by Kate Quinn | Dec 29, 2010 | Uncategorized
For many of us ancient history buffs, the obsession started with “I, Claudius.” This BBC miniseries following the scandalous, sinful, and always scintillating adventures of Rome’s earliest Emperors was the “Spartacus” of its day; the...
by Kate Quinn | Nov 18, 2010 | Uncategorized
It’s a real life fairy-tale, a love story to rival all the greats: Lancelot and Guinevere, Tristan and Isolde, Romeo and Juliet. It sounds like something conjured up by the Brothers Grimm, but it’s true–genuine historical fact. Once upon a time, a...
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...
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...
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...
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...