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Inez Kelley Baddest Boys in History Are Back! Giveaway

I’m very pleased to have Inez Kelley as my guest today, with her new book “The Bastard”. I was privileged to be a Beta reader on this one, so it’s exciting to see the book now being Released. Inez is giving away one copy to a randomly selected commenter so please be sure to leave us a comment – tell us who your favorite Bad Boy in history is, if you’d like!

Here’s the story:

In the battle between good and evil, humans have never been more than collateral damage. Now they are prey. Mankind doesn...

Is There An Audience? 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 right after last week’s, when Tyema has returned to her office as the ceremonies are complete for the morning. The temple scribe is speaking. (I messed with the punctuation a tiny bit, trying to be sensitive to the Moderators’ excellent point about...

E is For Egypt

Ancient Egypt of course, given the paranormal novels I write, which are set in 1550 BCE.

Here’s what I said last year in a post on world building for Here Be Magic:

The Egyptian civilization has almost 3000 years of recorded history to work with, beginning over 5000 years ago. They believed in a pantheon of gods and goddesses with authority over every aspect of life, many of whom have multiple origin stories and attributes. The Egyptians were lusty and loving, devoted to family and home life, w...

Is He Upset? from MAGIC OF THE NILE for Weekend Writing Warriors

Happy Mother’s Day to all Moms, Moms-to-Be, Grandmothers and everyone who plays a motherly role in someone’s life – best wishes for a great day!

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 =>I’m skipping the events of their evening together at the town festival (because I can’t excerpt the entire book here LOL). Suf...

We Have to Help ESCAPE FROM ZULAIRE for 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...

SciFi Encounter with Murder, Myth and New Orleans

For my column on the USA Today/Happily Ever After blog this week, I’ve done interviews with three different authors about three very different novels.

First was Sheryl Nantus with “In the Black (Tales From the Edge)”, which has a wonderful “Firefly” vibe but is its own story, with murder and science fiction and romance all blended to keep you turning the pages. It’s the beginning of a series, Sheryl says, which makes me very happy.

Second was Laura Kaye with the final book in her “Anemoi Series...

D Is For Dragon Definitely

There’s no other word that pops up in my head for the letter “D” right now other than dragon! I love dragons and it always makes me very happy to have been born in a Year of the Dragon, according to the Chinese Zodiac.

This imposing fellow to the left is named “Morte” because the moment I saw him, he seemed fierce and take-no-prisoners. He’s a Windstone Dragon from a line by Artist Melody Pena…I have several in other colors and poses but Morte is my favorite. And he’s purple/blue!

My favorite d...

I Need One of These 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…

Not making a habit of this but I HAVE to squee (again, just little, oh kindly moderators?) DANCER OF THE NILE, which so many of you were so very supportive of, here in the excerpts, just Finaled for the Golden Quill Award for Best Paranormal Romance of 2014!!! Kamin and Nima and the baby camel and I will find out in July w...

The Only Solution 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...

C Is for Cat Mostly

Still working my way through the A to Z Challenge at my own speed and now we’ve reached the letter C, which my immediate first reaction is Cat. Probably a flashback to elementary school and learning my ABC’s, but also because I’ve always had cats. This sleepy guy to the left is Jake and the semi-grumpy, camera-shy Keanu is on the right.

Of course, being me and endlessly fascinated with ancient Egypt, I’ve added some Egyptian type cats…The cat lady is a Margaret Le Van “Alley Cat” figurine, whi...