Presenting COLOSSUS: THE FOUR EMPERORS

Mar 5, 2013 | Books - Publishing - The Novel

Now Available! The second novel of the Colossus, a series exploring the fall of Jerusalem, the building of the Colosseum, and the rise of Christianity. This novel deals with the last days of the Emperor Nero and the tumultuous year that followed, known ever after as...

Cover Art for THE FOUR EMPERORS

Feb 19, 2013 | Books - Publishing - The Novel - Writing

Cover art is a tricky business. It can make or break a book. And it's always dangerous for authors to have too much say in their covers. But, as with other Sordelet Ink books, I get final say. It was bad from the start. I walked into this art design thinking I...

Negative Space, or What Will Won’t Do

Feb 5, 2013 | Shakespeare - The Novel - Theatre

It’s dangerous, playing the expectations game. You rewrite Romeo & Juliet, you’d best bring something new to the table. You write about the fall of Jerusalem, there had better be something surprising and uplifting in that awful story. And if you write a novel...

Verona – Travel and History

Jan 31, 2013 | Shakespeare - The Novel - Travel

Walk In the Footsteps of Dante There are two terrific options when it comes to reliving history. You can either read about certain eras or actually walk in the footsteps of history's greatest figures. Thanks to David Blixt's thrilling historical...

Truth, Motive, & Tone

Jan 30, 2013 | Books - Essential Posts - Shakespeare - The Novel - Writing

A huge component to what writers of Historical Fiction do is write about real people. That’s a huge component of what the readers are looking for – not just the clothes and habits of a distant time, but the flesh-and-blood beings who wore those clothes and had those...