Won't waste time with apologies for not blogging, but will dive in. Rebellion is finished and reedited and with an agent. The beginning of Massacre just won a prize in the action/thriller category at the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers' conference. I am in the planning stage with Serenissima, a novel in which Edward Hunter goes to Venice to discover a conspiracy against Philip Sidney.
I am in London, about to start a ten-day research trip visiting Elizabethan great (and not so great) houses. Also intend to research craft beers and ales. Have seen three plays in the past week: Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night, Mr. Foote's Other Leg, and Beaux' Stratagem-all outstanding. London feels so comfortable--old haunts and old friends.
Writing thoughts: I have begun reading both S. J. Parris' series of 16th century thrillers featuring Giordano Bruno and Edward Charles' Richard Stocker novels Daughters of the Doge and Courtesan of Padua. All good reads, and full of historical detail, the sort I put in and then pull out to try to get my word count down. This makes me question the wisdom circulating at the last Historical Novel Society conference: "Novels must be under 100, 000 words. Resist the temptation to give too much historical information." I am glad Parris and Charles did not limit themselves in this way.
I am in London, about to start a ten-day research trip visiting Elizabethan great (and not so great) houses. Also intend to research craft beers and ales. Have seen three plays in the past week: Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night, Mr. Foote's Other Leg, and Beaux' Stratagem-all outstanding. London feels so comfortable--old haunts and old friends.
Writing thoughts: I have begun reading both S. J. Parris' series of 16th century thrillers featuring Giordano Bruno and Edward Charles' Richard Stocker novels Daughters of the Doge and Courtesan of Padua. All good reads, and full of historical detail, the sort I put in and then pull out to try to get my word count down. This makes me question the wisdom circulating at the last Historical Novel Society conference: "Novels must be under 100, 000 words. Resist the temptation to give too much historical information." I am glad Parris and Charles did not limit themselves in this way.
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