tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post7589372000058747257..comments2024-03-28T09:51:16.892-04:00Comments on Heroes, Heroines, and History: Viking Warrior Women and their Weapons plus GiveawayDebbie Lynne Costellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16381517812227326616noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-67529570658462803842014-08-27T00:48:35.632-04:002014-08-27T00:48:35.632-04:00Being a woman of nordic descent and Christian heri...Being a woman of nordic descent and Christian heritage myself, I must say that I'm intrigued! I can't wait to read it! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04865697369813088800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-83857109050932783532013-11-23T11:45:01.536-05:002013-11-23T11:45:01.536-05:00Yay! Thanks everyone for your interest! And thanks...Yay! Thanks everyone for your interest! And thanks for letting me visit, Naomi! Here's hoping Christian Vikings continue to thrive!Heather Day Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12353914883176152555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-60409644150324425852013-11-23T08:01:05.702-05:002013-11-23T08:01:05.702-05:00I think I will enjoy learning about her too. Like ...I think I will enjoy learning about her too. Like you, I rather think I wish Christian publishers would be more welcoming of Medieval Fiction. Even in those Christian Medievals that are around I think the Saxons are a people and a period that have been ignored or overlooked. People seem to favour the Celts/Vikings it would appear. English Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17806974885775295349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-85766193960835047692013-11-22T16:02:53.184-05:002013-11-22T16:02:53.184-05:00Congratulations to Alyssa Farrier, winner of God&#...Congratulations to Alyssa Farrier, winner of God's Daughter!<br />Naomi Rawlingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02431203734855694561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-58695617951386888842013-11-22T16:01:02.013-05:002013-11-22T16:01:02.013-05:00Sorry I wasn't around yesterday to act as host...Sorry I wasn't around yesterday to act as hostess, but it looks like we had a good turnout. Thanks to everyone who stopped by!Naomi Rawlingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02431203734855694561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-65682895838631185232013-11-22T06:59:35.255-05:002013-11-22T06:59:35.255-05:00Thank you so much, Kam!Thank you so much, Kam!Heather Day Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12353914883176152555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-72103273719018080212013-11-21T23:04:09.019-05:002013-11-21T23:04:09.019-05:00Thanks for such an interesting and different post!...Thanks for such an interesting and different post! I can't wait to read God's Daughter. I've never read any kind of historical fiction about the Vikings and very much look forward to your new series!!<br />kam110476 (at) gmail (dot) comkam110476https://www.blogger.com/profile/01693696612437738986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-32830037855527604002013-11-21T20:43:44.612-05:002013-11-21T20:43:44.612-05:00Thank you, Chris!Thank you, Chris!Heather Day Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12353914883176152555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-52059401149502856732013-11-21T19:57:34.168-05:002013-11-21T19:57:34.168-05:00Thank you for writing this book It sounds great
Go...Thank you for writing this book It sounds great<br />God bless you<br />Chris Granville<br />granville@frontiernet.netAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17957295057243140443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-74975914806130272802013-11-21T19:21:35.157-05:002013-11-21T19:21:35.157-05:00Thanks, Alyssa--I loved that documentary. I had no...Thanks, Alyssa--I loved that documentary. I had no clue how long it took to make swords and it really was quite an elaborate process. Glad you enjoyed the post!Heather Day Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12353914883176152555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-62556691104713128042013-11-21T19:17:05.503-05:002013-11-21T19:17:05.503-05:00I really enjoyed reading this blog. I've actua...I really enjoyed reading this blog. I've actually watched a good portion of Secrets of the Viking Sword and I found it very interesting. Thank you for writing this excellent blog. :)<br /><br />shadowystarfire at yahoo dot comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12569807577456870682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-36570141294314422112013-11-21T16:49:24.641-05:002013-11-21T16:49:24.641-05:00Melissa, WOW! Twelve years! That is wonderful. I&#...Melissa, WOW! Twelve years! That is wonderful. I'm truly hoping there will be a new trend of Medieval fiction in the CBA (or outside it, if you're self-pubbing like I did). It's a time period liberally covered both in TV/movies and in ABA novels, and I believe Christians should be more informed as to how things really were in these times so we know how to discuss them. All the best to you--hope you can read God's Daughter and would love to get your thoughts on it. Let me know when you are published!Heather Day Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12353914883176152555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-11578780438379019412013-11-21T16:39:07.304-05:002013-11-21T16:39:07.304-05:00Hello Heather!
