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Thanksgiving Trivia While You’re Waiting for the Turkey

88% of Americans have turkey on Thanksgiving. No word on what the other 12% eat but the statistic did come from the National Turkey Federation….

Approximately 250 million turkeys are raised every year for this holiday and the biggest producer of the required bird is Minnesota. (Really???? that seems odd to me but ok.)

“Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence.”Erma Bombeck

“My cooking is so b...

Cheat a Cheater? DANCER OF THE NILE Weekend Writing Warriors

Continuing on with my paranormal romance set in ancient Egypt…Nima and Kamin have been captured by a caravan master who plans to sell them to the pursuing enemy. Nima challenges the man to a game ofsenet, with her life and Kamin’s as the stakes and a blood oath between herself and the caravan master that they’ll each honor the outcome. Needless to say, Kamin isn’t too happy and pulls her aside (creative punctuation and a tiny bit of editing to get you the entire exchange):

“What in the seven h...

Will Twilka Refuse? WRECK OF THE NEBULA DREAM SFR Brigade Presents

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

Here’s the next excerpt from my 2013 SFR Galaxy Award winning WRECK OF THE NEBULA DREAM. The small party of survivors has discovered some really bad things about events surrounding the wreck and are now on their way to another part of the ship. (Trying very hard to avoid giving spoilers here!) Twilka refuses to enter the crew gravlift....

The Warrior Answers DANCER OF THE NILE Weekend Writing Warriors

As promised last week, here’s Kamin the Warrior’s answer to Nima’s expression of her dreams for a better life (please excuse the interesting punctuation choices):

Such simple dreams shouldn’t be out of reach. He tilted her chin, reached to take the now-wilted flower from her ebony hair as he said, “Well, then, we’ll get the nomarch who rules this province in Pharoah’s name to issue you a fat reward – genuine gold of valor – for saving my life, and you can make your way anywhere you choose.” He...

Nick Delivers Bad News WRECK OF THE NEBULA DREAM SFR Brigade Presents

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

Here’s the next excerpt from my 2013 SFR Galaxy Award winning WRECK OF THE NEBULA DREAM. The small party of depserate survivors has reached…a temporarily safe place but then our hero Nick has to break the news to his companions that things really can get worse on a drifting hulk of a spaceliner. Mara has been keeping Nick company while...

GoldieBlox Update: Toys to Inspire Future Women Engineers

Veronica sez: Decided to pull this post from the archives and run it again today because GoldieBlox is in the top four companies competing to win a Super Bowl advertising spot from the Intuit company! They need votes, go here to VOTE!

“Toys to inspire the next generation of female engineers…”

Last year I decided to take part in a Kickstarter project as a Backer, to see how the process worked – I thought it would be fun to have a project to root for. I kept my eye open for a suitable effort and...

A Veterans Day Thank You!

Wanted to express my deepest appreciation to all the veterans who have served our country to keep us free!

Today I thought I’d mention the Veterans History Project at the Library of Congress. From their website:

The Veterans History Project (VHP) of the Library of Congress American Folklife Center is primarily an oral history program that collects and preserves the first-hand interviews of America’s wartime veterans. VHP relies on volunteers, both individuals and organizations, throughout the n...

A Dancer’s Dreams Weekend Writing Warriors DANCER OF THE NILE

Continuing on with DANCER OF THE NILE for a few more weeks…last week we had Nima dreaming about the night she was captured. Kamin manages to waken her and as part of his effort to help her calm down, he starts a conversation about her life as a dancer and her hopes for the future. The troop she belongs to is on the shady side and raised her after her mother, who was a disgraced temple dancer, died. Lately the troop leader and his wife have been pressuring Nima to do some things she finds repu...

Twilka Offers Terms SFR Brigade Presents WRECK OF THE NEBULA DREAM

(The link ishereto find this week’s excerpts from novels or WIP written by Science Fiction Romance Brigade group members. Left it out by accident last week – felt really bad about that!)

The next excerpt from my 2013 SFR Galaxy Award winning WRECK OF THE NEBULA DREAM but then we start to get into spoiler territory, so not too many more weeks on this one….I’ve skipped ahead again. The party of survivors is on their way to the bridge, having rescued another passenger in a tight jam. Readers, mee...

Veronica answers “What’s On your….”

I LOVE quizzes in magazines and haven’t done one in ages, so today, here’s the “What’s on your…” loosely adapted from Marie Claire magazine, which I also love…

What’s on your…

Mind: The Dentist. Battling demons in the Egyptian Afterlife. What is the cat chewing on now…kinda stream of consciousness today.

Last credit card statement: lots and LOTS of Amazon kindle downloads, an ergonomic seat cushion for my writing desk chair and Science diet cat food, plus cat toys. Yup, a lady with her books and...