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Coffee Grounds

I was recently watching a documentary entitled: Medieval Fight Book on the National Geographic Channel. I found out that the way women were depicted in our history books and even some historical fictional books was completely incorrect. According to a renowned author during the Middle Ages, women were extremely strong and they even participated in some fighting…against men. With this theory, here is my question. If you could travel back in time to the Middle Ages (as a woman) would you want to participate in the fighting that is so famous for this era or would you prefer to stay home and make sure to keep the home safe and sound from the marauding men that were surely on their way?

Thank you for all your outstanding replies!

Dear Danielle,
I also saw that National Geographic series. I have given your question a lot of thought. In this time period I wear jeans and have a brown belt in Karate. My sensei taught me moves most black belts don't even know. If I lived in the middle ages and had my choice of being the Lady of the Manor or a warrior, I would choose Lady of the Manor. I like to be in charge, having knowledge not everyone is privy to, taking care of people, and wearing pretty flowing dresses. (I do all of that now, whenever the opportunity arises.) I know how to use simple implements to protect myself and those I love.
Being a gladiator, either in ancient Rome of medieval Europe, is not all it is cracked up to be. A woman's best weapon, then and now, is not to let others know how well you can defend yourself. Surprise is always the most useful weapon in the arsenal. However, if I were to be a peasant instead of a Lady, I would choose the warrior route. A peasant woman's life was one of hard work and little hope. The only way she could rise above the peasant level would be by becoming a whore or a warrior. So it would be a Warrior's Life for Me!

Thank you for the great question.
Liberty Blake
Christmas Treats #1, Santa's Naughty List, Christmas Spirit (Still Moments Publishing)
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http://www.writersrunwild.com

Danielle,
Well....definitely home. Women have more strength than the physical aspect. And they are merely men, right? Take-downs can occur outside of the physical and manipulation of that particular species is easy, from my experience. Regardless of time travel, a woman's weapons are as old as time and as ageless.

Karen Cote'...Author
Romance...It's Complicated
www.karencote.tv

Dear Danielle,
As long as I was one of the strong women and was well trained, you can bet your booty that I would be out on the battlefield. Wielding a sword against my foes and being victorious? Heck yeah!
Charging into battle on a war horse and feeling the adrenalin(and probably a little fear.)would be exciting.
I would not want to be the lady staying home wracked with fear that my loved ones may not return.Trying to act like everything is normal, while imagining every horrible and gruesome thing that could be happening to the warriors.
Yeah, you'd find me on the battlefield screaming in the face of my enemies until I breathed my last breath.

HCHarju

Here's my take on the subject:
Because most of the battles in Medieval Times took place because clans/families were attacking smaller clans/families in order to take over their lands, I would choose to stay home. Not because I wanted to be safe. I would prefer to stand and fight in the attempt to keep my home, family and clan safe. The men were often on the battle field, but the enemy always had a few who would sneak in through tunnels, moats, etc. The clan's warriors could only do so much. I would never want to be a simpering woman who huddled in a hidey-hole, waiting for my man to defend me.
This is a quote from one of my favorite books, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien: (This is right before the the heroes ride to Helm's Deep.)
Aragorn: You have some skill with a blade.
Eowyn: The women of this country learned long ago, those without swords can still die upon them. I fear neither death nor pain.
Aragorn: What do you fear, my lady?
Eowyn: A cage. To stay behind bars until use and old age accept them and all chance of valor has gone beyond recall or desire.
Aragorn: You are a daughter of kings, a shield maiden of Rohan. I do not think that will be your fate.
Hope this helps, Danielle!
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" One day, pages of my life will end. But, if I get the chance to read it once again, I will open it where I met you. Coz you are the most beautiful chapter in it."- Jan 3     
Hey, Danielle.
Saw your Coffee Grounds question on the loop. I would definitely be one of those gals fighting with the men. ROFL. That would be just way too much fun.
Tarah Scott
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Lady Riana Ellis will risk the fires of Hell for those she loves. Can she let a man do the same for her?
Danielle,
With all of the fun stuff that went on in that era picking to be the woman who went out with the other men folk to fight would be a more interesting thing. The idea of sitting around waiting for something to happen would bore the crap out of me. Being able to put the hurt on people would be a plus, I think I may be bloodthirsty and read too much though. In a lot of books, I have read “The best defense is offense” or something along those lines, yes yes I do read too much. Kicking butt then getting together with a cute knight sounds awesome to me...
Anonymous

Hey Danielle,
I have always been in my mind a warrior, I would never sit back and wring my hands in despair waiting for someone else to protect me or my children. So to answer your question I would be on the front lines fighting to defend myself, my home and my family. Then you would find me leading the charge to get every thing back in working order when all the fighting was done.
Sandra Mitchell

Hi Danielle,

I would prefer to learn to fight so that I could protect home better. If necessary and home was threatened, I wouldn't want to be one of those wimpy women who were raped and beaten because I wasn't strong enough to fight the men off.

