Jul 7, 2006 | Books - Publishing - Shakespeare - The Novel - Travel
The Road to Verona, the Same Night “Giotto’s O.” In the middle of a dream in which no one would let him sleep, it seemed to Pietro that the words were deliberately meant to annoy him. Almost unwillingly he dreamed of a rock, a paintbrush touching the rock, forming a...
Jul 4, 2006 | Books - Shakespeare
I firmly expect to get mugged by Shakespeare and Dante scholars alike. The Dante folk will take issue with several of my choices. His movements prior to his arrival in (or return to, as it certainly was) Verona are much debated, and I’ve chosen one of the more...
Jul 2, 2006 | Essential Posts - Publishing
The title has given me fits, far moreso than the actual story. The original title for the first book was ‘Il Veltro.’ Italian for The Greyhound, it has several other, wonderful, connotations. Firstly, it is the title used for the hero of the prophecy in the first...
Jul 1, 2006 | Essential Posts
Not happy with how the novel was progressing, I fought halfway through a bad version before I realized I wasn’t writing the story I wanted to tell. More research, more false starts. Finally I took a deep breath and settled in to read Dante’s Divine Comedy, something I...
Jun 27, 2006 | Books - Publishing - Shakespeare
“Romeo & Juliet is the greatest love story ever told – and every story has a beginning.” THE MASTER OF VERONA will be published in 2007 by St. Martin’s Press. With the permission of my editor, this blog allows me to post a few chapters prior to that, but it also...
