Coming Soon In 2011 . . .

by | Jan 12, 2011 | Uncategorized

I used to think there was nothing better than finding a terrific new book that I’ve never read before. Wrong. Even better than that is finding a terrific new book that I’ve never read before, then discovering that it is the first of a series and two more...

“Rome” vs. “I, Claudius”

by | 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...

The Greatest Love Story Never Told

by | 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...

STET, Goddamnit!*

by | 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 | 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...