It’s been way too long since I posted an author interview on this blog, but finally found a great candidate. Melanie McDonald just published an acclaimed new literary historical novel Eronemos about Emperor Hadrian’s doomed young lover Antinous. From the back: Eros and Thanatos converge in this story of a glorious youth, an untimely death, [...]
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Author Interview and Giveaway: “Eromenos” by Melanie McDonald
Posted in Books, Fiction, Free stuff, Interviews, tagged antinous, eromenos, hadrian, historical fiction, interviews, melanie mcdonald, roman on March 20, 2011 | 6 Comments »
Steering Her Craft: Ursula K. Le Guin on the Art of Writing
Posted in Interviews, Writing, tagged bronze age, historical fiction, lavina, ursula k. le guin, ursula le guin on May 8, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Best known for her children’s stories of wizards in Books of Earthsea and award-winning science-fiction such as The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K. Le Guin has brought her brilliant writing to historical fiction. Lavinia, her most recent book, is inspired by Virgil’s classic The Aeneid and brings Bronze Age Italy to life with this [...]
Karen Armstrong Part III: The History of Islam
Posted in Interviews, tagged islam, karen armstrong, middle east, mohammed, religious history on May 8, 2010 | 3 Comments »
In Part I, Ms. Armstrong talked to me about her journey in becoming a world renowned writer and thinker on all things religious. In Part II, she discussed her book The Battle for God and the rise of fundamentalism. Now she talks to me about her book Islam: A Short History and Islam in the [...]
Karen Armstrong Part II: Religious Fundamentalism and “The Battle for God”
Posted in Interviews, tagged fundamentalism, karen armstrong, religious history on May 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In Part I, Ms. Armstrong a self-described “freelance monotheists”, discussed how she came to be one of the world’s foremost thinkers and writers of religious history. In this section she talks to me about her book The Battle for God and the rise of fundamentalism around the world.
Karen Armstrong Part I: On Becoming a Religious History Writer
Posted in Interviews, Writing, tagged former nun, karen armstrong, religion, religious history, writing on May 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Ms. Armstrong, who calls herself a “freelance monotheist,” is among the foremost religious historians, writers, and thinkers in the world. A former Catholic nun, she’s written biographies of Buddha, the Prophet Mohammed, and St. Peter as well as the best-selling books The Battle for God, A History of God: The 4000 Year Quest of Judaism, [...]
Unraveling Bordello Secrets: Christine Wiltz on Excavating The Last Madam
Posted in Biographies, Interviews, Wonderful Women, tagged biography, christine wiltz, madam, new orleans, norma wallace on May 8, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Sex, bootlegged booze, beautiful women, and powerful men set against the steamy backdrop of corruption in New Orleans in the roaring twenties. This is the stuff of which exciting novels are made. But, as in many cases, truth is more compelling than fiction. Christine Wiltz is a mystery writer with four novels under her belt [...]
Valerie Anand (a.k.a. Fiona Buckley) Part III: On Writing and the Business of Writing
Posted in Interviews, Writing, tagged fiona buckley, historical fiction, historical mysteries, valerie anand, writing on May 8, 2010 | 2 Comments »
This is Part III of a three-part interview with historical fiction writer Valerie Anand. In Part I, Ms. Anand discussed how she became a historical fiction writer. In Part II, she discussed her Ursula Blanchard series and her feminist leanings.
Valeria Anand (a.k.a. Fiona Buckley) Part II: The Ursula Blanchard Series and Feminism
Posted in Interviews, tagged elizabethan fiction, fiona buckley, historical fiction, tudor fiction, tudors, valerie anand on May 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This is Part II of a three-part interview with historical fiction writer Valerie Anand. In Part I, Ms. Anand talked about how she became a writer. In Part III she talks about writing and the business of writing.
Valerie Anand (a.k.a Fiona Buckley) Part I: Becoming a Historical Fiction Writer
Posted in Interviews, tagged fiona buckley, historical fiction, historical mysteries, valerie anand, writing on May 8, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Popular British historical fiction and mystery writer Valerie Anand brings past times and conundrums to life with fascinating characters, abundant detail and meticulous research in her twenty-one novels. In the U.S. she’s been known under her pen name Fiona Buckley for her historical mystery series set in the early years of Elizabeth I’s reign featuring [...]
Pitching The Red Tent: Anita Diamant on Marketing Her First Novel
Posted in Interviews, tagged anita diamant, biblical fiction, book marketing, historical fiction, red tent on May 5, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Anita Diamant wanted to do something different with her writing life. A freelance journalist in the Boston area since 1975, she wrote articles on everything from profiles of prominent people to first-person essays on being a mom. She also found the time to write six books on Jewish lifecycle events. She turned her sights on [...]
