You know you're a total geek when you actual tear-up in the face of ancient artifacts. This happened twice to me in the past week. The first time occurred while I was at SIBA, the trade show for the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance in Norfolk, VA. I was there to moderate a historical fiction panel with authors, Tosca Lee (The Legend of Sheba), Bruce Holsinger (A … [Read more...] about How Deep is Your Geek?
Books
Educator’s Guide for HADES SPEAKS! and ANUBIS SPEAKS!
It's a poster! And on the back, is an educator's guide for using these booksin the classroom (Core Curriculum standards too). Want one? Leave a comment! … [Read more...] about Educator’s Guide for HADES SPEAKS! and ANUBIS SPEAKS!
And We Have a Winner!
Because of my travels to the Southeastern Independent Bookseller's Association conference, I failed to announce the winner of Hades Speaks! A Guide to the Underworld by the Greek God of the Dead. Congrats to Donna! Thank you all for participating and for spreading the word about "H-man." … [Read more...] about And We Have a Winner!
Six Authors…One Amazing Book
Imagine six different historical fiction writers getting together and deciding to "play" with story-telling. What if we all focused on a single famous event? What if characters from each others' stories wove in and out of everyone's tales? What if we each took a period before, during and after an explosive event, but kept them connected to the very end? What if we inspired each … [Read more...] about Six Authors…One Amazing Book
Excellent New Video on Life as a Gladiator
My novel of Pompeii is set in a gladiatorial school, so I was excited to see this short documentary-like video about what life was really like for gladiators. I'll admit I gave a little squee when the medicus showed up, given that Tag, one of the main characters in Curses and Smoke: A Novel of Pompeii, is a medical slave in a struggling gladiatorial school of his own. The film … [Read more...] about Excellent New Video on Life as a Gladiator
