Discovered! The Lost Novels Of Nellie Bly!
It was the first day of December, 2019, and like Alice, I was down a rabbit hole. I was working on a short-story follow-up to What Girls Are Good For, my 2018 novel following the early career of groundbreaking undercover reporter Nellie Bly. My new story took place...
Why I Won’t Publish Nellie Bly’s Racist Novel
When I found the treasure trove of novels by Nellie Bly hidden in the pages of the London Story Paper, I did not start transcribing them in their chronological order. Instead I farmed out the most legible ones to friends while reserving the hardest to discern to myself, postponing the transcribing of the middle-ground ones, neither illegible or perfectly clear.
This was fortunate, because it left her seventh novel, for the end of the queue.
I had finished nine of her novels when I started transcribing and editing Dolly. Instantly, I knew I had a problem on my hands.
Why Superhero Movies Matter
I think I'm a bad party guest. Last night I attended my first post-vaccinated dinner party. It was the birthday of one of my wife's high school friends, so it was mostly people I'd never met. Like you do, conversation seeks common ground, and at one point we start...
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Tuscon
Looks like I owe Tuscon a visit... See why here. Very cool. But I have no idea when that would happen. This week alone I've fielded invitations to go to North Carolina, California, Glasgow, and Paris. But, since they would all be on my own dime, I'm trying to figure...
Signings and signing
One week from today - that is, Tuesday the 18th - I'll be reading and signing here in Chicago at the DePaul University Barnes & Noble. Then, three days later, I'll be in Ashland, Oregon, reading and signing at Bloomsbury Books. For more information on both, please...
Michelle Moran Interview
Michelle Moran is the LA Times bestselling author of Nefertiti, a novel dealing with the life of Ahknaton, the strangest and coolest of the Egyptian pharoahs. I actually saw the busts of Nefertiti in Berlin just about a decade ago, in the city's small but packed...
Miranda – should be the name of a song…
Interviews, interviews, everywhere I turn. I'm beginning to wish I'd been a little less forthcoming in my early interviews, as I feel I have little new to say. Which I've taken as a challenge - hit the important points, but bring up new stuff all the time. More...
Time Dashes By
I try, for the most part, to keep this blog focused on the book and related topics - Shakespeare, publishing, whatnot. But once in awhile I have to return my focus to the ongoing joy of being Dash's dad. He's gonna be seventeen months this week (when do you stop...
Tag!
I know I have some regular visitors, and I'd like to ask a favor. Could you all stop by the Amazon page for THE MASTER OF VERONA, scroll down to just above the reviews, and click on as many "tags" as you see? They're little boxes next to words like...
Loaded Shelf Interview
Kelly at Loaded Shelf has just returned from vacation (actually, I don't think she's back until tomorrow), but she's already posted our interview. She asked several excellent questions, including a couple that I had to struggle to answer. The interview is here. Why do...
Walsh
Christopher Walsh and I worked together a few years back. He was playing Dim in a production of A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, the last show that Defiant Theatre ever produced. I was the fight director on that show, and I actually gave Chris the best move - he had to hit the...
Essential posts
In light of all the new traffic I'm getting, I have gone back and tagged the key posts on this blog as "Essential Posts." For those who have just read, or are reading, or are interested in reading THE MASTER OF VERONA, I would like to commend these to your...
Other frequent reads
I've added two links to the side-bar - really past time that I did so. The first is for the Loaded Questions blog - as opposed to the Loaded Questions site (which, of course, can be reached through the blog). Kelly Hewitt has managed to post interviews with many, many...
