Merry Farmer's Blog, page 55

Great Romances – Jeeves and Wooster

When two people meet and magic happens, when the world will never be the same because two souls have come into contact with one another, when you see two people together and just know that they will be forever entwined … Continue reading →

The Curious Phenomenon of Smashwords

I love Smashwords.  I think it’s a brilliant tool for self-published writers.  The Smashwords Guide to Style held my hand through the process of formatting my novels for publication.  The site’s “meat grinder” is the most awesome tool I’ve seen … Continue reading →

Medieval Monday – When Medicine was “Humorous”

In his book The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee traces the history of cancer as it has been seen in the past and continues on through the innovations in cancer treatment in the 20th … Continue reading →

A Brief, Dark History of Sugar

Sugar is bad news.  I came to this conclusion yesterday as I read this article about the one small diet change women can make that will have the greatest positive effect on their health.  Yep, it’s cutting out sugar.  Then … Continue reading →

Working Title

I happen to think I’m a very good writer.  I’ve been spinning stories since I was 10 years old, probably even younger.  But as proficient as I am at creating characters and telling stories, I can’t come up with a … Continue reading →

Medieval Monday – Death in the Middle Ages

I have always taken great offense to the idea that everyone in the Middle Ages died young.  Along with telling me Medieval people were dirty and ignorant, the quickest way to annoy the living daylights out of me is to … Continue reading →

Everything I Needed to Know About Romance I Learned from Bollywood

I read my first Romance novel early on in high school, probably about 23 years ago.  It was love at first sight.  What more could you want in life than a world where the hero and heroine always come together … Continue reading →

Great Romances – Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger

A couple of weeks ago one of my Facebook friends posted an article about the ten most disappointing or least inspiring sci-fi couples ever.  One of the couples on that list was Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley.  I wish I … Continue reading →

Writing Templates

For as long as I can remember I’ve always modeled the characters in my stories after particular actors or actresses that struck my fancy.  Sometimes an entire story would suggest itself to me when I watched a given performance of … Continue reading →

Rusty Writer

I’ve been away from the internet for more than a week dealing with a family emergency.  That emergency has been rife with sorrow, exhaustion, and frustration.  But I’m home for a week before I’ll be going back to Ohio again … Continue reading →