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Okay, I made a break for it when Lionheart was busy cursing out his doctor. I am beginning to wonder if he is dragging out his dying just to spite me. But quickly, for May 24th. On this date in 1444, Henry VI was betrothed to Marguerite d’Anjou. If she could be given a glimpse into the future to... Read more of this blog post »

I have lots of links to share today!

First and foremost, various ways you can donate/help the efforts in Oklahoma are listed here.



But wait: there's more! Literati Literature Lovers Blog is holding a fundraiser for the Red Cross to benefit communities affected by the tornadoes in Oklahoma. Donat... Read more of this blog post »

“At an event organised by the Writers’ Centrein Norwich the other week, one of the volunteers – a woman perhaps a few years older than me – observed that when she was young writers were semi-mythical creatures, farouche, barely ever seen in the flesh, and their only spoor faded black-and-white ph...

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I haven’t rattled on about other artists whose books I love for some time now (Like H.J. Ford or A.B. Frost). While I’ve been at my desk for the past four months writing the first draft of WondLa III, I’ve still craved artistic inspiration. During this time, I started each day with snapshots of s...

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Every Friday morning My Machberet presents an assortment of Jewish-interest links, primarily of the literary variety.

Meetings are piling up. Will you be there?

Come get a signed copy of CHERRY MONEY BABY at the Candlewick booth, Thursday at 10:30am.

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• May 23, 2013

» Only five days to go until Once Upon a Tower downloads to e-readers and shows up on store shelves. Romance Reviews Today says: “Written with wit and an understanding of human emotions, Once Upon a Tower is riveting reading.” You don’t have to wait until May 28 ~ read Chapter One r...

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Hey all!

You only have a few more hours to get Emancipating Andie for 99 cents - the sale will be ending TONIGHT!
xo

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Where to begin? I’m from the old generation. The generation before self-publishing began to lead the way in book content and pricing. I also consider myself slower to adapt than my fellow Plotmonkeys, but I’m there now. Better late than never. This means that I’m working in two worlds. I’m publis...

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Many years ago someone posted on some website that I was, in fact, an Italian who was born on May 24. And it stuck.

Consequently, I've been getting birthday wishes in my fan mail every May for years. In the beginning, I had no idea why.

Since most, but not all, Wiki-type sites have corrected this o... Read more of this blog post »

Well, it's officially Day One of Clockwork Alchemy 2013. I am looking forward to leading workshops, meeting more of my fellow authors -- and, most importantly, meeting some of you!

The Author's Salon is in the Monterey Room; you'll find the event schedule at the link above. Thanks again for being... Read more of this blog post »

Although The Bridge of Dead Things is clearly a work of fiction, it was suggested in part by the true tale of the respected Victorian scientist Sir William Crookes and his spirit-materialising protégée Florence Cook. This is the third of four posts relating her life story.

The séances continued.... Read more of this blog post »

Vicente is here!!!! Get him now because I am keeping The Santinis at .99 only until June 1!

ALL ORDERING OPTIONS

READ THE FIRST CHAPTER

The Santinis

Four brothers who believe in service before self and the women who will bring them to their knees.

VICENTE

USMC, O-5

Quantico MCB

Erotic Romance Novella

V...

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Over at ICv2, they’ve posted a list of the top ten tabletop gaming Kickstarters of all time (um, four years now, in Kickstarter terms). They don’t offer up much in the way of analysis there, though, other than to say “tabletop game projects are among Kickstarter’s most successful categories, with...

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I’ve written about Miss Representation before, but the film is now available on iTunes in the UK – and the site is so fantastic – that I thought I’d mention it again.

The pledge:

1. Tell 5 people about the film and share one thing you learned from watching it.

2. Parents – watch TV and films with...

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Dear all,

The Kings Croft will be available for FREE download tomorrow ( Sat 25th May 2013 ) for you to enjoy ...
This is the full book ( not a preview ) so please do take advantage.
Here is a link to the UK site >>

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Kings-Cro...

