Time-travel novel Archives

The Renaissance Club on Blog Tour + Enter my Givewaway

By Rachel Dacus | October 23, 2018January 15, 2020 by Rachel Dacus

Book blog Fabulous and Brunette has hosted me and my book with an interview and my giveaway, plus an excerpt. Read a little of my time-travel novel, The Renaissance Club! This wonderful site bills itself as: “A Lifestyle blog that focuses on all things from fashion to beauty; fitness to weight loss; recipes to coupons; books to movies; travels to entertainment; and everything in between.” From fashion to fiction, recipes to fitness, there’s a lot to…

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Best Time Travel Fiction and Finding Love

By Rachel Dacus | October 6, 2018March 12, 2019 by Rachel Dacus

Finding Love in a Past Era A lot of contemporary time travel fiction involves finding love. And it magically happens. On paper, one can simply step through a fold in time’s curtain or penetrate a magical standing stone and voila! meet your soulmate in a past time. This is magical realism time travel — it just happens. But think about it: love across the centuries has a lot of messy aspects. First, the customs of…

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In writer-bliss – thrilled to be writing a new novel

By Rachel Dacus | June 9, 2018October 6, 2018 by Rachel Dacus

Today, I find myself in writer-bliss — thrilled to be writing a new novel. There’s the phase of editing a book (tough fun) and the phase of marketing it (tough and not so fun), and the best phase, starting one. It’s summer, and ideas are blooming in my head as wildly as the roses I tend in 12 pots are putting out buds and opening red, pink, gold, and white. New story ideas opened up…

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My Book Is Out In the World!

By Rachel Dacus | January 24, 2018 by Rachel Dacus

Having a book out in the world isn’t a new experience for me. With three poetry books out in the world, I’ve experienced the elation, stage fright, happy overwhelm, and sheer joy in completing a book and giving it an audience. But to have a novel published is in another sphere. It’s a goal I’ve had since I was a child. And yesterday, I achieve it, with the release of The Renaissance Club from Fiery…

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If You Could Travel into the Past, What Good Could You Do?

By Rachel Dacus | January 6, 2018January 6, 2018 by Rachel Dacus

If you suddenly found you could time travel, what good could you hope to do by traveling into the past? Could you time travel to prevent a war or a plague? Would you want to ensure that friendly, intelligent aliens landing on our planet weren’t obliterated by weed-killer? Would you want to change your own history to become richer, more successful, or healthier? Would you try to spare someone close to you a catastrophe? Some…

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FREE preview chapter of The Renaissance Club, my time travel novel, a love story

By Rachel Dacus | August 17, 2017November 9, 2017 by Rachel Dacus

In case you haven’t read about this already, I’m giving away a free chapter of The Renaissance Club, due to be published by Fiery Seas Publishing in January 2018. You can claim one from Instafreebie here, or simply by going to my website. Would you give up everything, even the time in which you live, to be with your soul mate? May Gold, a college adjunct teacher, often dreams about the subject of her master’s…

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Time-Travel Romance, Italy & Love — How to Find the Best Novels

By Rachel Dacus | June 12, 2017November 9, 2017 by Rachel Dacus

If you’re picky about history, but love a time-traveling heroine going back in time, if you love love stories and romance, but don’t like the formulaic romances the major publishers put out, you might find it hard to locate books you like. I do. My must-haves for a time-travel love story include: good historical research, a well-defined sense of place, believable characters, and love that goes deeper than just a steamy attraction. That’s a lot…

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Bernini the Mage and Master of Space

By Rachel Dacus | August 15, 2015April 25, 2018 by Rachel Dacus

I thought of Bernini as a mage and master — a magician and a master of sculpture — long before I saw the title of the article. As I worked on my novel, The Renaissance Club I studied the great Gianlorenzo Bernini and his works. Bernini plays a leading role in my story, along with a young art historian who worships the 17th century artist. I looked at many still images and videos of his work,…

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Time Travel Devices Come in All Flavors

By Rachel Dacus | June 7, 2015May 30, 2022 by Rachel Dacus

Time Travel Devices – Is It Fantasy or Sci-Fi? Time travel novels span many literary genres. You can find them in science fiction, fantasy, literary, and romance categories on Amazon. Between H.G. Wells’ The Time Machine and Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander series lies a vast continent of stories of moving backwards and forwards in time. Often, the category depends on the mechanism for time traveling. If it’s mechanical, it generally conforms to science fiction. If it’s…