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5 on Friday - Set 144

Travis at Trav's Thoughts invites everyone to lay down a short set of music that takes their fancies for his 5 on Friday meme.
Guess what I'm up to this weekend?

1 - Back in the New York Groove - KISS





2 - Nessun Dorma (Turandot) - Placido Domingo  3 - Rockettes Fashion Parade



4 - Birthday - The Beatles  5 - Fanfare/Don't Dream It, Be It - Tim Curry, Rocky Horror Picture Show soundtrack
 

Thursday Thirteen - 253 - 13 Things I've Been Doing During Week 1 of NaNoWriMo

  Participating in the yearly writing marathon known as NaNoWriMo has become a tradition for me and many of my writer buddies. It's a very helpful tradition that will result in the rough draft of a book for me - in this case, Book 2 of my Dragonsfyre series.

Here's what I've been doing during Week 1 of NaNoWriMo 2012: 

1 - Feeling the infatuation glow of rushing into the arms of my characters.

2 - Fighting the urge to write well.

3 - Loading a plot template into my manuscript doc...

Dona Nobis Pacem

Happy BlogBlast for Peace Day !

I dedicate this year's post to all prisoners who have suffered torture throughout the centuries, and who continue to suffer today.

As I write the second book in my Dragonsfyre dark fantasy series featuring Scorpius , the falconer's apprentice turned lord's man, I'm dealing with issues of torture and its psychological aftermath.

This piece by Vivaldi is a beautiful contemplation on true peace being elusive in life, and waiting for us in the afterlife.

However, that do...

5 on Friday - Set 143

Travis at Trav's Thoughts invites everyone to lay down a short set of music that takes their fancies for his 5 on Friday meme.
This 5 on Friday is dedicated to my late Gram, whose birthday would have been yesterday. These are all tunes that she used to play on her piano.

1 - Spanish Eyes
 



2 - Your Cheatin' Heart
 

3 - There's a Tavern on the Town

 
4 - Sweet Georgia Brown          5 - Eidelweiss Glide Waltz  
  
 

Thursday Thirteen - 252 - 13 Things About Appearing at Hal-Con

 1 -  This past weekend I got my geek on and worked my second sci-fi/fantasy convention, Hal-Con which took place in Halifax's World Trade and Convention Centre.   2 - A little farther along my aisle was Alex Bledsoe , whose stacks of books started to disappear on Saturday, so I hurried over to snag an autographed copy of Dark Jenny before they were all gone.     
3 - My friend and fellow writers' group member Shawna Romkey stopped by ou...

2012 Movie Madness Challenge - October Report

Time for my tenth status report for the Movie Madness Challenge .

Here is my code for the films:

New to me - N
Repeat viewing - R

I'll also be including how I viewed the films:

DVD
VHS (yes, we have a lot of those, and a VCR)
Network TV
Pay TV
Internet
In theatre


  The Phantom of the Opera
DVD
R


   Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
DVD
R


 
Willie Wonka and The Chocolate Factory
DVD
R


 
Bedazzled (1967)
DVD
R


 
Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince
DVD
R



  Harry Potter and The Death...

5 on Friday - Set 142

Travis at  Trav's Thoughts  invites everyone to lay down a short set of music that takes their fancies for his 5 on Friday meme.
My Spooky Stories Author series wrapped up here at A Piece of My Mind this week with:
Linda Poitevin, author of SINS OF THE SON
If you missed the first three interviews, you can catch them here:
Natalie G. Owens, author of AN INCONVENIENT DEBT
Trish Milburn, author of MAGICK
Caleb Casey, author of NOW YOU'LL NEVER KNOW  
Halloween...

Thursday Thirteen - 251 - 13 Questions For Linda Poitevan, Author of The Grigori Legacy Series

Time for the fourth and final interview in my Spooky Stories Authors series here at A Piece of My Mind.

Here on the east coast, the leaves thin out in the trees and thicken on the ground while the world glows orange, gold and red. Cold creeps in, darkness comes early and in a few days the little ghosts and ghouls will haunt the streets with their treat bags. A perfect time to welcome fellow Canadian Linda Poitevin to my blog -- Linda, thanks for dropping by! 

1 – Your Grigor...

5 on Friday - Set 141

Travis at  Trav's Thoughts  invites everyone to lay down a short set of music that takes their fancies for his 5 on Friday meme.
My Spooky Stories Author series continues throughout October here at A Piece of My Mind.
If you missed the first three interviews, you can catch them here:
Natalie G. Owens, author of AN INCONVENIENT DEBT
Trish Milburn, author of MAGICK
Caleb Casey, author of NOW YOU'LL NEVER KNOW  
This week brings us to some truly classic spine-tingl...

Thursday Thirteen - 250 - 13 Questions For Caleb Casey, Author of Now You'll Never Know

Having spent my early years in Michigan, it's a delight to have Michigan indie author  Caleb Casey  here today for the third in my Spooky Stories Authors series, running all month on Thursdays here at A Piece of My Mind. Welcome, Caleb!
1 – You’ve been working with the short story format so far. Do you see any novel-length works in your future?

I'm actually working on a novel-length project right now. Progress is slow – I'm just not very fast when it comes to writing...