Oct 27, 2023 | Books - The Novel
Hello, friends! Here’s some October news from Blixt World. Collaborations are a joy. I’m working on two books with two friends of mine, Lisa Yarde and Shawn Pfautsch. The books themselves could not be different – one set in 15th-century Granada and...
Sep 19, 2023 | Books - Essential Posts - History - Nellie Bly - Publishing
It was the first day of December, 2019, and like Alice, I was down a rabbit hole. I was working on a short-story follow-up to my 2018 novel What Girls Are Good For, recounting the early career of Nellie Bly, the pioneering American journalist known for her fearless...
Aug 26, 2023 | Books - Shakespeare - The Novel - Theatre
Playing the expectations game is dangerous. You rewrite Romeo & Juliet, you’d best bring something new to the table. You write about the fall of Jerusalem, there had better be something uplifting in that awful story. And if you write a novel about William...
Aug 25, 2023 | Books - Essential Posts - Shakespeare - The Novel - Theatre - Uncategorized - Writing
Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet, and how the Capulet-Montague feud inspired a series of historical novels I always hated Shakespeare. They made me read him. In junior high, it was JULIUS CAESAR, and I hated it. In high school, it was ROMEO & JULIET, which...
Jul 5, 2022 | Books - History - Nellie Bly
Nellie Bly at the Races The New York World/July 8, 1894 The Women Enthusiasts Who Are Regular Visitors at the Big Tracks Every Day of the Season. How They Make Bets—Backing Horses on a System and as Well Posted on Jockeys and Records as Any of the Men—Scenes in the...
Jul 4, 2022 | Books - History - Nellie Bly
Girls of the Wild West Sunday, July 8, 1888 Nellie Bly Goes Down And Makes Friends With The Riders The Lassies of the Show Are Just Like Nice Girls Everywhere—Miss Hickok Has a Bridle Made from Hair Taken from Scalped Indians—How They Learned to Ride and Shoot Out...
