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Lee Swanson

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in Portland, Oregon, The United States

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Historical Fiction, History, Nonfiction

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Lee Swanson has enjoyed a lifetime interest in medieval history. Living in both Germany and England for extended periods of his life, he traveled extensively to seek out-of-the-way places with a little-known story to tell. Among his favorite places are the cities and towns that serve as the settings for his novels, such as Lubeck in Germany, Bruges in Belgium, and London.

Holding a Master’s Degree in European History from the University of North Florida, Lee’s thesis centered on the Hansa, a confederation of merchants from primarily northern German cities in the 12th through seventeenth centuries. Many of the colorful characters who populate his novels are drawn from the lives of these resolute men who traveled the waterways of Europe in sea ...more

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Lee Swanson Ugh! Writer's block is a personal bane of mine! I'm not a quick writer under the best of circumstances, preferring to make corrections as I go rather …moreUgh! Writer's block is a personal bane of mine! I'm not a quick writer under the best of circumstances, preferring to make corrections as I go rather than letting the words flow in a stream of consciousness. As a result, I can get blocked not just by where I want the plot to go, but by word choice as well. What I often do when I'm stuck is to go back and polish something I've already written, like a character description. Then, when I return to what I was originally writing, I can approach it with a feeling I have accomplished something. Hopefully, success breeds success (but not always).(less)

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Lee Swanson It's a bit of a God complex really. A writer gets to create these really fabulous settings and people them with characters who act just the way you wa…moreIt's a bit of a God complex really. A writer gets to create these really fabulous settings and people them with characters who act just the way you want them to. Don't like people who are cruel to old people? Create a secret society in which octogenarians go out at night seeking revenge! Even if the real world doesn't behave the way you'd like, the one at the tip of your pen will!(less)

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Average rating: 4.34 · 79 ratings · 38 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors

	Her Dangerous Journey Home (No Man Is Her Master, #3) 4.27 avg rating — 26 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	She Serves the Realm (No Man Is Her Master, #4) 4.43 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2024 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	No Man's Chattel (No Man is Her Master #1) 4.14 avg rating — 21 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Her Perilous Game (No Man Is Her Master #2) 4.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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A reader recently asked me why Christina has such extreme mood swings, "Is she bipolar?" she asked.

Well, it very well could be. Just because the physicians of the middle ages dismissed emotional/mental illnesses among women as a lack of balance among their humours, a consequence of their inherent hot and emotional nature, or their inherent sinfulness, it doesn't mean that the same conditions that Read more of this blog post »

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