Mildred Trent

Danielle,
I wouldn't be caught dead --mm -- in Midlevel Times. Actually I'd probably stay home and feed the troops.
Julie Eberhart Painter
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Dear Danielle,
I would be protecting the castle which is the important thing. The lady of the keep was frequently left in charge of the whole estate when the men rode off to war. That's why she carried all those keys on her belt.
Anonymous

Coffee Grounds,
Definitely stay at home, giving orders to ready the boiling oil and pile up stones
(to toss over the walls) and sharpening axes (to hew the scaling ladders) and
lay in provisions in case an enemy tried to starve the keep's inhabitants. Oh,
and bring in all the surrounding villages women and children.

I've never written a medieval, but I'm itching to one day! ;-D

Meg Mims

~Intriguing Mystery, Vivid History,
Plus Romance at Astraea Press~
Double Crossing, August 2011
The Key to Love, February 2012
http://www.megmims.com/blog

Like I stated, those responses were so versatile and fantastic.

Ready for the next Coffee Grounds question?

One of the items I get in my mail is a blog The Stay-at-Home Feminist Mom by Betty Fokker. She is very uncensored and sometimes she can lean to the extreme but overall she brings up some amazing topics. The most recent one was entitled: Beauty and Fat. Basically, she talks about how there is a country that actually idolizes heavier people as much as America seems to idolize skinny people. It got me to thinking about all the heroines I have read over the years and their body types. I realized that I have a tendency to get extremely frustrated when time after time the heroine is thin, trim, and beautiful. When I open a book that deals with society's idea of a plus-size woman, I rejoice. Why? Because it is really nice to actually read a book that pertains to a more realistic woman than someone better portrayed on the "big screen". I don't do the same for men though. I have never opened a book, seen the man was on the heftier side and thought "Yes! Finally!" I have read some books where the man is scarred, handicapped, etc and it hasn't bothered me. Because they are still fantastic looking.

What do you consider your ideal heroine? Do you like them to be the more realistic size or the smaller size? What about your heroes? Do you like them just as well if they have a handicap or scarring?

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Publisher News & Events

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The event will take place on April 23, 2012 across the U.S., UK and Ireland. During World Book Night, 50,000 people, named as “book givers,” will each be giving away 20 books from a select list with a goal to have 1,000,000 people across the United States alone celebrating reading en masse. There will be adult books and young adult titles given away. People can sign up here by February 1st to apply to be a “book giver.” You can see the complete list of titles that includes books from authors like Jodi Picoult, Michael Connelly, Stephen King, Barbara Kingsolver and Junot Diaz, among others here. Even though the titles are not romance-specific I thought your readers may be interested in learning about the event.

Beachwalk Press

February Events: Lacey Wolfe and Kaylie Newell Release Day Party: February 20th, 7-9 pm (EST) at the Beachwalk Press Yahoo Group

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The Heart's Greater Silence Book Tour - Anne Brooke will be on tour from Feb. 6 until Feb. 16

The Few Are Chosen Book Tour - Storm Grant will be on tour from Feb. 20 - March 2

Dark Soul volume 4 Book Tour - Aleksandr Voinov will be on tour from Feb. 27 to March 5

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Penguin's InterNix Imprint

We’re excited to kick off the new year with the eBook release of some classic Nora Roberts titles as part of the launch of Berkley/NAL’s eBook imprint, InterMix. Novels from Roberts’ beloved O’Hurleys, Donovans, and Cordina’s Royal Family series will be available in multiple electronic formats—for the first time!—on January 17th wherever eBooks are sold. Below is the full list of available titles.

I’m especially thrilled to share that the first book in the O’Hurleys series, The Last Honest Woman, will now be available as an eBook in March 2012.

And the InterMix excitement continues through 2012! This February, the imprint will revive the renowned Signet Regency line with the release of six popular romance titles that have never before been published as eBooks. Signet Regency, a popular line of Regency-era romances, began in the mid-1970s and became the leading publisher of Regency romances.

I hope you will remind your readers of these releases. Please contact me at any time with questions.

On Sale January 17th

The O’Hurleys DANCE TO THE PIPER (book 2) SKIN DEEP (book 3) WITHOUT A TRACE (book 4) *book #1 releases in March The Donovan Legacy CAPTIVATED (book 1) ENTRANCED (book 2) CHARMED (book 3) ENCHANTED (book 4)

Cordina’s Royal Family AFFAIRE ROYALE (book 1) COMMAND PERFORMANCE (book 2) THE PLAYBOY PRINCE (book 3) CORDINA’S CROWN JEWEL (book 4) On sale March 2012 The O’Hurleys THE LAST HONEST WOMAN (book 1)

 

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We'll be opening Bono Books in February...hopefully on the 1st, but we'll see. Right now, we're loading books onto the site and ironing out the bugs before we "go live".

Bono Books will be our imprint that offers mainstream fiction and non-fiction. Our erotica/romance titles will stay on the Decadent site, however there will be a few sweet romances on the Bono site.

We are debuting a hot, new line of short stories (3-5k) designed to test the limits of our enjoyment of eroticism. HEA or HFN is not required. The series is called The Edge and we've got some great authors kicking it off.

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