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July 29, 2014
Wednesday Whimsy Cat Romance Doesn’t Run Smoothly
Continuing on with my current weekly series of fun 1800’s Victorian “trade cards,” from my collection, here’s one from Brummel’s Fine Candies that I found amusing:
“Well, sir, what are you going to do about it?” the caption across the top reads (sorry, it photographs a bit darkly). Sounds like a cat duel will soon ensue! I love the expression on the lady cat’s face. Not too sure what this had to do with candy….I think my money is on the marmalade tomcat….
July 27, 2014
Guest Author Pippa Jay Talks TETHERED and SFR
Veronica: I’m very excited today to have author Pippa Jay as my guest, discussing her latest science fiction romance novel TETHERED. Pip and I are both members of the Science Fiction Romance Brigade and we share a love for all things sci fi. Take it away, Pip!
Pippa:
From the age of eight, when a certain Tatooine farmboy captured my imagination (and my heart), I’ve considered myself a SciFi author. I wrote my own version of Star Wars, a series of scifi stories linked by a bloodline spanning sev...
July 26, 2014
Come With Me 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…ok, (takes deep breath)…we’re jumping ahead two wonderful weeks with lots of good things happening, up to and including Tyema and Sahure spending their first intimate evening together, having dinner in her quarters and ending up in bed. (The annoying scribe and most of th...
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...
