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October 31, 2017
Once Upon All Hallows Eve... #paranormal #romance
Once upon a time...
I had a hankering to write a holiday romance but was coming up blank. As an author of predominantly sci fantasy/scifi romance, the idea of Christmas in Spaaaaaace! wasn't gelling at all well with my muse (I've since been proved wrong by actually writing a Christmas story for my main SFR couple, and with a winter solstice SciFi mystery still in progress. Unfortunately
I had a hankering to write a holiday romance but was coming up blank. As an author of predominantly sci fantasy/scifi romance, the idea of Christmas in Spaaaaaace! wasn't gelling at all well with my muse (I've since been proved wrong by actually writing a Christmas story for my main SFR couple, and with a winter solstice SciFi mystery still in progress. Unfortunately
October 30, 2017
Haunting Corpse- A Halloween set Mystery by Paty Jager
After using Sheba, a dog, and secondary character in my Shandra Higheagle Mysteries as the character to find the dead body in my Christmas set mystery, Yuletide Slaying, I had the idea to use Lewis, the cat, also a secondary character, as the character to find the body in my latest Halloween mystery, Haunting Corpse.
I enjoy including the animals in my amateur sleuth, Shandra Higheagle's, life
I enjoy including the animals in my amateur sleuth, Shandra Higheagle's, life
October 28, 2017
The Adventure in Writing Romantic Thrillers by Maggie Lynch
EXPENDABLE was my first traditionally published
novel. I had published four nonfiction books with NY and London, and many SF short
stories with magazines and anthologies over two decades. But this was my first published
novel.
All my
stories whether short or novel length, are written from my heart. That means it
reflects my joys, concerns, and questions at that time in my life. When I
novel. I had published four nonfiction books with NY and London, and many SF short
stories with magazines and anthologies over two decades. But this was my first published
novel.
All my
stories whether short or novel length, are written from my heart. That means it
reflects my joys, concerns, and questions at that time in my life. When I
October 27, 2017
Tricky Treats-A Test Kitchen for Murder
By Linda Lovely
Our blog’s October theme is “tricky treats.” So it’s lucky for me that my neighborhood gardening group paid a visit to the North Carolina Arboretum last week. Had I known about the Arboretum’s Wicked Plants exhibit I’d have hustled up to Asheville even sooner. What mystery author can resist a creepy Victorian-era mansion where room after room is devoted to how plants—or some
Our blog’s October theme is “tricky treats.” So it’s lucky for me that my neighborhood gardening group paid a visit to the North Carolina Arboretum last week. Had I known about the Arboretum’s Wicked Plants exhibit I’d have hustled up to Asheville even sooner. What mystery author can resist a creepy Victorian-era mansion where room after room is devoted to how plants—or some
October 26, 2017
Confessions of an Ex-Spritzer Chick
Mining your old jobs for writing gold
Once upon a time, I was nearly twenty
years old and studying Communications (PR) at university. In other words I was a
cash-strapped student looking for a part-time job. I came across an ad looking for casual perfume promotions people for a cosmetics group. This sounded like much more fun than
telemarketing and other student-appropriate jobs in fast food
Once upon a time, I was nearly twenty
years old and studying Communications (PR) at university. In other words I was a
cash-strapped student looking for a part-time job. I came across an ad looking for casual perfume promotions people for a cosmetics group. This sounded like much more fun than
telemarketing and other student-appropriate jobs in fast food
October 25, 2017
Why My Brain Hurts Every Fall
by M. L. Buchman
Growing up (I'm about to date myself here rather badly), two of the funniest television shows in history were on for the same years. Both were using humor as social commentary and I miss both of them (no matter how dated they've become). They were Rowan and Martin's Laugh In and Monty Python's Flying Circus.
It is from the latter that I get this month's topic:
Okay, now that
Growing up (I'm about to date myself here rather badly), two of the funniest television shows in history were on for the same years. Both were using humor as social commentary and I miss both of them (no matter how dated they've become). They were Rowan and Martin's Laugh In and Monty Python's Flying Circus.
It is from the latter that I get this month's topic:
Okay, now that
October 24, 2017
GHOST CAT UPDATE
by Sarah Raplee
It's nearly Halloween, an appropriate time for a Ghost Cat Update!
2013
The Ghost Cat visited our house again last night.
We've lived with this possible pussycat for five years. Doors on cupboards full of nice soft towels and blankets--exactly the sorts of places a kitty might choose to curl up in--seem to open when we're not looking, even when our alive-and-kicking cat,
It's nearly Halloween, an appropriate time for a Ghost Cat Update!
2013
The Ghost Cat visited our house again last night.
We've lived with this possible pussycat for five years. Doors on cupboards full of nice soft towels and blankets--exactly the sorts of places a kitty might choose to curl up in--seem to open when we're not looking, even when our alive-and-kicking cat,
October 23, 2017
Mischief Makers
By Courtney Pierce
Tricksters are a hoot to incorporate into a story. They add comic
relief and sparkle to any situation. In my books they take the form of animals,
mainly dogs and cats.
Anamorphizing critters (loading them with human-like
emotions) makes them lightning rods for anger, sadness, and subtle
humor in a scene. Tension is alleviated or escalated without being obvious. How can
Tricksters are a hoot to incorporate into a story. They add comic
relief and sparkle to any situation. In my books they take the form of animals,
mainly dogs and cats.
Anamorphizing critters (loading them with human-like
emotions) makes them lightning rods for anger, sadness, and subtle
humor in a scene. Tension is alleviated or escalated without being obvious. How can
October 21, 2017
ROMANTIC THRILLERS WITH A PARANORMAL TWIST by Sarah Raplee
Hi, I’m Sarah Raplee, author of BLINDSIGHT (Psychic Agents Series Book 1).
Psychic
Agents Series Blurb:
Over the last hundred years, the number of people with
psychic gifts in the general populace, world-wide, continues to increase. The
Special Psychic Agents of the FBI’s Global Resources Subdivision are a law
enforcement resource hidden deep in the Bureau’s International Operations
Psychic
Agents Series Blurb:
Over the last hundred years, the number of people with
psychic gifts in the general populace, world-wide, continues to increase. The
Special Psychic Agents of the FBI’s Global Resources Subdivision are a law
enforcement resource hidden deep in the Bureau’s International Operations
October 20, 2017
Tis The Season for Trick or Treatin' #scifi #romance
Hi, I'm Pippa Jay, author of scifi and supernatural stories to engage your emotions. October may traditionally be the time of year for youngsters to trick and treat, but this year I spotted something in a charity shop window and decided to treat myself. It's not anything fancy or worth a lot of money, but it caught my eye. It's only resin made to look like bronze and probably not by anyone
