by Stephanie Dray | Dec 6, 2010 | Articles, Research
There are two prevailing beliefs about Cleopatra. The first is that she was a captivating beauty, so dazzling that she was able to snare two of the world’s most powerful men. The second is that she was an ugly, hook-nosed hag. So which is the truth? Despite, or...
by Stephanie Dray | Dec 3, 2010 | Fun Stuff, Miscellany
I wish I could add something to this neato-cool blog post about ancient water organs, a predecessor of our modern church organ, but the author has said it all. And what the author has to say is really worth reading.
by Stephanie Dray | Dec 2, 2010 | Cleopatra Selene, Lily of the Nile, Miscellany, My Works, Research
The heroine of my debut novel, Lily of the Nile, is Cleopatra’s daughter, the young Princess of Egypt who would be marched as a chained prisoner through the streets of Rome. At the end of a Roman triumph–that military parade during which generals celebrated...
by Stephanie Dray | Dec 1, 2010 | Miscellany, Other Writers
Sometimes it seems as if Fantasy and Historical Fiction each exist in their own little corner of the literary universe, each side snarling at the other for perceived pedantry or lack of intellectual rigor. Relatively few authors dare to blend the two genres, which has...
by Stephanie Dray | Nov 23, 2010 | Miscellany
As I’m getting together my own holiday lists, I thought I’d take some time to suggest gifts for those of you who are about to head out to the stores. As a writer, its probably a bit self-serving of me to mention that books make great gifts, but they do....
