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C.C. Humphreys's Blog, page 4
July 30, 2014
Mightier than the sword? I wouldn’t use my pen to parry!
Fun article today in the Canada’s National Post. http://tiny.cc/idgtjxFiled under: Uncategorized Tagged: acting, author, book launch, books, creativity, Dumas, historical fiction, novels, swords, theatre, Writing, writing place
July 24, 2014
Plague is coming… coming… come! To TV!
Plague on the road! That’s me, not the virus. I’ve just gone across Canada in launch week, and many people have caught the disease. I’ve had to scarify so many buboes I’ve run out of acid. (If you read the … Continue reading →
July 7, 2014
Action! Making a movie trailer for my new novel ‘Plague’
“I need … Caravaggio! Give me chiaroscuro. Light the candle! Camera ready? Now… Action!” OK. So I got a little carried away. But it was my directorial debut, after all. And the cameraman - my friend, the Emmy award winning … Continue reading →
June 24, 2014
‘Scarify that Bubo?’ I wish I hadn’t had to write that!
Contrary to popular belief, I am not an especially gruesome person. When people look at me in horror – like when I describe proper impalement (see novel: ‘Vlad, The Last Confession’) or the actual conditions on a slave galley. (See: … Continue reading →
June 14, 2014
So this is weird – did a fundamentalist thief just burgle my house?
I come home and my wife is annoyed. “Something’s wrong with the stove. Look, at the LED. It says ‘sab BATH.’ What the hell is ‘sab BATH’?” I look. “Uh, that’s ‘sabbath’.” “Oh.” Pause. “What?” She looks at me. “Did … Continue reading →
May 6, 2014
Armageddon In Greece: My novel in the birthplace of literature
Always a great moment when a package arrives and I get a foreign edition of one of my novels. In this case, the Greek printing of: A PLACE CALLED ARMAGEDDON (Click on title for more information) Quite like the art. … Continue reading →
April 24, 2014
A Radio interview: Talking of movies, books, plays – and a sword!
Hello All! Here’s a radio interview I did this morning for the terrific Susan Wingate. Bizarrely she lives about six miles away from my British Columbian island on an American island, San Juan – or as we Brits prefer to … Continue reading →
April 3, 2014
In the beginning – a historical novelist’s early influence
To begin at the beginning: why did I first become a writer historical fiction? It seems obvious that it begins with what I read. Loved to read. The great film editor, Walter Murch – ‘Apocalypse Now’ for one – talked … Continue reading →
March 21, 2014
Once more unto the pantaloons – Wisdom with the Elders
I had a wonderful time up in Comox on Vancouver Island last week. I was invited to don my pantaloons again and speak to the Elder College there. They are running a lecture series for seniors: ‘Great Cities of the … Continue reading →
February 27, 2014
Words = Energy Squared: Hearing my play
It was such a buzz! A cast of fine actors gathered around a table yesterday, reading aloud the stage adaptation of my novel, ‘Shakespeare’s Rebel‘. Bard on the Beach, Vancouver’s Summer Shakespeare festival (and one of the most successful such … Continue reading →
