Lady of the Eternal City: The Movie

HBO just called, and they’re giving Lady of the Eternal City the “Game of Thrones treatment! Sigh – I wish. But until the day Weiss & Benioff are leaving me urgent voice-mails, a girl can dream – and I don’t know a writer out there...
A Gift For My Readers

A Gift For My Readers

I have been hugely touched by the good wishes, the prayers, and the wonderful support coming in from readers after my house fire of two weeks ago. It’s been a rollercoaster two weeks, but the Overseas Gladiator and I are fighting our way back to normality: burns...

The 13 Stages of Copyediting Madness

  1. Page 2: Hey, this book isn’t so bad. 2. Page 81: That’s the fourth misspelled word . . . and those are just the ones I caught. Wait, how many am I missing?! 3. Start over. 4. Send panicked email to writing buddy begging for one more reread of...