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March 12, 2019February 13, 2019

Interview with: GRAY BASNIGHT, author of Shadows in the Fire

Dear friends: NEW FEATURE TO MY BLOG! Interviews with the authors presenting at the New York chapter of the Historical Novel Society, March 26th at the Jefferson Market Library. Welcome Gray, thanks for visiting my blog! You have published in the mystery, historical fiction and thriller genres. How do you build characters for the different …

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March 7, 2019March 5, 2019

SHARING A MEMORY, FAR FROM FICTION

Reading Stephanie Cowell’s moving evocation of the life and loves of French Impressionist painter, Claude Monet, pulled me back to my concertizing days. One of my favourite pieces to play was Franz Liszt’s Chasse Neige, an etude picturing a landscape slowly filling with snow. Liszt created what are called Tone Poems, precursors of Impressionist music. …

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March 5, 2019February 13, 2019

Interview with: STEPHANIE COWELL, author of Claude & Camille

Dear friends: NEW FEATURE TO MY BLOG! Interviews with the authors presenting at the New York chapter of the Historical Novel Society, March 26th at the Jefferson Market Library. Welcome Stephanie, thank you so much for visiting my blog! You have set your novels in the 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries with equal immediacy, with …

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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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