by Brock Meier | Sep 15, 2023 | Arts, Books, News, Other
Book launch for The Stone Cutter features special music… The Stone Cutter was, in part, inspired by the haunting and jubilant song “Man of the Tombs,” by the consummate songwriter/singer/guitarist Bob Bennett. Among his many accolades, Bob has...
by Brock Meier | Aug 3, 2023 | Books, News
Countdown to the launch of The Stone Cutter… —A novel of Petra in Ancient Arabia. All of the pieces and parts are coming into alignment for the premier release of my debut novel. The last day of September (Saturday, the 30th), The Stone Cutter will...
by Brock Meier | May 9, 2023 | history, Nabataea, News
Loving Petra to death When will Petra disappear? In 1000 years? Or maybe 10? Nearly a million tourists a year—two million hands and two million feet—roam over one of the New Seven Wonders of the World—and World Heritage Site—the ancient city of Petra. They come...
by Brock Meier | Jan 21, 2023 | history, Nabataea, Writing
Allure of the Short Story I haven’t written a short story in quite some time. My last efforts toward such resulted in the collection I am tentatively calling “She Knew She Could Fly” (perhaps to be published down the road). I intended to intertwine a dozen (or more as...
by Brock Meier | Jan 3, 2023 | Nabataea
The Nabataean Kingdom was an enigmatic island of first-century luxury, surrounded by a sea of arid dunes. After generations of scraping a life out of the trackless desert, they finally found their stride among the world’s trading nations and amassed untold...