And a link to the USA site >>

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Three days ago, Kameron Hurley wrote an amazing pieceon the erasure of women’s stories in particular, but especially their contribution to combat, in the course of which she linked to somethingI wrote last year aboutdefault narrative settings. The response to her article – and, by way of the domi...

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Here is something yanked straight from the jaws of science fiction – and yet this is real science…

‘Time Crystals’ Could Upend Physicists’ Theory of Time

BY NATALIE WOLCHOVER, SIMONS SCIENCE NEWS (via Wired)

“In February 2012, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Frank Wilczek decided to go public...

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You know the pain of making a bad money decision, from small to large—remember that Living Social deal you never used, or the big house you thought you needed that turned out to be a money pit? Sure you do! But most of us don’t know how to spend money in a way that actually makes us happy, aside...

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I am working on the “extras” for the US paperback version of IF I SHOULD DIE, and a lot of you requested interviews with different characters. Well, now’s your time to ask ANYTHING you want of ANYONE in the books (or of me)! Picture me sitting in a room with Vincent, Jules, Kate, Georgia, Ambrose...

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roboppy / Foter.com / CC BY-NC-ND Nobody hates foods! In fact, all of us love to eat now and then. Food, among other things, is something that we enjoy. It is said that good food is one that sustains a person and provides the body with important nutrients. …

The post Food: 10 Foods to Try in Flo...

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Caroline, who has made some pretty fantastic fan art in the past, entered the Wear Your Wards Contest with this awesome necklace enclosed in a warded wooden box. Check it out.

Here is what she has to say about her entry:

A simple wooden box, originally birch painted with acrylic paint and a coa...

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Due out from Dreamspinner Press in January 2014!

Just completed 1500 words on my current work in progress, LEGALLY WED. What do you imagine could be the story behind these lines?

So what? You got your little heart busted one too many times? And you think a big soft bosom would be the perfect place... Read more of this blog post »

Originally posted by clarelondon at Where did the time go????



THE UK MEET COUNTDOWN CONTINUES!!

Already at 85% maximum capacity - Don't leave it too late to book and miss out!

CHECK OUT who's coming already :)

It's only seven weeks until UK Meet 2013, which means deadline for signing up is ap... Read more of this blog post »

Spiritual Assistance
Avalyn and Father Purgeon sat at the desk. The priest was still soaking in what she’d told him earlier. The cigarette buds in the ashtray had piled up. He lit another and looked over at Sarah, asleep on the couch. She looked peaceful. About as peaceful as a corpse, Father Purg... Read more of this blog post »

Hey everyone, this week I’m answering a question that has been posed multiple times. A lot of you want to better understand Cam and his actions, so he is the theme for today’s Q. Special thanks to Hope, Ashlea, Nick, and many others for asking!

Q: Did Cam ever really love Luce? What is Cam’s true...

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It can be told: we have a deal on the house. Papers are signed. Now to just get through the process.

Now to help the kids deal with leaving friends.

Originally published at www.dianapfrancis.com. You can comment here or there.

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"I looked down at the seal. She turned and dove under the water, only the ripples on the water showing that she'd ever been there."

--ALWAYS WATCHING, Chapter Nineteen


(ALWAYS WATCHING is available for preorder. Click here.)

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Apparently CNN—a sucky, biased, boring, news channel which is only watched in airports and doctor’s waiting rooms—has a website with blogs on it! Of course, their blogs are of the same high quality that we’ve come to expect from CNN on TV.

Recently I was able to participate in a Twitter fight with...

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Hey folks! Tempest Reborn is coming out THIS TUESDAY, May 28th. Can you believe it? I can’t.

For those in the Pittsburgh area, you can celebrate with me and pick up your copy at my release party, hosted by Mystery Lover’s Bookshop. The Facebook invite is here, and more information is also on my Ap...

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This week has been slow on the reading front. I have written on my apocalyptic Zombie novel with about 2500 words a day and I have worked on editing the second book in a fantasy like trilogy that I have been working on for five years. The first book is finished but I would like to have the other... Read more of this blog post »

I’m going to be testing and evaluating the Google Chromebook for the day job, so of course I’m going to take advantage and evaluate it as a writer as well.

