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A Very Merry Geekmas

So did you have a good Christmas? I did. Very quiet and at home with my husband and three monsters. Hubs and I stopped buying each other gifts after the children came along, but over the last couple of years they've snuck back in. This year hubs proved he truly understands what a geek he married. ^-^

So what did this geek get for Christmas? Well...
A Guardians of the Galaxy NERF Quad Blaster - Starlord's weapon of choice. GotG was my favourite film of 2014, and I went to see it a record three t...

After #TheForceAwakens

My swag from the cinema
Now that at least some of the world has seen the new Star Wars film, I feel it's probably safe for me to post a bit more about it. Warning: this post contains spoilers if you still haven't seen it!! I've now been to see The Force Awakens twice, first time in 3D and second in normal 2D, and I'm considering a third watch at the cinema if screen times and school runs permit. April is too far away for the DVD!

There's an eight year old me who still remembers the magic of see...

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year #TheForceAwakens #spoilerfree #review

This will be my last blog post until at least the 4th of January as I enjoy a Christmas break with my family and a break from social media (I also have my last post for the year over at Romancing the Genres today).
But first, I promised a spoiler free review of The Force Awakens, which I saw last night. Wowzers. That's going to be tricky, but here goes...
Overall I'm going to say I enjoyed it. I choked up at the opening credits, it was full of feels, Disney played it safe with the plotline wit...

The Force Awakens Day #StarWars #TheForceAwakens

It's here, it's here! Today is the day my family and I go to see The Force Awakens. It's been a looooong wait. In a few hours I'll know if Disney managed to fudge it up any worse than George did with the prequels (please, hell, no!), or not. So will it be...


...or will it be...

Uncertain the future is...

Tuesday Teaser - Meet Jakhani #KeirsFall #scifi #romance #spaceopera

My last teaser from Keir's Fall for the year, and this time I'm introducing an important secondary character - Jakhani. He may not make a good first impression...

Jakhani watched as the soldiers brought more humans to the conversion chamber. Some cried, some begged, but most fought, struggling uselessly against the inhuman guards in their green armor. Their efforts were wasted. Each was strapped to a table in turn. Their shrieks haunted the chamber, echoing its vast length in a tortured chorus...

Meet the #Author Monday - CJ Malarsky #YA #horror

Please tell us a bit about yourself: Hi! I’m C.J. and I’m a total geek. In addition to being a writer of Young Adult and Middle Grade fiction, I also enjoy playing table-top RPGs and LARPing. I’m child of the 80s through and through, and an alternative fashion enthusiast.
Tell us about Ashwood: Ashwood is a YA Horror about a sixteen-year-old girl named Willow who becomes haunted by malevolent entities after she goes urban exploring in an abandoned asylum. It’s a very cerebral story which shif...

#ScienceFiction #Fantasy Saturday #88 - What Next? #scifi #romance

Welcome to another #sffsat snippet, and the last of 2015. Wow, this year went fast. And I finally managed to get one new book out after five re-releases, even if it was late. Eep. I need to improve on that for 2016, right?
Anyway, I'm continuing from last week with Keir's Fall. Keir had just escaped rather explosively after being cornered in the munitions room by a handful of invading cybernetic soldiers. But there's one question burning in his mind that needs answering...

The pain eased, and h...

Crafting a Tyrant - The Inspiration #scifi #romance #spaceopera

You're not supposed to love the villain. The villain is there to be hated, to be the force that the hero/heroine must overcome to fulfill their desires. The villain is evil. The villain is all you fear and despise. Everything you want to see destroyed.

But still, you have to have some kind of empathy with them. If you really, really hate the villain, will you want to read the book? Even just to see their butt kicked by the hero? Or will their character put you off so badly that you'll throw th...

Read Only Wednesday - Unbound Instinct by CE Kilgore #scifi #romance #spaceopera

Read Only Wednesday is when I highlight a book I've just read, am about to read, or have added to my TBR list (which is more usually the case). Today it's Unbound Instinct going on my wishlist, the only currently available book I'm missing from the Corwint Central Agent Files.


Blurb:
Vex was born into servitude, collared and trained into submission by the Xen'dari Empire. An unexpected turn of events offers him the chance for freedom, but Trexen were taught to fear freedom, and to fear themselv...

Tuesday #Teaser - A Strange Meeting Place #scifi #romance #spaceopera #giveaway

A Science Fiction Romance Novel
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SmashwordsKeir's Fall has finally release, woo hoo! So I'm sharing another snippet this week. Here Quin and Keir have travelled to an in-between world for Keir's first meeting with her son Gethyon. The setting was inspired by a place I know well in my local area (featured in the photo below). 


The gateway opened to a wasteland of silt. Keir followed...