I believe strongly that there is no such thing as the ‘perfect’ hero and that there exists no completely evil villain. But creating characte...

Looking over my blog after speaking at a book club meeting recently, I realized two things: The first is that I have yet to post an excerpt ...

Writers are often asked why they write what they write. After all, the world is full of stories of every genre and type, from the literary t...

Like so much else that is wondrous and creative, the arts of the past, were a pastime for men alone. We don’t know if, as in the Regency per...

We’ve all heard it, that bittersweet song sung at the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve. I must confess that I could never reconcile the ...

As we surround ourselves with the good cheer of the season, its difficult as a writer of historical fiction not to ponder on Christmases of ...

In To Serve a King and next year’s The King’s Agent, much is mentioned about Francois I’s obsession with acquiring the eras greatest works o...