Nov 22, 2007 | Books - The Novel
Happy Thanksgiving. Clearly, I have a great deal to be thankful for – wonderful wife, devilishly clever yet sweet son, a novel in stores, another coming in a year, some good shows done this year. And there’s something I can’t talk about yet that...
Nov 22, 2007 | Books - Publishing - The Novel
Next on the list is The Falconer’s Lure. Keith, my editor at SMP, really liked this suggestion of mine. So much so that he took it to the Fall meeting where they discussed the book coming out in a year’s time. The trouble was this: while it looked great on...
Nov 21, 2007 | Books - Cut Scenes - Shakespeare - The Novel
Just in time for Kindle… VARNISHED FACES, an Amazon Short Story by David Blixt. VARNISHED FACES is from a line from The Merchant of Venice. Shylock refers to the celebrations taking place outside his home as the Venetians revel in masks. He warns his daughter...
Nov 21, 2007 | Books - Publishing - The Novel
There have been four front-runners for the title for the sequel to THE MASTER OF VERONA – though none of them are what I call the book privately. To me, MV will always be IL VELTRO, meaning both the greyhound and the bastard. Perfect, but unsaleable. The sequel...
Nov 20, 2007 | Books - Publishing - Reviews
The signing at the Book Cellar was a lot of fun. Met a couple of really interesting authors, most notably Geoffrey Edwards, author of FIRE BELL IN THE NIGHT. I started reading it last night and it grabbed me, despite being far from my usual time and place –...
