Vicky Alvear Shecter

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  • YA Historical Fiction
    • Cleopatra’s Moon
    • Curses and Smoke: A Novel of Pompeii
  • Mythology
    • Anubis Speaks: A Guide to the Afterlife by the Egyptian God of the Dead
    • Hades Speaks: A Guide to the Underworld by the Greek God of the Dead
    • Thor Speaks: A Guide to the Norse Realms by the Viking God of Thunder
  • Biography
    • Warrior Queens: True Stories of Six Ancient Rebels Who Slayed History
    • Cleopatra Rules! The Amazing Life of the Original Teen Queen
    • Alexander the Great Rocks the World
  • Adult Historical Fiction
    • A Day of Fire: A Novel of Pompeii
    • A YEAR OF RAVENS: A NOVEL OF BOUDICA’S REBELLION
    • A SONG OF WAR: A NOVEL OF TROY
    • A Sea of Sorrow: A Novel of Odysseus
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See What Happens when You ‘Comment Your Butt Off?”

A while ago, I won a contest hosted by children's writer and marketing consultant Shellie Johannes-Wells. The prize was web site design. She bravely called it the "Comment your Butt Off" challenge. I took to that contest like an OCD-er with a year's supply of hand-sanitizer--I went through everything I had in a matter … [Read more...]

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Wait…Disney Stole from the Ancients?

Okay, maybe not stole. How ‘bout “borrowed.” Eons before Walt Disney discovered he had a thing for mice, a popular ancient story went like this:A guy named Eucrates traveled to Egypt to learn from a famous magician. Eucrates spied the old Egyptian using a spell to make inanimate objects come alive and do his chores for … [Read more...]

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“I Swear On My Plums…”

Occassionally I hear the claim that ancient Roman men swore on their...um..."plums" before testifying in court. Could it be true--is there a "testes/testify" connection? I've read different opinions but the consensus seems to be that it didn't quite happen that way. Here's where the confusion may have begun: the word … [Read more...]

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Shelli’s Brilliant Contest

Shelli at Market My Words (http://faeriality.blogspot.com) has been hosting a contest the entire month of March. It's called "Comment Your Butt Off." The one who comments the most gets a web site or marketing consulting. I have been, to be blunt, commenting my butt off. I wanna win! Shelli does beautiful work and I … [Read more...]

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Vicky Alvear Shecter

Vicky Alvear Shecter is the award-winning author of Young Adult Fiction

When I was a kid, I wanted to be an archaeologist. By the time I entered college, I had forgotten my dreams of digging in the dirt and ended up with a degree … [Read More...]

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