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From the Archives Board Games of 5000 Years Ago

Revisiting a post from last summer, on Ancient Egyptian board games, which is timely again because I was talking about my novel WARRIOR OF THE NILE, which was out on submission at that point. This is the new book I now have coming out from Carina Press in September – SQUEE!.

Here’s how the blog post began (and then there’s an excerpt from WARRIOR, although it may have changed somewhat in final edits) ….

“The Ancient Egyptians worked hard, but also loved to play. They had many leisure pastimes,...

So I Might Have Bought A Quick Pick or Three

Unable to resist the allure of $400M, I did go slightly out of my way on the drive home tonight and purchased a quick pick or three for the Powerball jackpot. When the California Lotto first started, I used to play $1 per week, just for the fun of it, won a dollar or two here or there. My biggest ever lotto win? $86. WHEE! Keep the day job…

A co-worker of my late husband’s won one of the earliest “big” California lotto jackpots (and this was a long time ago so it was only maybe $2M) at the con...

Weekend Writing Warriors The Goddess Nephthys Appears

More from WARRIOR OF THE NILE, due out September 16th…Tiya has said good-bye to her family and the angry, would-be suitor, and she, Khenet and the priest have entered the inner sanctum alone, to meet the goddess:

The strong scent of the lotus threatenedto choke Khenet.

“The goddess is present,” whispered the priest, goingto his knees, arms crossed over his chest, head down.

Tiya muttered a little prayer and knelt, copying theman’s pose.

Khenet planted his feet well apart, in a fighter’sstance, an...

What’s On Your List?

Whee, another magazine quiz – it’s been awhile since I found one I wanted to answer! This one asks all kinds of “What’s on your…” questions so here we go:

What’s on your…:

Last credit card statement: Lots and lots of Amazon ebooks for my kindle, gas for the car and a new dress…

Grocery list: avocados, bananas, cat food (two kinds), chicken and this scrumptious yogurt I love with vanilla and chocolate swirls

Nightstand: the aforementioned kindle, cell phone, 3 old ACE SF paperback novels, the Bibl...

Weekend Writing Warriors Lady Tiya Appears

Ironic that I said this week would be the first appearance of Lady Tiya in the eight sentence excerpts from WARRIOR OF THE NILE because Carina Press just sent me the final cover art this past week. And the cover is all about Khenet LOL.If you missed the official reveal, I’ve put the cover on this post too. (The book is out September 16th, but is available for preorder on Amazon.)

There’s all kinds of action between last week’s excerpt and the first time Khenet sees Tiya but briefly, he’s gone...

Cover Reveal WARRIOR OF THE NILE

So excited to have my beautiful cover from Carina Press for my September 16th Release – WARRIOR OF THE NILE – which is a paranormal romance set in Ancient Egypt.

Here’s the blurb:

Egypt, 1500 BC

Lady Tiya is bound to the service of the goddess Nephthys, who plans to sacrifice Tiya’s body to protect Egypt from an ancient terror. She embarks to meet her grim fate alone but for the hardened warrior Khenet, who is fated to die at her side. Tiya’s dreams of love and family now seem impossible, and Kh...

Cover Reveal ESCAPE FROM ZULAIRE

I’m VERY excited to reveal the cover for my new Science Fiction Romance novel, ESCAPE FROM ZULAIRE, which is scheduled to be released in late August. The cover was created by Fiona Jayde, who did the cover for WRECK OF THE NEBULA DREAM last year. The new book is “A Sectors Novel,” which means it’s set in the same universe as the Nebula Dream, but is a stand alone book, with no connection to WRECK. (Although the heroine hereis another strong woman who works for Loxton Galactic Shipping LOL.) T...

Weekend Writing Warriors Khenet’s Three Conditions

As promised, this week I’m continuing on with excerpts from my soon-to-be-released WARRIOR OF THE NILE. (I saw a preliminary cover yesterday – gorgeous, can’t wait to share!). Khenet has told Pharaoh he’ll volunteer to take this deadly mission to the Viper Nome (nome=province) under three conditions. Khenet is Pharaoh’s adopted brother and during the novel we discover the circumstances of his adoption but a key plot point is that his small tribe of people had their own, non-Egyptian religion,...

Weekend Writing Warriors Khenet Says Wait A Minute

Continuing with my Ancient Egyptian paranormal romance WARRIOR OF THE NILE, I thought it might be time to let Khenet the Warrior speak. By the way, he’s Pharaoh’s adopted brother and boyhood companion, so he can be a bit more informal with Pharaoh in private than most people would dare to be. Also (because I can’t give you the entire novel here LOL), Pharaoh did tell Khenet he was asking for a volunteer.

Khenet touched the two braided leather bands on his left wrist, smoothing his fingers over...

Can A Statue Be Cursed? My Encounter

Today I’m over at Paranormal Romantics, talking about the subject of cursed statues and telling the true story of one I personally encountered that may or may not have been cursed but it sure wasn’t staying under MY roof!

I’ve got a couple of really good pictures of the Egyptian statue of Neb-Senu at the Manchester Museum that’s been in the news recently, taken by one of my twitter friends on a visit to the Museum this month and kindly shared with me for the blog post.

The photo below is also f...