Today, Simon and Schuster released Colm Toibin's latest novel, House of Names, about Clytemnestra and the murder of Agamemnon.  Anybody who knows me knows I've had this on pre-order since I heard about it months ago.  Because I live on the West Coast, I received my copy at midnight Eastern Daylight Time, and managed to finish it around 3 a.m ( Read more... )

A few years ago, I don't recall exactly when or where, I encountered a powerful idea that's stayed with me.  It concerns Homer's Odyssey, and its hero, Odysseus ( Read more... )

Going through my bookshelves, I stumbled across this little gem of a book I read several years ago. Fans of Achilles talk about Madeline Miller's Song of Achilles, but this is a work that might appeal to them, too ( Read more... )

Danae was published this morning on Amazon and Smashwords.
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A request from a fellow Goodreads member has me thinking about the dilemma of how to review another self-published author's work without shooting myself in the foot ( Read more... )

I don’t write mysteries or thrillers, but was tagged by the wonderful Judith Starkson, whose new release, Hand of Fire, about the Briseis of The Iliad, isn’t a mystery either. And my latest release, Knossos, definitely isn’t a mystery.

Which male authors write great women characters? Which female authors write great male characters?I tend not to ( Read more... )

After 272,000 words and two years, Knossos: A Novel of Ancient Crete is published!

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I really do neglect my blog.  I have been busy, though, working through the first chapter of Knossos, which is coming along better now that I have a handle on the chapter's protagonist, the eponymous Late Neolithic merchant, ladies' man, and smooth-talker Knos of Rhodes.  Yes, "Knossos" means "Place of Knos" in my book.  Because the suffix -os ( Read more... )

Surprise!  Read, enjoy, and review!


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Sorry for my long absence.  I was busily editing Orestes: The Warrior, which is now with my alpha reader.  Hopefully, I will have it back in a few weeks, and once I make some corrections, write that scholarly Author's Note, and finish all the prep work, it will be out and ready for you to buy.

In the meantime, I'm researching and outlining the book ( Read more... )