The Alice Network: Fantasy Movie Cast

by | Mar 15, 2018 | Uncategorized

Confession time: every writer knows EXACTLY who should play their book characters in the fantasy movie cast, and if they say they have never given this any thought, they are lying. Because Googling pictures of Tom Hardy or Cate Blanchett and calling it...

Lady of the Eternal City: The Movie

by | Mar 25, 2015 | Uncategorized

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...

The Lion and the Rose: The Movie

by | Feb 26, 2014 | Uncategorized

I always have fun with my yearly “Let’s cast my latest book as a movie!” blog post. But with my Borgia duology “The Serpent and the Pearl” and “The Lion and the Rose,” I have a particular dilemma not faced before with any of...

Empress of the Seven Hills: The Movie

by | Oct 15, 2012 | Uncategorized

Chris Hemsworth turned 29 not long ago, and I’d like to offer him a belated birthday present: the starring role of the upcoming movie of my latest book, “Empress of the Seven Hills!” Sigh – if only. The fact is, I doubt HBO will be burning up...

Daughters of Rome: The Movie

by | Aug 24, 2011 | Uncategorized

Here’s a question I get quite a lot from readers: will your books ever be made into movies? The answer, I’m sorry to say, is no. So far, at least, and probably for the forseeable future. Historical movies or TV shows cost an arm and a leg to make: the...