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Vicky Alvear Shecter

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Look What Came In!

September 13, 2011 by Vicky Alvear Shecter 5 Comments

My very own copies of the Cleopatra's Moon audiobook! I will probably hold a drawing for one of them, but not yet. I will be hugging them close to me for a while. Drag-Queen Cleo approves! … [Read more...] about Look What Came In!

On Writing HIstorical Fiction: A Guest Post from Julie Chibbaro

September 12, 2011 by Vicky Alvear Shecter 5 Comments

Award-winning young adult author Julie Chibbaro has a knack for creating vidid, fascinating and intense worlds from eras long gone. Her first book, Redemption, took us to the harrowing wildness of the New World in the 1500s, while her latest--Deadly--takes us to New York in the early 1900's during a typhoid epidemic.Deadly has received a lot of attention, with The New York … [Read more...] about On Writing HIstorical Fiction: A Guest Post from Julie Chibbaro

Friday Funnies–Ancient Style!

September 9, 2011 by Vicky Alvear Shecter 5 Comments

"What am I watching? Oh, the  Perry-Romney-Bachman debates. Why do you ask?" "Next up on the Nature Channel:  Game of Thrones!" … [Read more...] about Friday Funnies–Ancient Style!

Ancient Fun Fact: A Real Egyptian Love Spell!

September 8, 2011 by Vicky Alvear Shecter 8 Comments

The ancient Egyptians weren't afraid to be, uhm, long-winded when it came to casting spells. Check this out--a real love spell found on a papyrus, from a man wanting a woman to fall in love with him.It's a spell from the Greek period, around or before the time my novel's main character, Cleopatra Selene, lived in Egypt.Also interesting: It's an appeal to the god ANUBIS, rather … [Read more...] about Ancient Fun Fact: A Real Egyptian Love Spell!

Entertainment Weekly, the Decatur Book Festival and other Surprises

September 6, 2011 by Vicky Alvear Shecter 9 Comments

So I found out yesterday that Cleopatra's Moon made Entertainment Weekly e-zine's "Must Read" list for the week of August 22nd.What a surprise! Beyond exciting! Here's the link: http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20310286_20521465,00.html#21043406  There Selene is, sandwiched between the Coen brothers' Blue Ray collection and actor Paul Giamatti! Amazing.Jackson Pearce, me, … [Read more...] about Entertainment Weekly, the Decatur Book Festival and other Surprises

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