Author | Conflict Analyst | Presenter | Professor
Michael Livingston

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My Birthday Present: A Novel

So in a few weeks — on November 6th, in point of fact — I’ll be turning 40. I confess I don’t feel like I’m 40. The notion seems preposterous to me. It seems so … adult. On the other hand, I sure don’t look like that young pup in …

A Tolkien Paper in Runes

It is a true blessing that I have the freedom to have a rather varied career. Many of you reading this know me due to my forthcoming novel, The Shards of Heaven. Others know my historical casebooks, like the one just now being published on the Battle of Crécy. Or …

Publicity: Tooting the Horn

There is a long list of things they don’t tell you as a debut author, and the need to engage in publicity is very much one of them. Social media, interviews, posts upon posts, swag, convention panels, mailing lists, newsletters … it seems there is an endless train of things …