

The Appian Way
Binyamin, outfitted with a mule and carriage, traveled the length of the oldest span of the Appian Way, the approximately 130-mile course...


Take a walk along the Appian Way
In THE DEADLIEST LIE, Binyamin, Miriam bat Isaac’s twin brother, has dreams of becoming a gladiator. And so he travels from Alexandria,...


Can you Afford the Tuition?
In The Deadliest Lie, Miriam bat Isaac’s twin brother Binyamin sails to Rome and then treks along the Appian Way to Capua to enroll in...


Why didn’t the alchemists realize the “gold” they made was bogus?
Two hundred and fifty years before Miriam bat Isaac’s time, Archimedes proved that King Hiero’s crown could not possibly be pure gold but...


Insight into the Ancient Art of Alchemy
The word “papyrus” can refer to the plant, Cyperus papyrus; to the thin, paper-like material made from the plant; or to a particular...


Miriam pinpoints the provenance of an alchemical document by the quality of its papyrus
Papyrus is a thin paper-like material made from the triangular stem of the papyrus plant, Cyperus papyrus, a wetland sedge once growing...


Are you an emerging author? BookDaily.com featured my blog on May 26, 2015
http://www.bookdaily.com/authorresource/blog/post/1664436 Unique Ways to Land an Agent So your manuscript is finished! As an emerging...


Watch for the release of THE DEADLIEST HATE
The Deadliest Hate is set primarily in first-century CE Caesarea where Miriam is invited to attend first a reception at the Upper Palace...


A Novel and a Skirt
What’s the difference between a novel and a skirt? Not as much as you’d think. Both are subject to the fads and fancies of the...


The authors of the Pampered Pets Mystery Series are June's guest bloggers this week
The past few years have been incredibly busy for us. Busy in a good way, but busy nonetheless and 2015 is shaping up to be just as...




