Category Archives: the ‘Mona Lisa’

THREE TIMES A LADY

Posted on October 18, 2021 by Veronica Knox

With the completion of ‘LISABETTA – a stolen sister’, ‘the LISABETTA trilogy’ is now part of my literary history. The fanciful biography of Lisabetta’s hidden, forgotten, and overlooked life unfolds when the embittered spirit of Leonardo da Vinci’s kid sister … Continue reading →

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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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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 ‘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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APRIL 15th… A GOOD DAY / BAD DAY

Posted on April 13, 2020 by Veronica Knox

It may have been Charles Dickens who inspired the loaded announcement ‘I have good news and bad news’ in his famous opening line: ‘It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.’ Of all the April 15ths … Continue reading →

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CHARACTERS DYING TO TELL THEIR TALES

Posted on October 29, 2019 by Veronica Knox

Presenting three of my artful characters dying to speak: LISABETTA BUTI (the ‘Mona Lisa’ and Leonardo da Vinci’s kid sister), SANDRO BOTTICELLI (fifteenth-century master painter), and FINN CLEARY (a child victim onboard Titanic) When the red leaves fall, the October … Continue reading →

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CELEBRATION OF A TYPO

Posted on January 15, 2019 by Veronica Knox

…how a 500-year-old spelling mistake was enough to confound history and gift me a premise for a time-slip ghost story                 Excerpt from ‘LISABETTA-a stolen glance’ [But for a single misshapen letter, I … Continue reading →

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READING IS BELIEVING!

Posted on December 29, 2018 by Veronica Knox

If you believe in second childhoods… I invite you to time-slip with me into worlds where buildings and trees speak truths that can save the world. Cross the borders of liminal consciousness of my stories and visit haunted realms inhabited … Continue reading →

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