Dec 22, 2025 | Books - Cut Scenes - Shakespeare - The Novel
12 Apostoli “Do you think because you are virtuous, that there shall be no more cakes and ale?” – Twelfth Night, Act II Scene ii Verona, Italy 8 December 1328 One of the favourite haunts of the Rakehells was a tavern with exquisite fare known as La Pentola –...
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...
