The Writing Life
Concert at the Cloisters
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 | The Queen's Pawn, The Writing Life | No Comments
I love going to the Cloisters…a part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art that houses a large part of the museum’s medieval collection. It is a journey to get there…at least half an hour by subway from the Upper West Side, but the trip is worth it. The collection is beautiful.
This Sunday I went uptown to Ft Tryon and the Cloisters not just to view the art but to hear a concert by the Boston Camerata on the Virgin Mary and Mary Magdelene. Though Eleanor is not particularly religious ( in my novels, at least) Princess Alais iv VERY religious, and particularly devoted to the Holy Mother, or the Virgin Mary. So throughout this concert I thought of Alais, and of how much she would have 
enjoyed it. I know I did.
Christy at the Museum of the Middle Ages
Friday, March 5th, 2010 | The Writing Life, Video Blog Entries | 1 Comment
Here is my last video blog from Paris…I spent some time at the Museum of the Middle Ages, my second favorite museum in Paris after the Louvre.
Mary Renault: An Inspiration
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010 | Reviews, The Writing Life | No Comments
My favorite author of all time is Mary Renault. For those of you who have yet to discover her, during the mid 20th century, she wrote historical novels about ancient Greece. My favorite of her novels is THE PERSIAN BOY and THE MASK OF APOLLO, but I have never read one of her books that did not teach me more about being a writer, and about what it means to be a human being.
Susan Higganbotham in a Guest Post Next Week
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 | The Writing Life | 3 Comments
Susan Higganbotham, author of the fabulous novel, THE STOLEN CROWN, will write a guest post on this blog next week. I simply can’t wait! Her writing is compelling, and her storytelling transported me.
Once you buy the book, you will be transported too. Here’s the link to Amazon, in case you haven’t had a chance to buy it yet…
http://www.amazon.com/Stolen-Crown-Marriage-Forever-Changed/dp/1402237669/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b
And tune in…in July, Catherine Delors, the author of FOR THE KING will oblige us with a guest post as well…the spring and summer and looking more and more exciting!
Do Most Writers Keep a Journal?
Monday, February 22nd, 2010 | The Writing Life | 2 Comments
I have kept a journal all my life. I started writing random thoughts down when I was seven years old, and I started writing fiction off and on when I was eight. I know a few writers, but I have never asked them: did they keep a journal as a child? Do they still?
