What the Wall Street Journal is missing

If you’ve read my novels or keep up with me on Facebook, you know that I’m interested in pretty much everything, and that includes economics and finance. I get the Wall Street Journal primarily because it has extraordinary book coverage. There’s a...

Writer Tech: footnotes for fiction?

Recently two writers got in touch about acknowledging sources for historical fiction. As one asked, Do I need permission from every website owner, author, newspaper, etc. whose information I incorporate into my story? I’m not a lawyer and if you’re lucky...

Sorry to nag, but…

EPITAPH is still in the running for Best Historical Novel in the Goodreads competition. Voting for the semi-final ends Monday evening, Nov. 16. If you’re a member, please vote!

A new photo of Doc Holliday?

True West Magazine recently published an article I wrote about what could be a previously unknown photograph of John Henry Holliday. Here’s the story behind the article. A couple of years ago, Don McKenna sent me a jpeg of the image you see here. It was part of...

Help me get Sophia Loren’s attention!

A couple of months ago, my brother came up with a wild idea. He decided that Sophia Loren would be great as the 80-year-old action hero of A Thread of Grace, Lidia Leone. So Rich found a public address for Ms. Loren and sent her a copy of the book. Why not, right? Her...