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What I Think About On My Long Runs: Casting THE SECRET HISTORY 13 Aug 2013 | 10:54 am
Today I had my last sort-of long run before my marathon on Sunday. (Note: If you don't see me online next week, it's because I'm recovering from, you know, dying on the course.) I try to avoid thinki...
Release Day! THE SECRET HISTORY Hits the Shelves Today! 3 Jul 2013 | 03:27 am
It's been five and a half years since I started writing. And two and a half years since I typed the first word of what would become THE SECRET HISTORY: A NOVEL OF EMPRESS THEODORA. And today it fi.....
The Secret History Blog Tour Has Begun! 26 Jun 2013 | 03:29 am
The Secret History debuts in exactly one week, so it's time to kick-off the colossal blog tour! There are tons of reviews, interviews, and every giveaway includes a signed copy of the novel and an ...
Theodora Music Video! 24 Jun 2013 | 02:25 am
Let it be known that I am forever using goofy history videos while teaching, usually to make my students laugh (but also, sneakily to teach them). My favorites are John Green's Crash Course and Horrib...
Another Blurb! 20 May 2013 | 09:47 am
It's almost exactly 1 1/2 months until the debut of The Secret History, and things are starting to get busy. There will be a blog tour, giveaways (books and Byzantine coins--ohlala!), and I might even...
A Secret History Excerpt: Happy Mother's Day! 12 May 2013 | 11:06 pm
Happy Mother's Day! In celebration, I have for your reading pleasure an excerpt of The Secret History. Let's just say Theodora and her mom have a rather complicated relationship. The silence expanded...
An Unexpected Congratulations 6 May 2013 | 03:36 am
I've sent a few letters to my senators in recent months, so when a letter from Alaska senator Lisa Murkowski landed in mailbox, I expected a run-of-the-mill form letter. Instead, she was writing abou...
What to Keep and What to Cut: Mongolia Style 29 Apr 2013 | 08:23 am
Writing The Tiger Queens has presented me with a new and unexpected quandary: too many characters. And I'm talking waaay too many characters. Granted, there was a fair bit of information on Theodora...
Who the Heck Was Justinian? 1 Apr 2013 | 10:52 am
Ask someone to name a Roman emperor and chances are you'll get one of the usual heavyweights: Octavian (can't stand him), Caligula (born on my birthday!), or maybe even Nero (killed his mom, so I'm no...
