by Brock Meier | Aug 1, 2024 | Other
What’s the Historical Novel Society? The Historical Novel Society is the premier international body of people pursuing and promoting excellence in the realm of historical fiction. The HSN is composed of readers, authors, and historians, and Brock has...
by Brock Meier | Jun 20, 2024 | Other
Audio interviews with The Stone Cutter characters Our interviewer Jelani recently sat down with ten of the characters from Brock Meier’s novel of Petra, The Stone Cutter, and asked them about their lives. The interviews exposed information not directly revealed...
by Brock Meier | May 16, 2024 | Books, Creativity, News
Eric Hoffer gleaning the world’s ideas during a work break (San Francisco docks, 1950s) Brock Meier’s novel The Stone Cutter gains Eric Hoffer recognition The Eric Hoffer Award, and the Award Committee, have made public their selections for the best...
by Brock Meier | Mar 23, 2024 | Books, Creativity, News
History Through Fiction’s Colin Mustful Interviews Brock Meier Colin Mustful, historian, author, and founder of the successful publisher and podcast, History Through Fiction, recently invited Brock to discuss his award winning debut novel The Stone...
by Brock Meier | Feb 27, 2024 | Books, Creativity, News
Singer/songrwriter Bob Bennett Interviews Brock Meier Bob Bennett’s iconic song “Man of the Tombs” relates the story of a man beset by a thousand demons (or so they said). The song became one of the major inspirations for Brock Meier’s...
by Brock Meier | Jan 8, 2024 | Books, News
The Stone Cutter wins Gold Award, for best Ancient World book of 2023! Since his debut novel The Stone Cutter was launched the last day of September, Brock Meier has been pleased with the marvelous reviews the book has been garnering—both from the...
by Brock Meier | Oct 23, 2023 | Arts, Books, News
What is a celebration without wine? Fascinated by wine’s history, art, and science, Brock Meier has long made the wonderful elixir. His parents before him made wine, as did his father’s father. Though not working as professional vintners, these...
by Brock Meier | Oct 19, 2023 | Books, Nabataea
Interviews with people who don’t exist You might ask yourself—”How in the world can one interview an imaginary person?” The phrase “…IN THE WORLD…” provides the key. If you’re referring to the external, physically...
by Brock Meier | Oct 5, 2023 | Arts, history, Nabataea
Inscribed in stone The Nabataeans are famously known today for their carved-stone memorial tombs in the ancient city of Petra, or as they named it—Raqmu. Each year, around a million people travel to Raqmu/Petra (named as one of the New Seven Wonders of the World), to...
by Brock Meier | Oct 3, 2023 | Books, News
What a celebration! With a wonderful audience in attendance, Brock Meier’s debut historical fiction novel, The Stone Cutter, made its way into the physical world. And onto the “shelves” of Amazon, also Barnes & Noble, and pretty much...