The Bastard of Istanbul is such a great book. I binge read. It happens more often than I am willing to admit. I get into a writer and then have to read everything I can get my hands on by them. It happened last year with Kate Mosse, earlier this year with Herta Mueller, C.C….
The bichura is a fascinating creature in Turkish mythology. I discovered them with my weird reading habits and couldn’t resist creating a character. When I pull together characters for stories, the number one rule I have is “Every adventure story needs a Groot.” Or an R2D2, even a Hodor. Characters who are integral to the…
How To Write A Novel On The Bus. That is right, a post on mastering the skill of using transit as your literary muse. Actually, this is a post that is better titled, “I have so much work to do when it comes to paying the bills in what is rapidly becoming one of the…
How to plot out a new novel is always a big question. While the query process continues for my latest novel, I very much wanted to get started on a new project. It also needed to take readers more than a thousand years away from Hypatia’s life. A friend of mine who is an inspired…