Mar 23, 2007 | Books - Publishing - The Novel
I’m about a day away from a finished draft of A FALCONER’S VOICE, which puts me about a week late on my deadline. Though I think they were just being funny, giving me the Ides of March as the cut-off date. Thankfully, no experienced editor is going to give...
Mar 18, 2007 | Books - Publishing - Shakespeare - The Novel - Theatre
As I finish work on the sequel, I’m lining up theatrical work for the rest of the year. Up next, I’ll be directing THE COMPLEAT WRKS OF WLLM SHKSPR (abridged) at Noble Fool Theatricals in St. Charles. This job fell into my lap out of the blue. I have...
Mar 16, 2007 | Books - Publishing - Theatre
A short post. Finished playing Brutus yesterday, so today it’s back to the writing routine. I’ve just finished the second book’s big battle sequence. Now it’s a race to the finish, involving a sequence in Venice, and then a quick retreat while...
Mar 15, 2007 | Books - Publishing - Shakespeare - Theatre
In honor of this fatal day, I want to point out something exciting that I looked not for, but am delighted to hear. Colleen McCullough has written another Masters of Rome novel! Perhaps it was the success of the HBO Rome series. Perhaps it was a lackluster response to...
Mar 14, 2007 | Books - Publishing
I mentioned in the last post the new Harry Potter book. That’s because it’s slated to come out three days before mine. As far as my book goes, this is both a blessing and a blow. It will be nigh-on impossible to advertise my book in the face...
Mar 12, 2007 | Books - Publishing - Shakespeare
I was at a dinner party the other night when someone said, "So – tell us about the novel." That’s the kind of question that makes me quail. It’s probably a delayed reaction to the hated...
