Tag Archives: famous authors

READ RAGE

Posted on October 30, 2015 by [email protected]
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SHAKESPEARE IS 551: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BILL

Posted on April 22, 2015 by [email protected]

Will Shakespeare is 551 today - to wish him a happy birthday or not to wish him a happy birthday? That is the question. I decided yes - but that you’d get the present. All you have to do is … Continue reading →

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10 THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT SHAKESPEARE

Posted on March 9, 2015 by [email protected]

We all know that tired old story about Shakespeare not writing Shakespeare. But did Shakespeare freebase cocaine? Was that one of the reasons for his genius? Or was it one of his neighbors in Stratford? Take a look: ten things … Continue reading →

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THE 23 MOST BEAUTIFUL LINES IN LITERATURE

Posted on January 27, 2015 by [email protected]

Let’s start off this blog about the 23 most beautiful lines in literature by saying these are not the 23 most beautiful lines in literature. They are just some of them. I’m sure you can think of others; Feel free … Continue reading →

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HOW AGATHA CHRISTIE WROTE HER BOOKS

Posted on December 8, 2014 by [email protected]
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BANNED BOOKS

Posted on December 1, 2014 by [email protected]

If only I could get one of my books banned! It’s a sure way to super stardom. Who needs an author Facebook page when you have been proscribed by a major religion … or even better, the Texas Education Board?

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SHAKESPEARE OWED IT ALL TO A GOOD EDITOR

Posted on October 23, 2014 by [email protected]

Lake Union, the historical imprint of those terrible godless people at Amazon, recently bought world rights to ISABELLA, Braveheart of France. So I had the great pleasure of working with Tegan Tigani, on the second edit. She was brilliant. Now … Continue reading →

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14 GOOD REASONS TO NEVER GIVE UP

Posted on September 18, 2014 by [email protected]

Recently a good friend was telling me about his frustrations with his young son who tends to give up if he can’t do something straight away. ‘I think it’s our fault,’ he said. ‘We always told him he was special, … Continue reading →

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Undress you, and come now to bed

Posted on April 7, 2014 by [email protected]

I am currently writing a series about Shakespeare. He drove me crazy at school, so there’s a certain irony to this. Back then, when I was in my green blazer, it was like someone in 2414 studying the history of … Continue reading →

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There is no catch like Catch-22

Posted on March 6, 2014 by [email protected]

Heller’s opus Catch-22, is often mentioned in the same breath as Joyce’s Ulysses, Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye, or Fitzgerald’s Great Gatsby. But unlike those novels it also added a word to the English lexicon - ‘Catch 22’, the law … Continue reading →

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