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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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IT’S FELIX TIME

Posted on September 25, 2019 by Veronica Knox

WHAT BETTER WAY TO MEASURE TIME TRAVEL IS THERE THAN BY CONSULTING A MUSE WHO IS AN ANIMATED (read imbued with life) CLOCK     A muse is invisible – a voice in one’s head with more knowledge than one … 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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MEMORIES… FROM THE CORNERS OF MY FRIDGE…

Posted on November 24, 2018 by Veronica Knox

…Sfumato memories… of the way it might have been (*sfumato means misty watercolor)          A DAYDREAM IN THE LIFE OF A WRITER OF PARANORMAL HISTORY Leonardo’s experimental painting was missing a special something. He flexed his long … Continue reading →

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PEARL EARRINGS, A RED HAT, and A SMILE

Posted on August 2, 2017 by Veronica Knox

Be it an iconic image, a true representation, or a ‘tronie’, a face belies a thousand secrets A TRONIE: a face created from memory or a consummate sketch of several people and costumes that ‘stand in’ for no ‘one’ in … Continue reading →

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PITCHING ON A STORMY SEA

Posted on July 10, 2017 by Veronica Knox

The concept you pitch could turn out to be the story that cannot be named! I’m an indie author. And one thing I’ve learned, after pitching directly to agents at a writers conference, is that beauty is in the eye … Continue reading →

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WONDROUS & DISASTROUS

Posted on April 14, 2017 by Veronica Knox

APRIL 15 – A DAY TO REMEMBER Leonardo da Vinci was born – April 15, 1452         HMS Titanic sank – April 15, 1912 It’s uncanny that these are both subjects about which I’m most passionate. I … Continue reading →

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SO… I WALKED INTO THIS MUSEUM…

Posted on March 21, 2017 by Veronica Knox

… and I came out with a story. Or, to be more precise, it followed me home and shadowed me for three years. And now it’s coming up to the first anniversary, of self-publishing ‘THE UNTHINKABLE SHOES’, appropriately, the traditional … Continue reading →

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BEING ON TIME

Posted on October 2, 2016 by Veronica Knox

HEART HISTORY & THE FINE ART OF TIME TRAVEL I ART My historical research is a personal renaissance of time-slipping into the past and materializing –truly being there, here, and everywhere via the art of 360 degrees of travel, and twenty-twenty vision. … Continue reading →

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DOWN TO EARTH IS FOR SISSIES

Posted on August 17, 2016 by Veronica Knox

  “Old age is no place for sissies”  – Bette Davis Since biology has determined that I must sleep 30% of my life, I’ve given myself permission to dream big and write surreal because Bette Davis was right, and Self-publishing … Continue reading →

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