It's so refreshing to meet othe...Hello Heather!<br />It's so refreshing to meet other Christian authors interested in this era. I'm still unpublished, but am in the midst of writing a series set in 10th Century Ireland that centers around both the Irish and the Vikings. So all cultural aspects of Irish and Scandinavian life have certainly become an obsession for me. I've studied both for 12 years now.<br /><br />Thanks for your post. I wish you all the best with your book.<br /><br />In Christ,<br />Melissa StrohAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-8016961041869081762013-11-21T16:30:01.667-05:002013-11-21T16:30:01.667-05:00Michaela--what you said is just beautiful! I appre...Michaela--what you said is just beautiful! I appreciate it so much. That is exactly what I was trying to show. Yes, there was violence in Viking times. But love, sacrifice, and dreams were also integral, just like we have today. You have encouraged me so much with your kind words! I'm so glad you enjoyed the novel and would love it if you'd share it with your friends, as well. It is a different type of Viking story, for sure.Heather Day Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12353914883176152555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-53415198447531090862013-11-21T16:26:38.448-05:002013-11-21T16:26:38.448-05:00Thanks, Melody! I'm glad you're excited ab...Thanks, Melody! I'm glad you're excited about it and hope you get to read it!Heather Day Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12353914883176152555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-18516307739515236432013-11-21T16:26:16.788-05:002013-11-21T16:26:16.788-05:00Thanks--I hope you get to read it, Melanie!Thanks--I hope you get to read it, Melanie!Heather Day Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12353914883176152555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-67620672003146884412013-11-21T16:26:01.517-05:002013-11-21T16:26:01.517-05:00Thank you, Susan!Thank you, Susan!Heather Day Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12353914883176152555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-8018143619350453122013-11-21T16:25:47.229-05:002013-11-21T16:25:47.229-05:00Thanks so much, Jackie. I definitely found the wea...Thanks so much, Jackie. I definitely found the weapons interesting and wouldn't mind having my own curved knife! I'm glad you like the cover and storyline. Hope you get to read it!Heather Day Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12353914883176152555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-84541477073923801962013-11-21T14:14:42.289-05:002013-11-21T14:14:42.289-05:00Dear Heather,
your novel has inspired me a great d...Dear Heather,<br />your novel has inspired me a great deal. In a non-ostentatious way, it may adumbrate a revolution in historical fiction. I really loved your fresh and simple style of telling the story, rather hinting than explicitly describing certain situations and actions crucial for the plot. While most of contemporary historical fiction writers concentrate on crude, almost naturalised descriptions of not only fighting scenes and pointing out the worst possible behaviour of the time, reveling in bloodshed, severed limbs etc., it is so refreshing to read a novel which doesn't hide or avoid "uncomfortable" truths but focuses primarily on the characters' actions and lives and offers enough space for readers and their imagination. <br />It has also been new experience for me because of the outlook on pagan lifestyle and festivals. In many fiction works, Vikings carry a stigma of romanticised heroes, those that pillage and fight, and do not care for anything but dying in battle. Of course that it must have been a strong idea but the God's Daughter novel views the protagonists as real men and women who carry the ideals in their minds but have their own lives in their hands and have to work and toil and take care for their families and their well-being. It can be demonstrated easily by the prologue scene; the main heroine's mother is being offered to Thor, which is generally considered a great and valiant sacrifice, but at the same time, she has to leave her little daughter there, and the daughter is desparate, the more because she knows petty reasons of her father's to sacrifice his wife. I adore the new way of approaching paganism. Especially because having another perspective in mind is always enlightening.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11642760724323349608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-11127211376275797422013-11-21T13:54:36.344-05:002013-11-21T13:54:36.344-05:00And I wanna read this story!
missionwife AT hotma...And I wanna read this story!<br /><br />missionwife AT hotmail DOT comMelodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04555284768417353619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-45819130156563677662013-11-21T13:54:06.559-05:002013-11-21T13:54:06.559-05:00I 'liked' Heather's page!
missionwife...I 'liked' Heather's page!<br /><br />missionwife AT hotmail DOT comMelodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04555284768417353619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-36906732473627441912013-11-21T13:45:12.462-05:002013-11-21T13:45:12.462-05:00This would be my first Viking book.
mauback55 at ...This would be my first Viking book.<br /><br />mauback55 at gmail dot comMelanie Backushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09727406782355039525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-43559282625513161762013-11-21T12:01:25.066-05:002013-11-21T12:01:25.066-05:00I liked Heather's FB page. This looks like an...I liked Heather's FB page. This looks like an interesting book.<br />susanmsj at msn dot comSusan Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02354991677539547111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-52436081935067308282013-11-21T10:13:16.111-05:002013-11-21T10:13:16.111-05:00Heather, I liked you F B page. Very interesting ar...Heather, I liked you F B page. Very interesting article I am very glad I live in a time and place where I do not have to carry such weapons!<br />I can see how weapons were necessary back then and admire the courage it took to be willing to use them if the need arose. Thank you for a different story line in your book. The cover is beautiful.<br />mcnuttjem0(at)gmail(dot)comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00754548601652231995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-13853937425498017442013-11-21T07:17:35.815-05:002013-11-21T07:17:35.815-05:00Thank you, Angela!Thank you, Angela!Heather Day Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12353914883176152555noreply@blogger.com