Wednesday, May 16, 2012

NOT ALL ITALIANS WERE/ARE IN THE MAFIA
(or act like those from the Jersey Shore)

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It has always been my belief, that writers of fictional works shouldn’t have an aggrandized agenda behind their writing; it has been my expe...
Wednesday, April 25, 2012

IN HONOR OF NFL DRAFT WEEK:
(OR HOW A HISTORICAL FICTION WRITER GOT HER FOOTBALL FIX)
GIUOCO DEL CALCIO FIORENTINO

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When I’m deep into my work for a new book, whether it’s in the research stage or the writing stage, I typically take only one day off a wee...
Friday, April 13, 2012

BLENDING HISTORICAL FICTION, A LITERARY CLASSIC AND A VIDEO GAME--THE KING'S AGENT--A TEASER

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As my latest release becomes the topic of the blogger discussions, a common curiosity rises concerning the coalescence of historical fiction...
Monday, April 2, 2012

THE PATH OF THE KING'S AGENT: A MAGICAL ITALIAN TOUR

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The King’s Agent is many stories in one, with layers of both the tangible and of the spiritual, cerebral, and emotional. That it is an adven...
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Friday, March 23, 2012

FLORENCE: THE LAND OF MY ANCESTRY; THE BIRTHPLACE OF MY MUSE

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The adventurous characters (both real and imagined) in The King’s Agent travel hither and yon across the middle landscape of that strangely ...
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Friday, March 9, 2012

MICHELANGELO: A SHORT HISTORY OF A LONG, MAGNIFICENT LIFE

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To sum up a life such as Michelangelo Buonarotti’s in the length of a blog post seems not only an impossible challenge but the epitome of an...
Thursday, March 1, 2012

EXTRATERRESTRIAL SYMBOLS IN RENAISSANCE ART: THE CONTROVERSY OF THE KING'S AGENT

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Battista della Palla, the lead character in The King’s Agent, was a real man, born in Florence in 1489. During his full and prodigious life,...