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July 22, 2014
Wednesday Whimsy Odd Tentacles
Been a while since I did a Wednesday Whimsy post! I’m going to do something different now – was doing quotes and thematic photos before. I’ve got quite a collection of late 1800s Victorian “trade cards”, some of which have the most unusual or whimsical or pretty designs, so I’m going to share a few of them on Wednesdays. I’m starting with the card pictured below, which was for “Enterprise Roasted Coffee”. I have no idea what the tentacled creature in the photo is supposed to be, or what conne...
July 19, 2014
Business or Pleasure? MAGIC OF THE NILE Weekend Writing Warriors
A fun way to sample new books and find new writers! Here’s the link to theWeekend Writing Warriorscentral page, so you can visit all the participants sharing excerpts today…
Continuing with the excerpts from MAGIC OF THE NILE =>This excerpt follows after lastweek’s.Finally alone in the temple’s office, Sahure has confronted Tyema about her “masquerade” on the night of the festival. The conversation continues. (A little editing and some creative punctuation has definitely occurred here.) Tyema...
July 18, 2014
SciFi Cover Reveal Mission to Mahjundar
I’m happy to share the cover for my upcoming science fiction romance,Mission to Mahjundar!For a little more about how the tremendously talented Fiona Jayde and I work together on covers, you can visit the USA Today HEA cover reveal post. The book will be released on August 18th! Here’s the story:
An attempted assassination left Princess Shalira blind as a child and, now that she’s of marriageable age, her prospects are not good because of her disability. She’s resigned herself to an arranged m...
July 16, 2014
Tough As Nails SFR Heroines
Over at USA Today Happily Ever After I’m interviewing author Rachel Bach for my SciFi 
Encounters column. HerParadox Series is one of the best trilogies of science fiction, complete with romance and a kickASS heroine, that I’ve read in a long time. Hop on over and peruse the interview!
One thing Rachel and I discovered we share is an admiration for the character of Ellen Ripley in the moviesAlien andAliens.Devi the heroine in theParadox Serieshas been raised to be a warrior since childhood, ver...
July 12, 2014
The Great One Sobek Doesn’t MAGIC OF THE NILE Weekend Writing Warriors
A fun way to sample new books and find new writers! Here’s the link to theWeekend Writing Warriorscentral page, so you can visit all the participants sharing excerpts today…
Continuing with the excerpts from MAGIC OF THE NILE =>This excerpt follows after lastweek’s.Finally alone in the temple’s office, Sahure has confronted Tyema about her “masquerade” on the night of the festival. The conversation continues. (A little editing and some creative punctuation has definitely occurred here.) :
She s...
July 9, 2014
K is for Keanu
Still working my way through the A to Z challenge here…going by my “what comes to mind first 
rule”, Keanu is at least one of the first things I thought of. Of course the original owner of the name is the very easy to look at actor Keanu Reeves. But I also named my rescue cat Keanu because he’s a cool cat, with a kink in his tail from some kittenhood accident before I knew him, who wants affection when he wants it and otherwise he’s fine, thanks.
Keanu the Actor really hit my radar screen with...
July 5, 2014
Too Bad You Never…MAGIC OF THE NILE Weekend Writing Warriors
A fun way to sample new books and find new writers! Here’s the link to theWeekend Writing Warriorscentral page, so you can visit all the participants sharing excerpts today…
Continuing with the excerpts from MAGIC OF THE NILE =>This excerpt follows after lastweek’s.Finally alone in the temple’s office, Sahure has confronted Tyema about her “masquerade” on the night of the festival. The conversation continues. (A little creative punctuation has definitely occurred here so I can give you a compl...
July 2, 2014
More Sizzling Steampunk for Summer
Over at USA Today Happily Ever After blog, I’m interviewing more steampunk authors for the SciFi Encounters column. I started with Susan Kaye Quinn, whose “bollypunk” novelThird Daughter really grabbed my attention and kept me reading nonstop. It’s the first part of a trilogy, although fully satisfying in its own right, so now I can’t wait for the next book. And then my friend PJ Schnyder turned me on to theMinistry of Peculiar Occurrences, a series by Pip Ballentine and Tee Morris.Dawn’s Ear...
June 29, 2014
Favorite Apocalyptic SF Movies
Over at the USA Today HEA blog, I’m running a second column where I’m asking SF&F authors for their favorite science fiction or fantasy movies and TV shows. For my post here today, I thought I’d narrow in on some of my favorite End Of The World As We Know It (or EOTWAWKI) movies. I was readingEntertainment Weekly at breakfast and they have an “Ultimate Apocalyst” of 52 movies, which is what started me thinking along this vein.
On the magazine’s list of 52, I’ve seen 37, which I guess tells you...
June 28, 2014
Merely a Priestess? MAGIC OF THE NILE for Weekend Writing Warriors
A fun way to sample new books and find new writers! Here’s the link to theWeekend Writing Warriorscentral page, so you can visit all the participants sharing excerpts today…
Continuing with the excerpts from MAGIC OF THE NILE =>This excerpt follows after lastweek’s.Finally alone in the temple’s office, Sahure has confronted Tyema about her “masquerade” on the night of the festival. The conversation continues. (A little creative punctuation and some editing has occurred here.) :
“Does the god re...
