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B is for Beatrix Potter

Continuing on with my own slow version of the A to Z challenge, this week is the letter “B” and the first thing that came to mind was Beatrix Potter, author of “The Tale of Peter Rabbit” and countless other charming stories of life in the English countryside as enacted by darling animals in Regency dress. Our family’s copies of the books are very well loved!

She’s firmly fixed in my mind now as Renee Zellweger, since I saw the 2006 movie version of her life, “Miss Potter”. The tagline for the...

May I Drive? 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 my newest – MAGIC OF THE NILE. After last week, everyone wanted to know how wild Tyema was going to be on her evening out with Sahure so I’ll follow that tangent for a bit. Skipped a bit of dialog and the description of Sahure’s imposing chariot. (I may have played with the punctuation to make it eight sen...

I Can’t Sleep ESCAPE FROM ZULAIRE SFR Brigade Presents

(The link ishereto find this week’s excerpts from novels or WIP written by otherScienceFictionRomance Brigade group members. A fun way to sample new books!)

From my SFR Galaxy Award winning novel, loosely inspired by the Sepoy incident in 1857 butseton another planet in the far future….

In the last few weeks I gave you the opening of the book and then as Andi has returned from thewedding of the Planetary High Lord’s daughter to her host’s summer home, she found a squad of Sectors Special Forces...

A Is for Alas Babylon

Every year I’m so tempted by the April A to Z challenge. I love the idea of writing a post about every letter of the alphabet but there’s no way I can cram that into 26 days straight, not with the day job and all the other stuff. I give huge kudos to those who can manage it!

So I decided this morning that there was no reason I couldn’t do the challenge anyway, but on my own terms. So here I am with my letter “A”. Now the thing about me, which you probably know by now, is that I’m very stream o...

Talking Titanic Here and at USA Today

I’ve always been fascinated by the sinking of theTitanic and this year is the 102nd anniversary of the ship striking the iceberg and foundering. Over at the USA Today Happily Ever After blog today I’m talking about why I believe the sinking has captured the public’s interest for so long and also recommending some newer books about the tragedy, both fiction and nonfiction.

One in particular, “The Girl Who Came Home” by Hazel Gaynor, is a fictionalized account of a group of Third Class passenger...

What Am I Doing? 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…

So we’ve moved on to the newly Released MAGIC OF THE NILE. This week’s excerpt follows Sahure’s invitation to Tyema to accompany him to the festival. I’ve skipped a bit of cajoling on Sahure’s part. (I may have played with the punctuation to make it eight sentences. I think!):

Tyema hastened to her quarters, the whole time...

A Small Malfunction WRECK OF THE NEBULA DREAM SFR Brigade Presents

(The link ishereto find this week’s excerpts from novels or WIP written by otherScienceFictionRomance Brigade group members. A fun way to sample new books!)

Today’s selection is from WRECK OF THE NEBULA DREAM, my SFR Galaxy and Laurel Wreath Award winning novel, loosely based on theTitanic,but set in the far future, on a luxury spaceliner. April 14th marks the 102nd anniversary ofTitanic’stragic encounter with the ice berg, leading to the sinking.

This excerpt is from the moment of the crash, o...

Steamy SciFi Encounter at USA Today HEA

Over at the USA Today Happily Ever After blog, I’m interviewing science fiction romance author Eve Langlais, who specializes inhot and spicy…she’s a NYT and USA Today Best Selling author, whose books are consistently in the top of the Amazon science fiction romance best seller lists. I also have a few other recommendations to share, from steamy to not-as-much.

Quite a few SFR novels have cyborgs (short for “cybernetic organism”) – male and female – as the main characters/love interests. In the...

Will You? 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…

So we’ve moved on to the newly Released MAGIC OF THE NILE, which is the sequel to the book I had been sharing excerpts from. Last week we had the first eight sentences. Just so you know, she refused old Hotepre the Crocodile Keeper’s well intentioned suggestion that she attend the festival and he gave up, leaving to enjoy...

Why Are the Engines Off? WRECK OF THE NEBULA DREAM SFR Brigade Presents

(The link ishereto find this week’s excerpts from novels or WIP written by otherScience FictionRomance Brigade group members. A fun way to sample new books!)

Today’s selection is from WRECK OF THE NEBULA DREAM, my SFR Galaxy Award winning novel, loosely based on the Titanic,but set in the far future, on a luxury spaceliner. I’m switching off to excerpts from this book for a while, because April 14th marks the 102nd anniversary of Titanic’stragic encounter with the ice berg, leading to the sink...