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STET, Goddamnit!*

by Kate Quinn | Oct 18, 2010 | Uncategorized

So I have been up to my neck, these past two weeks, in reviewing the copy-edits for Daughters of Rome. Copy-editing belongs somewhere around the fourth level of hell: not as bad as doing a headstand in a Portapotty, worse than having thumb-tacks pressed under your...

Let’s Hear It For The Bad Guy!

by Kate Quinn | Sep 9, 2010 | Uncategorized

Let’s face it: everybody loves a good villain. No great book or movie is complete without one: without Lord Voldemort and the ever-rising body count of his victims, the Harry Potter books are just a cute kid series about a magical boarding school. Sometimes we...

Cosmopolitanus: The Magazine for Roman Vixens Across The Empire

by Kate Quinn | Aug 25, 2010 | Uncategorized

Last month’s Cosmo: Senator’s sexy wife Lepida Pollia spilled all about fashion, ambition, and her outrageous sex life! On the cover this month: THEA: The Emperor’s Mistress Spills Her Secrets. Tunic by Guccius. Earrings by Tiffanius. To get...

Mistress of Rome: The Movie

by Kate Quinn | Jul 10, 2010 | Uncategorized

Several readers have written to ask me the following question: Will my historical novel Mistress of Rome ever be made into a movie? I have to say, probably not. Historical movies are invariably big budget: it costs a lot of money to fund the necessary CGI, the...

Happy Father’s Day

by Kate Quinn | Jun 19, 2010 | Uncategorized

I’m a daddy’s girl; always have been. I had one of those dads who read aloud to me, taught me to appreciate Miles Davis, and jogged alongside my bike holding it up as I first wobbled down the street. By the time I was in middle school we shared a mutual...