Jul 19, 2006 | Books - Cut Scenes - Publishing
This is taken from my very first draft of the book. In later versions, the bulky knight we follow on this ride is the Count of San Bonifacio. In the final draft poor Ponzino gets very short shrift. I feel it’s only right to let him have his moment of bravery, in...
Jul 17, 2006 | Books - Publishing - Shakespeare - The Novel - Travel
Vicenza The Following Morning The Count of San Bonifacio sat on horseback atop a hill overlooking the walls of San Pietro, a suburb of Vicenza. An old soldier, beneath the metal protecting his arms the muscles were thick from years of slinging a sword. The beefy hands...
Jul 13, 2006 | Books - Publishing - Shakespeare - The Novel - Travel
Their escort had been hailed by the guard at the gate. The escort now shouted out the names of the passengers – one name, really, followed by “and his sons!” The city’s guards acknowledged the claim and came forward to confirm the number of passengers in the carriage....
Jul 11, 2006 | Books - Publishing
Every book, website, magazine, and person in the publishing business says selling a book cannot be done without an agent. I am not here to refute this. I’m sure there’s someone out there who has done it, but not me. My agent is great. His name is Michael Denneny. He...
Jul 10, 2006 | Books - Publishing - Shakespeare - The Novel - Travel
If asked, Pietro would have said he was a disappointment to his father. He hadn’t the wit to be a poet, and he was a poor manager for his father. Pietro thought that his little sister would be a better travelling companion for the great Dante. She had the mind for it....
Jul 8, 2006 | Books - Publishing - Shakespeare - Travel
My sources were many and varied. The major ones were Barbara Tuchman’s A DISTANT MIRROR, Allison Cornish’s READING DANTE’S STARS, ASIMOV’S GUIDE TO SHAKESPEARE by Isaac Asimov, and a collection of differing versions of Romeo & Juliet (ironically...
