Future Will & Kit Titles

May 25, 2012 | Books - Shakespeare - The Novel - Writing

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...

Crowdsourcing Typos

May 25, 2012 | Writing

One of the things that drove me mad over the printed editions of THE MASTER OF VERONA was that there were typos. I take typos as a personal affront, a judgment on my character, a deep failing. Reading, they make me crazy. So the fact that not only myself, but an...

Essays

Feb 22, 2012 | Publishing - Shakespeare - Writing

In addition to the five novels and several short stories I'm releasing on Kindle on April 23rd, I'm also publishing at least five essays on Shakespeare. Early forms of three have been seen here on the blog, and one is based on a guest post I did last year....

Holiday, Holy Day

Nov 28, 2011 | Writing

As I return to my desk after the long holiday weekend, I'm thinking of holidays – specifically, about a very significant one. Good Friday, 1327. On that day, an hour after dawn, Francesco Petrarcha first laid eyes on his Laura, sparking a poetic love that...