August 21, 2013
Talking with Canadian history teachers on the beach at Dieppe, France
This was taken during my recent trip to France as the historian for a Canadian high school teachers’ educational tour. We focused on Canada’s participation in WWI and WWII although we also looked at British and US battles and the life of French civilians under occupation. The tour is sponsored each year by the June Beach Centre Association
http://www.junobeach.org/Centre/index.html
August 08, 2013
It was a fantastic trip! I’ll wax melodic about the wine, food, and, culture later, for now though, I am still in awe of what was accomplished by the soldiers, airmen, and sailors that were part of the liberation of France in 1944. Much, much more to come!
July 25, 2013
Thought I’d do my own little infomercial and let you know that you can pick up the Kindle ebook of A Darkness Forged in Fire on Amazon for the low, low price of $1.99, today only. But wait, there’s more! If you spend $4.00 you can get two copies…though that would be silly 
http://www.amazon.com/Darkness-Forged-Fire-Elves-ebook/dp/B001BNDVM4/ref=sr_1_1_bnp_1_kin?ie=UTF8&qid=1374756905&sr=8-1&keywords=a+darkness+forged+in+fire
Sorry about not making the link live, I can’t remember how to do that. Here’s the Facebook link which will get you there:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Chris-Evans-Iron-Elves/435233515470
July 16, 2013
Beginning in August I will officially be a full-time author! After 11 great years as military history editor at Stackpole Books (and before that, 2 years at Ballantine/Del Rey of Random House), I’m hanging up the editor’s hat (sort of like a fry cook at McDonald’s only with a propeller beanie and a set of wings) and putting most of my time and energy into writing. I say most because some will be devoted to attempting to create what I’ve struggled with thus far, that being a social life.
Will this mean my next novels will appear at something other than a glacial pace? Yup! I have a lot of books I want to write and a lot of places I want to travel to, so it’s time for me to get my butt in gear. First up is finishing the Vietnam War inspired fantasy and jetting off to France.
As the French probably wouldn’t say…Ouiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!
Chris
June 26, 2013
You may recall that I gave away leather-bound sets of the series. The binder and good friend, John Rauscher, has posted a series of photos detailing the transformation.
http://www.mollystarkbindery.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=59&Itemid=93
And I apologize that you can’t click the link. I really suck at this internet stuff.
PROLOGUE: A BLACK CONDOR DIPPED her featherless head and flapped her wings, straining for height. Another vulture drifted in front of her, forcing the condor to climb higher in the crowded wheel of circling birds. The condor struggled, her body weak from having little to eat over the past month. The sun had yet to… Read more »