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Pigs Parrots & More Wednesday Whimsy

I’m finishing up this run of Victorian trade cards and pictures featuring animals depicted as people…hope you’ve been enjoying the series!

P. T. Barnum brought Jumbo the elephant to the USA in 1882, against much outrage in England, where he’d been domiciled previously. Queen Victoria herself was asked to intervene to keep the elephant in England. Her response (if any) is not known but the Great Showman got what he wanted, one way or the other, and Jumbo arrived here, setting off “Jumbomania.”...

This Chance Comes But Once Weekend Writing Warriors

Here���s the link to the��Weekend Writing Warriors��central page, so you can visit all the participants sharing excerpts today���A fun way to sample new books and find new writers!

We���re onto a new story of mine, a WIP that still needs a lot of work. Mark, an ex-Special Forces soldier in the Sectors, has been hired by the Outlier Empress to rescue a kidnap victim who���s been taken to the border planet Freemarket, where anything��goes and the authorities are usually hands off. Kind of like L...

Writer Interview: Veronica Scott (Romance & Adventure from the Ancient Nile to the Deeps of Space!)

veronicascott:

Such fun to be interviewed by E. P.! Part of it was a google chat in real time so some of my answers may seem a bit terse – sorry~

Originally posted on E. P. Beaumont:

Veronica Scott���s work ranges from paranormal romances set in ancient Egypt to action-adventure space operas (Mission to Mahjundar, Wreck of the Nebula Dream, Escape from Zulaire). I first met her on Six Sentence Sunday; we have continued our acquaintance on Weekend Writing Warriors.

Her romantic leads are capable...

Cats As Victorian Era People for Wednesday Whimsy

Last week I did a post on Victorian trade cards featuring dogs as people so it’s only fair that this week we look at the cats. This demure lady to the left could be in a Jane Austen novel, I think – love her hat.

���The smallest feline is a masterpiece.��� ��� Leonardo da Vinci

���The way to get on with a cat is to treat it as an equal – or even better, as the superior it knows itself to be.��� ��� Elizabeth Peters, The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog (I love her books, by the way!)

But I am a...

Dear Author’s Take on WRECK OF THE NEBULA DREAM

Got up yesterday, had a leisurely breakfast, was drinking my tea and perusing the social media and favorite websites and…..OMG, Jayne of Dear Author reviewed��Wreck of the Nebula Dream��(my “Titanic in space” scifi adventure novel)!!!! I was thrilled and SO excited that she enjoyed the book overall. ��Made my whole day :-)

Here are a few extracts from the review and please go over to the Dear Author website to read the entire review, which received a B rating, about which I’m also ecstatic.

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Outside Their Existence Weekend Writing Warriors

Here���s the link to the��Weekend Writing Warriors��central page, so you can visit all the participants sharing excerpts today���A fun way to sample new books and find new writers!

We���re onto a new story of mine, a WIP that still needs a lot of work. Mark, an ex-Special Forces soldier in the Sectors, has been hired by the Outlier Empress to rescue a kidnap victim who���s been taken to the border planet Freemarket, where anything��goes and the authorities are usually hands off. Kind of like L...

SciFi Romance #AuthorTag Continues

Having been tagged earlier this week by the wonderful Pauline Baird Jones, who also writes science fiction romance, I thought I’d continue the SFR theme and tag three more authors, whose books I’ve enjoyed.

First would have to be Rachel Bach – I totally love Devi Morris, the heroine in the PARADOX Series and regularly tell people this kickass mercenary is the toughest science fiction heroine I’ve seen since Ripley. (Or maybe Aeryn Sun in��Farscape.) ��Here’s her webpage:��http://www.rachelaaro...

Dogs As Victorian Era People for Wednesday Whimsy

I thought in honor of the Westminster Dog Show going on this week, I’d make my Wednesday Whimsy about some charming Victorian trade cards I found with dogs portrayed as people. (I already did an earlier Wednesday Whimsy about dogs being dogs, which is here.)

This somewhat wistful gentleman to the left has no advertising on his card but the rest of the group are from a clothing store in Paris…

She Tweaked the Stellar Display Tuesday Teaser

Here’s the link for the central post with links to all the Teasers:��http://on.fb.me/1Dz4BgG

Today I’m in the mood for a scene from the award winning��Wreck of the Nebula Dream, my first published SFR, loosely based on the sinking of the��Titanic, but set on a spaceliner in the far future. My hero, Nick Jameson, a Sectors Special Forces operator, meets a most unusual fellow passenger:

Intrigued, Nick decided to explore, following a narrow corridor, then up a winding staircase, all metal and woo...

Travelers to Where? Weekend Writing Warriors

Here���s the link to the��Weekend Writing Warriors��central page, so you can visit all the participants sharing excerpts today���A fun way to sample new books and find new writers!

We���re onto a new story of mine, a WIP that still needs a lot of work. Mark, an ex-Special Forces soldier in the Sectors, has been hired by the Outlier Empress to rescue a kidnap victim who���s been taken to the border planet Freemarket, where anything��goes and the authorities are usually hands off. Kind of like L...