norway was in upheaval, there are no clear records Knutssson’s ship set sail, but we do have the king’s letter.

    Looking at other sources, we have Dutch cartographer Gerardus Mercator’s 1577 letter written to John Dee (scholar and advisor to Queen Elizabeth). Mercator shared that he’d learned of eight men who returned to Norway in 1364. One of them, a priest, handed the Norwegian king extensive geographical information on Arctic Islands.

    Could these eight men have been survivors of Knutsson’s voyage? Norwegian men who wandered further south into North America?

    Records dating 1364 and onward, corroborate priest Ivar Bardsson in Norway, listing him as living previously in Greenland.

    Next week, I’ll share the possible waterway, the Norse Crusader Theory, and the Battle of Visby Theory for Vikings in North America.

    Until then, tell me what you think about what was shared today.



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  • Three Ways Viking Women Showed Their Power – Gina Conkle


    Or Speak softly and carry an iron staff

    Viking witches (in Old Norse – volva singular, volur plural) were largely women. A small number of men took on the role but they were looked down on as effeminate.

    Unlike a seer, a volva wandered from settlement to settlement, and they weren’t always welcome. Sometimes Viking people met them with rocks and shouts to leave. This was because they didn’t want trouble. A volva (who could also be a seer) was paid to cast spells and speak curses. A Viking could pay the volva to rain tribulation on an enemy’s head. That’s bad if your neighbor doesn’t like you, and even worse when a settlement gets caught up in strife.

    The volva often traveled with a staff, such as the iron staff (wand) pictured above. In this case, the wand was bent at the end, like some Viking swords, to remove its power after the volva died.

    While this wand is iron, many have copper and bronze alloy tips. Why does that matter? Because when copper is put to fire, it turns the flame green.

    There’s nothing like messing with the elements to wow the locals.



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  • Her Viking Warrior – Gina Conkle


    I dig into viking culture and go beyond the “Odin and Valkyries” worshipping Vikings. There’s a reason for pointing this out.

    In the same way, our modern era has Baptists, Methodists, Presbyterians, etc. The same was true for Vikings. This truth plays into the life of Ilsa, the heroine, and other women of Vellefold.



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