<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Hilmarj Torgrim Tales]]></title><description><![CDATA[Official site of historical fiction author Hilmarj Torgrim featuring Viking sagas, Pirate stories, research notes, book news, and upcoming signings.]]></description><link>https://artfolk.wixsite.com/torgrim-tales/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:10:09 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://artfolk.wixsite.com/torgrim-tales/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Vicious Vikings! ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Before I ever wrote the first page of my Viking series, I had to answer a question that had bothered me for years. Who were the Vikings really? Not the horned-helmet warriors from movies. Not the mystical giants of legend. Not the larger-than-life figures who seem to stride through mythology with lightning in their hands and destiny at their backs. I wanted the people. To prepare for the series, I spent months surrounded by books on Viking lore, sagas, archaeology, and Norse mythology. My...]]></description><link>https://artfolk.wixsite.com/torgrim-tales/post/vicious-vikings</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69b1b261edb584b04e285e75</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:22:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5fc436_3a4258353e5d4fa2a04181b52fb760f1~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_583,h_700,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Amanda Blackwood</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prepare for Pirates! ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Preparing to write my Pirate Women series was not something I approached casually. If I was going to tell the stories of real women who lived, fought, and survived in one of the harshest environments imaginable, I wanted to do it properly. That meant research. A lot of it. Before I wrote a single chapter, I spent months immersing myself in the world of the Golden Age of Piracy. I wanted to understand not just the legends we all grew up hearing about, but the daily realities of life at sea....]]></description><link>https://artfolk.wixsite.com/torgrim-tales/post/prepare-for-pirates</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69b1b03c3858926568f598c1</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 18:12:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5fc436_ba17d3502e6448518917345c684229f9~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Amanda Blackwood</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Day My Husband Became My Publicist]]></title><description><![CDATA[We went out to dinner to celebrate, and when the server asked if we were celebrating anything special, I froze. I didn't want to answer, I hadn't even thought about that being a quesiton we would be asked. I am not naturally inclined to brag about myself. But, of course before I could answer, my husband leaned forward with the calm seriousness of a man reporting important global news like the birth of a new monarch and said, “Yes. My wife just published her first novel.” ]]></description><link>https://artfolk.wixsite.com/torgrim-tales/post/exploring-hilmarj-torgrim-s-literary-world</link><guid isPermaLink="false">699f5ada91604ab56c357ef8</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 20:26:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5fc436_ad058bc686884889a430ab2772acce68~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_814,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Hilmarj Torgrim</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>