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...
Oct 8, 2012 | Books - Cut Scenes - Short Stories - Writing
Now available – SINCERITY & OTHER SCARY TALES! Longtime followers of this blog will recognize the title story from this collection. Sincerity was my Halloween offering four years ago, reprinted last year for all my new readers. Now it appears to headline a...
Sep 7, 2012 | Books - Shakespeare - The Novel - Theatre
Here's a guest piece I wrote for Bilerico.com that ran last Sunday. I’m getting some lovely praise for my new novel, HER MAJESTY’S WILL. I wrote it as a tongue-in-cheek spy story starring Will Shakespeare and Kit Marlowe, and it seems to be received...
Aug 9, 2012 | Books - Publishing - Writing
Last week I received an e-mail from a reader named Nancy who wanted (nay, nigh on demanded!) to know when THE PRINCE'S DOOM was coming out. I wrote her back, but for some reason the e-mail address was undeliverable. So I'm answering the question here:...
