Richard III has Left the Stage

The 18th season of the Michigan Shakespeare Festival is down! It's been a particularly wonderful run, with a great company and amazing reviews and audience response. The only downside is that I haven't been writing or promoting books. The upside is, I now have...

AuthorBuzz giveaway winners! – Her Majesty’s Will

The first of many giveaways sponsored by AuthorBuzz! Of the over fifty people who entered, here are the five lucky winners of a free digital copy of Her Majesty's Will (chosen out of a hat by my children): Karen H. Chris K. Donna T. Loretta E. & Nannine D....

It’s a Many Splendid Thing

HER MAJESTY’S WILL is many things. It’s a spy novel. It’s a Tudor novel. It’s a Shakespeare novel. It’s my (unintentional) answer to the film Anonymous. It’s a little Tom Jones (both the novel and the film). It’s an ode to the late Robert Asprin’s Myth...

The Numbers Game

So – I’ve got five books out now. 4 of them are brand new. 4 of them have to do with Shakespeare. 4 are set during the Renaissance. 3 of them are set in Italy. 3 of them have good titles. 2 of them are sequels. 1 is a comedy. 1 is about heartbreak, of almost...

Future Will & Kit Titles

I'm already getting requests for more Will & Kit, which is just what I was secretly hoping for. I wrote it as a stand-alone, a fun romp through Shakespeare's lost years, taking a silly premise and just having fun. As I've said before, I was grinning...