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...
Sep 19, 2007 | Cut Scenes - The Novel
Okay, the first of the short stories is done. Of course, now that I’ve started coming up with ideas for short stories, I’m buried in them. The first short is actually the backstory of the Count of San Bonifacio. The second takes place in 1315, at the very...
