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August 10, 2015
Journey to “The Star World Colonies” with Author, Catherine E. McLean
KIFEL SPACE STATION
“The Jewel of Sol”
“The Gateway to the Star World Colonies”
In the vacuum of space far from Earth, beyond the colonized Centauri Star System, between the feared Dethramossan Territory and the mineral-rich Empire of Triangulum Australe, hovers Kifel Space Station, guardian of a galactic portal (a star gate jump point).
Kifel is also a city, a commercial port, a pseudo pleasure palace, and a military fortress. The space station is the gateway for thousands of maritime space...
August 4, 2015
Jessie Clever Takes Us ‘Inevitably’ to London
Pleases welcome Jessie Clever, author of Inevitably a Duchess. Jessie adds a London library to our travels. Here’s Jessie.
I’m proud to own a passport littered with stamps, but when I began writing Jane and Richard’s story, I didn’t travel far for it wasn’t the location that was important in this story. The story unfolds in London as many historical romances do. Having been blessed to live in the UK for a time, London will always hold a special place in my memory, but it’s a more special pla...
July 15, 2015
DOWN UNDER SIDE TRIP
Please welcome fellow author, Iris Blobel visiting from Melbourne Austrailia to tell us about her book, Fresh Beginnings. Iris is very well traveled, as her bio indicates, so ask her lots of questions, please.
FRESH BEGINNINGS
By Iris Blobel
The small town of Hobart in Tasmania has witnessed many beginnings in recent years. At yet one more beginning, the wedding of a friend, Jared Fraser decides it’s time for some fresh beginnings to come his way… And he sets out for a holiday to the US to tr...
July 8, 2015
‘Good English Porridge?”
Today we are still in Northwest Scotland where the characters in my current WIP are involved in a scene that has ‘good English porridge’ at the center and around which all the action revolves. The minute my Scottish hero’s disapproving English step-mother insisted on feeding him a ‘good English porridge,’ I had to know what the difference was. (By the way, the step-mom is a terrible cook so her ‘good English porridge’ is actually pretty bad. My apologies to English cooks everywhere, but I am...
July 6, 2015
OH MY! Just a little side trip, then back to Scotland
I just received the cover for Knight Errant (release date August 17, 2015) from my publisher. I would do anything to be able to travel to Palermo, Rome,Northumbriain 1294, or any other time and place, if I could meet this guy. He’s the embodiment of Sir Robert Clarwyn a knight-errant in service toEdward I. Robert is tasked to retrieve the adventurous (and somewhat rebellious) Lady Juliana Verault so their king can hand her over in marriage to an unsuspecting Scot. Robert pitys the poor man, u...
July 5, 2015
What do you think?
Hmmm! With all the changes going on here (see the new blog title and header image) what do you say we add a little fun. Instead of putting a caption on the header image (which will change as we travel), I’d like you toguesswhat the image depicts. I’ll announce the answer just before we move to the next stop on our travels.
Filed under: Author, Scotland Tagged: Blog, changes, scotland
So this blog is changing and changing a lot. The name and...
So this blog is changing and changing a lot. The name and URL–authortravels.com, The purpose–a place to share and dream for all who love travel and traveling. The focus–personal adventures and fictional settings. As an author, I am always traveling. Every setting (past, present or future) is a journey that I take both before I write and with my characters as a story develops. After my family, writing and traveling are my passions. So please join me on my travels, and we’ll tell each other sto...
November 30, 2014
The Adventures of Princess Traveler, Nicaragua: Sorry, Parakeets not Parrots
Parakeet Homes
El Brujo Waterfall
Today we ventured off the ‘beaten path’ [Waaaay off—well given the rough road and the number of farms it felt like ‘waaay off.’ In realityour destination was only 30 kilometers from Managua] to Chocoyero – El Brujo Natural Reserve, intending to view hundreds of wild green parakeets in their natural habitat—a sandstone cliff side near the lovely 400m El Brujo (The Wizard). The waterfall, is so named because it disappears underground, leaving no trace at the bott...
November 26, 2014
The Adventures of Princess Traveler, Nicaragua: My Name is Traveler NOT Grace
We decided our first trip outside of Managua would be to the colonial city of Granada. Colonial because it was originally a Spanish settlement. Established in 1524 Granada is the oldest colonial community in Central America. It’s streets are narrow and much of the architecture is very old. Some of the major sites include the Antiquo Convento San Francisco (now a museum), the waterfront, Las Isletas, and Volcan Mombacho.
The previous afternoon we contacted DeTour Nicaragua [I highly recommend t...
November 23, 2014
The Adventures of Princess Traveler, Nicargua: Morning and More in Managua
We woke this morning to bright sunshine and a view of low mountains.Our hotel has a terrific breakfast buffet including traditional Nicaraguan dishes such as beans and rice, fried plantains, local cheese both fried and fresh, and a sort of stewed chicken as well as fare more familiar to North Americans like made to order omelets, home fries, scrambled eggs and a variety of breads. Dream Man loves the fresh off the tree fruit. My favorite part of every meal is the coffee. I don’t believe there...
