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June 27, 2014
J is for Jewelry
Continuing on with my version of the A to Z challenge, the first word that springs to my mind when I think of the letter J is jewelry. Possibly this has something to do with the three standing jewelry boxes I have, although I hasten to add, I long ago decided my budget ran to fashion jewelry, not the “real” stuff, with a few exceptions. I also decided to concentrate on earrings primarily, since I never was a bracelet person and we have to wear a clunky badge at the day job, which makes neckla...
June 22, 2014
Who Goes There? The Thing!
I’m doing a special column over at USA Today Happily Ever After, talking to science fiction and fantasy writers about their favorite SF&F movies and TV shows. Mine were “Farscape” and “Aliens”. Hop on over to see what other authors picked!
But there’s another science fiction movie I totally love and rewatch often and that’s the original 1951 version of “The Thing From Another World.” OK, yes it’s dated, how could it not be when it’s over fifty years old? And yet….the movie has all the tropes...
June 21, 2014
About Last Night from MAGIC OF THE NILE Weekend Writing Warriors
If you’re here for the Science Fiction Romance Brigade Midsummer Blog Hop, you’ll find it below this post – sorry!
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 last 
week’s.Finally alone in the temple’s office, Sahure has confronted Tyema about her “masquerade” on the night of the festival...
June 20, 2014
Science Fiction Romance Brigade Midsummer Blog Hop
Welcome to the third annual SFR Brigade Midsummer Bog Hop!
To be entered for the prize availablejust on my blog, which is a $25.00 Amazon gift certificate, please leave a comment about science fiction romance. The winner for my blog will be randomly selected…
To enter the Blog Hop rafflecopter itself and be eligible for the Grand Prizes listed below, you’ll have to go to the main page – click HERE. (NOTE: No cash or other prize alternatives will be offered for the Grand Prizes.) You can also fi...
June 18, 2014
Steampunk Anyone?
Over at the USA Today Happily Ever After blog I’m interviewing two wonderful steampunk authors – Gail Carriger ofThe Parasol Protectorate series and Cindy Spencer Pape ofThe Gaslight Chronicles.
In fact, Cindy was the person who first got me interested in steampunk, when we met as Carina Press authors 
several years ago. She has a wonderful dog in her books, named George and she was kind enough to send me the magnet featuring him, which has stayed on my refrigerator for several years now (even...
June 16, 2014
The Letter I Is for Iris
I have always loved irises. To me they’re one of the most beautiful flowers around, except for roses, and they’re also a variety I can actually grow. I have a terrible “black thumb” (or whatever the opposite of a green thumb would be). I have a sentimental attachment to them as well…
Years ago, my late husband brought home a huge pile of iris plants that had been thrown in the dumpster where he worked, victims
of a new landscape design. We planted them all around the house and hoped for the be...
June 14, 2014
Don’t Assume from 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 last week’s.
Finally alone in the temple’s office, Sahure is confronting Tyema about her “masquerade” on the night of the festival. (A little creative punctuation and editing has occurred here.) :
She put one hand on his chest, trying to push hi...
June 10, 2014
H Is for Hamunaptra
The A to Z Challenge continues on my blog! At this rate, I’ll probably be wrapping up with Z about the time every other blogger in the world starts up again. I’m having fun though and I hope you are too.
The first thing that comes to my mind for the letter “H” is Hamunaptra, mostly because
I spend entirely too much time cruising eBay and look what I found and HAD to have! It’s only a resin replica of the Key to the Book of the Dead (in the movie) and doesn’t actually open (so no treasure map in...
June 8, 2014
More First SciFi Reads Tom Corbett Space Cadet
Doing a second column over at USA Today HEA today on what the first science fiction or fantasy novels were that various SF&F authors read. Hop on over and check it out, see if anyone mentioned your favorite!
My Dad gave me a set of theTom Corbett Space Cadetbooks when I was a kid. They weren’t the first science fiction I ever read, but they were the first SF series. Until then the series I’d been reading were more along the lines of Trixie Belden, Nancy Drew, and the Dana sisters. I fell total...
June 7, 2014
Waif or High Priestess? 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 last week’s. Tyema is in her office at the temple, Jemkhufu the scribe has grudgingly admitted Sahure for his unscheduled audience and Tyema has now told her scribe he can go. (A little creative punctuation and editing has occurred here.)
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