Category Archives: Leonardo da Vinci

THE ‘MONA LISA’… ARTFUL or POSSESSED? … THE NINE-TENTHS RULE

Posted on February 15, 2021 by Veronica Knox

Is the ‘Mona Lisa’ beguiling or smiling? Alluring or obscuring? Devious or mischievous? Is she artful or possessed? In my fictional account of her life, ‘LISABETTA – a stolen glance’, she is all of the above. POSSESSION IS NINE-TENTHS OF … Continue reading →

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HAPPY IN THE MIDDLE

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Veronica Knox

Being middle-aged or much older means we’re honorary lifetime members of the ‘middle-grade’ genre that filmmakers and authors have created especially for us. Indulge. It’s amazing. There’s no such thing as a second childhood if you never grow up! It’s … Continue reading →

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AUTISM, SENTIENT BIRDS, and the GHOST of a PRINCIPESSA

Posted on December 11, 2020 by Veronica Knox

A MYSTICAL ROMANCE of YOUNG LOVE and OLD SOULS Delphi Sharpe, an autistic teenage orphan with the extrasensory ability to converse with birds and paintings, has a tenuous grip on reality. After she falls in love with a boy in … Continue reading →

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A RENAISSANCE TREATISE OF UNDYING LOVE

Posted on December 7, 2020 by Veronica Knox

Love survives five-hundred years of dust to rekindle the bittersweet romance between the ghost of Sandro Botticelli and a retired art history professor. As a teenager in 1967, I’d been the poster girl for romantic dreamers in love with love. … Continue reading →

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‘AMUSE BOUCHE’ … WORDS TO AMUSE THE MOUTH

Posted on September 25, 2020 by Veronica Knox

LISA IS A BIG GIRL… She can speak for herself! “My name, Lisabetta Buti was an affront to my existence. I was Leonardo da Vinci’s beloved kid-sister, his assistant and apprentice, and the mother he was denied. We were born … Continue reading →

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A TASTE OF INDIGO

Posted on September 25, 2020 by Veronica Knox

A STORY OF YOUNG LOVE AND OLD SOULS When the extrasensory abilities of Delphi Sharpe, an autistic girl who converses with paintings and birds, are transplanted into the circuits of an android designed to retrieve famous works of art lost … Continue reading →

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THE TUNNEL CALLS

Posted on July 8, 2020 by Veronica Knox

From ETERNAL SUMMER to INFERNAL WINTER, the time tunnel calls Book three of the Bede Series, ‘TOMORROW AGAIN’ is nearing completion. I have enlisted a team of beta readers, so if there is anyone here who wants to join me … Continue reading →

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THE ‘MONA’LOGUE

Posted on June 30, 2020 by Veronica Knox

For anyone who wonders if it’s true that writers’ characters can get inside an author’s head, the answer is… absolutely. Personally, I welcome such invasions because there are iffy times when my muse and I are at complete odds. “SPEAK … Continue reading →

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RETURNING TO THE WORLD

Posted on June 17, 2020 by Veronica Knox

MOLE WISDOM: hunker down, sleep, hibernation is a daily practise, venture out with caution, adjust slowly to the light, and listen to the wind.   MOLE MUSE: As an author, I’m used to working for months at a time within … Continue reading →

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SCIENCE-FRICTION VS. ‘ART-OFFICIAL’ INTELLIGENCE

Posted on May 14, 2020 by Veronica Knox

These days, life is a creepy puzzle. Who knew? Turns out there are aliens among us – some too small to see. But some have always been larger than life… I’m looking at you, LEO! WHEN GENRES AREN’T US … … Continue reading →

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