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Weekend Writing Warriors Lady Tiya Explains Herself

Continuing on with WARRIOR OF THE NILE, to be released on September 16th. Here’s an excerpt where Tiya is answering some questions about herself from Khenet, as they journey down the Nile. (A bit of creative editing and punctuation has occurred today to make this eight sentences LOL):

“Unlike my older brother, the priest you met in Thebes, I didn’t receive the calling to serve in the temple. I don’t wear a ram’s wool garland, play a tambourine, or carry statues of the goddess through the stree...

Guest Interview Fiona Lowe Picture Perfect Wedding

I’m very pleased to have Fiona Lowe as my guest today, talking about her newest book PICTURE PERFECT WEDDING!

Thanks so much for having me here today, Veronica.

Which part of this book was the most challenging to write?

Every book has its challenging moments and what I find interesting after having written 24 novels is that that challenging part is different with every book. The challenge with PIcture Perfect Wedding was two fold. 1. I was writing it during conference season and I flew to the US...

Weekend Writing Warriors Is Tiya the Right Person?

Continuing on with WARRIOR OF THE NILE, to be released on September 16th, the goddess Nephthys has appeared to Khenet, Lady Tiya and the high priest. After a few preliminaries (including her answer to Khenet when he refused to kneel), she’s deciding whether Tiya is the right candidate for the mission. (Some creative editing and punctuation has occured LOL):

Smiling, Nephthys nodded, her unearthly beauty cold in the stark light as she said, “So far, acceptable. Now the true test – I must hide m...

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...