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Writing Time Travel with Nicole Zoltack

One of my sons loathes time travel stories. Another one finds them intriguing. A third is so busy he doesn't have time to read. But today Nicole Zoltack, author of the Test of Time, has found time to visit my blog with a time travel question for you. So, welcome Nicole, and over to you...


Writing a Time Travel, by Nicole Zoltack
Who doesn't love the idea of going to a different time? Traveling back to ancient Egypt to watch the pyramids being built or into the future to see if cars can fly or i...

Growing that anthology

 The journal's progressing and soon we'll get to that scary copy-editing stage; not just is everything spelled right, but did we use the same conventions throughout. Ellipses made of three dots in the middle of a sentence and four at the end. Italics for internal dialog. Double quotes with the right sort of quote marks at beginning and end. Mom with a small m for a character, large for a name. Period after Mr. or not, but at least make them all the same.... What else can I think of? Luck...

Formating a journal and journaling book reviews

Our local writers' group is producing its third anthology soon, and yesterday I downloaded all the stories, poems and pictures from the dropbox, ready to start. Getting them all into the same format, clearing stray tabs and double-spaces, empty lines etc wasn't hard. But getting them all into the right order, to create a semblance of a whole, that's a much more difficult job. I've split the pieces into sections, titled each one "in" or "on" something, cheated with "independence," and done my...

World War II and the Bridge of Deaths

I'm delighted to welcome M.C.V. Egan, author of the Bridge of Deaths, to my blog today with a fascinating historical perspective on the start of World War II. The author is touring the internet as we remember WWII's anniversaries, and you can find a great rafflecopter giveaway to help you celebrate at the end of this post.


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Real worlds, and reading more

Wasn't there a song once about "Time keeps slipping away." I may have remembered it wrong, but it runs around in my head as I try to catch up with a backlog of posting book reviews. I have been reading while building furniture, racing around stores, succumbing to a stomach bug, and editing Jerusalem Journey. But the product of my reading resided in unposted reviews on my computer, so... my apologies to anyone whose book review is too far overdue. I will try to catch up!

Starting today with rea...

Magical Worlds and the gift of reading

I've built Ikea furniture. I've bruised my wrist holding pieces of wood together, then scratched my knee on a straying screwdriver. I've twisted, turned and hammered, leaned and fallen. And now my son's new home looks, well, nice enough to live in? Meanwhile I sit at a metal desk that was second or third hand when we bought it. I look at mismatched bookshelves gathered from random countries over the years. The elderly rocking chair mocks me with memories of when said son was just a babe. And...

Dark Arts and Shadows over Somerset

Virtual Tour Author: Bob Freeman Featured Book: Shadows Over Somerset
I'm delighted to welcome author Bob Freeman to my blog today, and I'm eager to read his new novel, Shadows Over Somerset. Just look at that wolf on the cover! How can I resist? And if that's not dark, intriguing, and haunting enough for you, read on to find out more about Bob Freeman's Dark Arts.





The Dark Arts by Bob Freeman
Even though we've been warned against it since childhood, we do judge a book by its cover. First impres...

Reaping 101, with Crymsyn Hart

Virtual Tour Author: Crymsyn Hart Featured Book: Death’s Dance
Crymsyn Hart, author of Death's Dance was almost my guest on my blog today. But a familiar character from life, death and fiction has come in her place (I do hope she's okay). So please read on and see if this is a class you'll want to take.

Reaping 101
“So you’re dead. Suck it up and deal with it. There isn’t anything you can do about it anyway. Just except that your body is six feet under and your soul is no longer attached to it....

A Pinch of Ooh La La, plus jazz and some yummy baked goods

I'm delighted to welcome author Renee Swindle to my blog today. Her new novel, A Pinch of Ooh La La, is described as a story about non-traditional jazz and the ever-embarrassing quest to find true and perfect love in our thirties. Abbey Ross and her fun and jazzy multicultural family of 13 siblings and step siblings, along with 5 ex-wives and one current wife, all get along and everyone has an opinion of Abbey's love-life. After getting publicly cheated on and dumped by a world famous artist,...

Snatching reading time from the jaws of Ikea

It was a busy (and long) weekend. Kiddo flew, by the scenic route, from Utah to Oregon, his flight transformed and delayed by whoever ran a baggage cart into the plane, and my drive to the airport to meet him delayed by traffic. In the end a two-and-a-half hour flight took him most of the day, and we avoided traffic jams on the way home by stopping off at Ikea. We bought a mattress,  rug, and some pots and pans.

Next day we shopped all the other local stores, looking for such essentials o...