Monday, September 17, 2012

YOU WANT TO BE A WRITER? Make no excuses; take no prisoners

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Since becoming a published author, the tables have turned, and I’m often asked for advice from unpublished authors. My first tendency is ...
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Monday, August 27, 2012

MARRIAGE: ITALIAN RENAISSANCE STYLE

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Much is made these days about finding the right mate—online giving a new outlet for the search—and the difficulties and angst for finding th...
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Sunday, August 26, 2012

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Goodreads Book Giveaway The King's Agent by Donna Ru...
Thursday, August 9, 2012

THE MISERY AND THE MAGNIFICENCE OF THE SISTINE CHAPEL

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“It was an ascension that felled me, I assure you.” So said Michelangelo in The King’s Agent, a paraphrasing of the artist’s own words take...
Friday, July 20, 2012

VENICE: ITS BIRTH AND IMPENDING DEATH

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Noon on the 25th of March 421. Many believe it is on that date, at that exact time, that the Venetian Islands were born. In truth, the l...
Saturday, July 14, 2012

BASTILLE DAY: POWER TO THE PEOPLE

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He was already an impotent figurehead of all the injustices wrought by those who came before him, yet in May of 1789, Louis XVI sat befor...
Thursday, July 5, 2012

CHARACTERS ARE THE SOUL OF THE PLOT; PLOT IS THE RECEPTACLE OF THE SOUL (INCLUDING EXCERPT FROM THE KING'S AGENT)

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That’s the answer I give whenever asked the timeless question, “which is more important, character or plot?” And invariably I get a look of ...