The attached photos are of the Samsung model we purchased. It has an 11″ matte display, USB, HDMI, and SD card ports, and a full-size keyboard...

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Me: WHY ARE THE WRITERS DOING THIS TO US?!
Hannah: BECAUSE THEY MAKE MONEY OFF PEOPLE'S...

Recently, Blue Ridge Christian Academy in South Carolina came under some vicious attacks from many atheists for teaching biblical creation. Specifically, a quiz given to eight fourth-grade students of this private school, based on the teaching of one of our videos, Dinosaurs, Genesis, and the Gos...

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Had a good day yesterday,

I spent4 hours writing part of book number 8.

I added a flying tiger, a Elf queen. Several different elf clans, ogres and Dawain a tracker.

Hold on to your seat the new adventure is about to start.

Can Ashley, Daniyyel, Aodh and their new friends save the world and defeat... Read more of this blog post »

Hello dear readers!
Here is the second installment of our anniversary trip to Portugal. The sweet little town of Sintra is less than an hour's train ride from Lisbon, and we spent days 3-5 of our trip there.

Our first Sintra destination was Quinta da Regaleira. While planning our trip, I'd read a... Read more of this blog post »

The Super Spies and the Cat Lady Killer is a delightful YA mystery which has kept me entranced right from the very beginning. Yes, I know I hardly qualify as the target audience for this novel, but I forget my age when I read books. In many ways, The Super Spies and the Cat Lady Killer is like H... Read more of this blog post »

Woot! It's release day for the next installment in my Triple Trouble series, Out of Smoke and Ashes! And for a limited time, if you also purchase books one and two of my Placida Pod series, you can get them at a discount.

(And yes, I'm finishing up book 6, tentatively titled A Wolf in the Fold.)

h... Read more of this blog post »

Dearly Beloved You Guys,

My heart is overwhelmed by the amazing response I’ve been getting from the NYT piece. The stories you all are sending me about people and families succeeding, struggling, and living bravely with disability are both beautiful and truly humbling. I wish I could reply to ever...

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I think the month of May hates me.



I came home from the RT convention and immediately got sick. I got over the cold, only to hurt my back.

Now I'm about to go on antibiotics because I'm sick as a dog. It may (or may not) be strep throat. The lab culture hasn't come back yet, but I feel even worse... Read more of this blog post »

For a limited time Blue Love and Wrapped in Silk .99 on amazon. Both are the first book in a completed series.

http://www.amazon.com/Wrapped-in-Silk...

http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Love-Serie...
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Happiness interview: Lisa Takeuchi Cullen (@lisacullen).

I met Lisa through a writers’ group; oh, how I love to belong to groups. She’s a woman of many writing talents–journalism, fiction, TV-writing (in fact, did a pilot for CBS this season)–and I couldn’t wait to read her new novel.

And it doesn’...

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In case any of you enterprising and impatient cats are searching Amazon occasionally, don’t flip out when you see the product page for DUST. It’s just a pre-order page. The book will release on August 17th, which gives me plenty of time to write it, have it edited, and get the physical edition pr...

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Wednesday 22nd 2013, 1421 - Woolwich, South London.

That’s when the call was placed to police - that’s when the authorities became aware that two men were hacking another to death with...



Modern Mythology -- See http://www.jamescurcio.com for more media, free & otherwise.

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The third book is called In the Age of Love and Chocolate, and it publishes at the end of October. Every single one of these questions is answered. But the story is really about what happens when someone who has always been incredibly strong finds herself in a position where she has to ask for he...

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“I play a Gibson Les Paul through a 65amp half-stack. Love that amp. It’s so huge-sounding. I’m all about big, nasty, sleazy dirty riffs, and that amp with the Les Paul make my sound. I also play around with some pedals. One of my favorites that I used on the record is a Death By Audio pedal cal...

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