EVE OF IDES: A Play Of Caesar And Brutus – Now Available!
Those who know my work will recognize my constant blending of Shakespeare and history. It entertains me to reconcile gaps in history with the characters and plots of Shakespeare's plays. I often use these to explore various quirks of history, as well as the growth of...
Nellie Bly Interviews Wives Of US Cabinet Secretaries
During the election of 1888, Nellie Bly spent a week interviewing the wives of the various candidates, then followed up by embarking on interviewing all the living former first ladies. This must have been well received, for here she is immediately following the...
Superhero Fatigue – It’s Not You, It’s The Storytelling
I don’t like to join in bashing films. It’s not fun for me. I don’t enjoy being cynical about things I love, or want to love. That said, I want to make an observation about “superhero fatigue.” It’s not that people are tired of superheroes. They’re tired of movies...
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THE PRINCE’S DOOM Cover Reveal!
On Tuesday the new cover for the fourth novel in the Star-Cross'd series hit the web, and today I'm happy to share it with you here!
FORTUNE’S FOOL Cover Reveal
Next week the audiobook for The Master Of Verona hits Audible. There are revised editions of both MoV and Voice Of The Falconer, and a new print edition of MoV, with the others following soon. Not wanting to leave any out, all the books got a facelift. These are being...
VOICE OF THE FALCONER Cover Reveal!
The new ebook edition of VOICE OF THE FALCONER is out, revised and ready! The print version will hit the shelves in January, and next week I head into the recording studio to start work on the audiobook for it. Exciting!Of all the Star-Cross'd books, this is...
Shrewing Around
While I've been at work finishing new novels and recording audiobooks, I haven't been blogging a lot. Fall is always a madhouse for me, with tons of work to catch up on. Part of the reason is that each summer my life is consumed by Shakespeare as I return,...
“Origin Of The Feud” Print Release Date – Nov 28th!
Five years ago I released an ebook collection of essays on Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet entitled ORIGIN OF THE FEUD. Basically promotion for the Star-Cross'd series, they were all pieces I'd written prior to then. I didn't expect to be...
MoV 10th Anniversary Cover Reveal, Audiobooks, and More!
2017 marks the 10th anniversary of the release of The Master Of Verona. To mark the occasion, there's a new cover, new format - and, by popular demand, an audiobook! All of which drop in December. First, take a moment to admire the gorgeous new cover by Kim...
Her Majesty’s Will opens tonight!
Eight years after I started the novel, five years after it was published, four years since it was proposed as a play, two years after contracts were signed, one year since the first draft of the script was complete, nine months after auditions, six weeks after...
HER MAJESTY’S WILL Previews Tonight!
Hey! I know, it's been awhile. I tend to go quiet while in the weeds of new projects, and for the last six months I've been immersed in several. The big news: I just finished the first draft of a new novel (still secret - sorry!). I was also invited this year to...
Rage, Determination, and Art
Before the National Endowment for the Arts, there was the WPA, the Works Progress Administration, which supported the rise of visual artists such as Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Lee Krasner, Mark Rothko, Arshile Gorky, Philip Guston, Thomas Hart Benton and...
ROGUE SERVER – Chapter 3
Dibs barely made it to the Tower on time, only to find the street before it mobbed with protesters. He had to flash his ID several times before the cops paid him any attention, and by then he had drawn the ire of the sign-wielding chanters near him. Seeing NSA on his...
