AN OLD NUMBER AND AN OLD STORY
Last August, when I posted the blog “A Father’s Dream” referring to Isaac’s hope that his son Binyamin would become a scholar like Hero...
Rabies is not the only deadly fever in Roman-occupied Alexandria
Miriam was able to identify the culprit in THE DEADLIEST FEVER because he’d been bitten by a rabid bat. Even so, she was lucky. The...
Sukkot: The holiday of harvest and thanksgiving
In THE DEADLIEST SPORT, Gershon greets Miriam with “I hope you had an inspiring Sukkot (Feast of Booths).” Sukkot is a week-long biblical...
Did you ever have a question you were dying to ask?
When I saw Kreskin’s review of THE DEADLIEST LIE, I wanted to ask whether he predicted who the thief was before opening the book. He is...
Fraternal twins like Miriam and Binyamin
Usually a woman releases one egg in her monthly cycle, but if she releases two and they are both fertilized, fraternal twinning occurs....
How Authors Use Flashbacks
Occasionally I submit a blog to BookDaily.com on writing. Here’s one they published last December on incorporating flashbacks into your...
Can You Smell the Fresh Barley Rolls?
Phoebe and I had gone hardly a block before succumbing to the aromas of fresh barley rolls and grilled meats wafting out of Otho’s...
Become a Deputy Detective for 99 cents
In THE DEADLIEST HATE, Miriam goes to Caesarea to trace an alchemical document that has surfaced there. The practice of alchemy was a...
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Celebrate Women’s History Month! THE DEADLIEST HATE is on sale for 99 cents in honor of Maria Hebrea. Miriam bat Isaac is fictive, but...