A look back at Feisty Deeds : Historical Fictions of Daring Women

As my “Feisty Editors” and I are hard at work preparing our anthology Feisty Deeds II for placement on NetGalley and (lots of!) early reviews, I thought it was a good time to remind readers about Feisty Deeds: Historical Fictions of Daring Women.

A recipient of an impressive six book awards, this historical fiction anthology brings together twenty-three authors as the explore ordinary women who are forced to display their inner feistiness.

My own story, One August Day, is included among this collection. My story explores the Ottoman invasion of the cost of Puglia in 1480 -a sige that could have changed tne entire trajectory of European history.

I highly recommend that you pick up our collection, with its wide range of stories, timeperiods and locations that span the globe. The other advantage of picking up this collection is that allproceeds from this publication are destined to the Womens Fiction Writers Association Scholarship Fund, benefiting aspiring authors facing financial hardships. What are you waiting for? Pick up your ciopy of Feisty Deeds today.

Feisty women spanning six centuries …

The twenty-three stories in this collection depict ordinary women—from the 1470s to the 1970s—who meet life’s challenges with fierce determination.

An unhappy housewife in 1950s California gathers the courage to escape an abusive marriage. When local men are shipped off to WWI, a young Yorkshire woman joins others to keep a munitions factory at peak operation. As her land and way of life are threatened, a nineteenth century Chickasaw wife and mother rekindles the strength of her ancestors. A midwife strives to protect mothers from accusations of witchcraft. A Victorian portrait artist possesses a rare, sought-after talent that dispatches unwanted relatives.

Foreign invaders, rigid domestic authorities, strictures of society and religion, the supernatural, and love and family bonds all serve as catalysts for the feisty women in these tales.