Let’s Hang Out this Weekend!

Let’s Hang Out this Weekend!

I’ll be signing books at Borders in the Annapolis Mall on November 6th from 2pm-4pm this weekend. Please come out to see me. Signings are one of the few times I’m actually free from the chains of my desk, and I will totally take you out for cocoa or...

Born to the Purple

Today we say the rich are born with silver spoons in their mouths. In the ancient world, they said the wealthy were born to the purple. This phrase alludes to the royal robes dyed with a precious shade of deep purple originally created by the Phoenicians in Tyre....
Happy Birthday Augustus

Happy Birthday Augustus

Though Augustus is the villain of my novel, Lily of the Nile, I do have a bit of a soft spot for the old tyrant. It seems only fitting that we wish him a happy birthday on this September 23rd. You may wonder why August, the month actually named after him, is not also...