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February 28, 2019February 27, 2019

Upcoming Event with the Historical Novel Society

This is the reading series I run and moderate in New York. The theme of our next event is novels set in the 19th century. Related Posts Welcome to my new website Hello everyone! My wonderful publisher, MadeGlobal Publishing, is working on getting my site to look perfect for me … please Read more Total …

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February 27, 2019

REMINDER: READER CONTEST! SUBMISSION DEADLINE MARCH 31st, 2019

Open to all ages. The Task: Draw a weapon deployed by Dutch defenders of Antwerp against Spanish besiegers in 1585. There is no image of this vessel, although there is a description from a primary source published by F. Strada in the eighteenth century. It is a ship with no sails on deck, but an …

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February 13, 2019

New Review!

A good, thoughtful review from author and critic Susan Appleyard over at Discovering Diamonds. Thank you! Related Posts Welcome to my new website Hello everyone! My wonderful publisher, MadeGlobal Publishing, is working on getting my site to look perfect for me … please Read more Total Theatre Lab, with Caroline Thomas Glowing pre-release review of …

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February 7, 2019January 30, 2019

MOVIE BLOG: MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS: WONDERS, WIGS, AND WARTS

Dear Friends, Hosts of the radio interviews I’ve been doing ask me what I think of the movie, Mary, Queen of Scots. Here goes: This latest excursion to the Tudor/Stuart saga got me sighing with happy surprise then clenching my teeth in fury and disappointment. The early section recounting young Mary, Queen of Scots’ struggle …

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February 6, 2019February 6, 2019

Historical Novel Society Magazine, February 2019: New Voices by Myfanwy Cook

I was interviewed for the February issue of Historical Novels Review! You can read the New Voices article here. Related Posts Welcome to my new website Hello everyone! My wonderful publisher, MadeGlobal Publishing, is working on getting my site to look perfect for me … please Read more Total Theatre Lab, with Caroline Thomas Glowing pre-release …

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February 6, 2019

Launch Party hosted in New York by Robert Jurgrau

A warm diverse group of writers, composers, actors, corporate executives, and doctors; technology that did not spite me, a slide show that worked, and books sold! Related Posts Welcome to my new website Hello everyone! My wonderful publisher, MadeGlobal Publishing, is working on getting my site to look perfect for me … please Read more …

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February 6, 2019February 6, 2019

Interview with WOCA

I was interviewed by Larry Whitler and Robin McBlane over on The Source at WOCA Radio back on January 17th! Here’s the show for your amusement: Related Posts Welcome to my new website Hello everyone! My wonderful publisher, MadeGlobal Publishing, is working on getting my site to look perfect for me … please Read more …

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January 29, 2019January 30, 2019

READER CONTEST BELOW! and MORE NEW THINGS THAT MESSED WITH RENAISSANCE MINDS: Siege of Antwerp, 1584.

READER CONTEST: There is an invention described in a primary account published by Strada in the eighteenth century. But there’s no image. Readers, could you send me a drawing or plan? The winner will get a free paperback with a signed fantasy map which I commissioned for the book launch. With your permission, I would …

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January 24, 2019January 15, 2019

MORE TALK SHOWS

Friday, January 25th, 11am-12pm, WBTM-AM: Bennington Today, with host conductor/ composer Thomas Lawrence Toscano. Vermont friends, please tune in! Monday, January 28th, 9:45-10am, WKNY-AM: The Morning Show with Warren Lawrence. Calling upstate New York friends: please root for me! Next blog, I promise we’ll be back in the 16th century! More scary innovation AND a …

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January 22, 2019January 15, 2019

THE PRINTING PRESS: WHEN DO WORDS BECOME TREASON? MORE NEW THINGS THAT MESSED WITH RENAISSANCE HEADS

On our days of wild-west social media, it’s fascinating to revisit a Tudor version of communication mayhem. With the invention of the printing press in the fifteenth century, monarchs and the church lost control of their stories. The above text is Edmund Campion’s “Brag,” printed and circulated in Engand in 1580-81. Campaion, his religious journey …

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