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Wednesday Whimsy – Gramma’s Purse

One of the benefits of moving is the need to go through all those boxes and bins you never unpacked the last time you moved. The other day I reached the box containing things from when I was a little girl and found a few family “heirlooms” – just odds and ends – a few of my grandfather’s boyhood books, now musty and crumbling a bit (Dare Boys in the Revolutionary War! Bobby of the Labrador!…) and my grandmother’s little leather purse with her initials, from when she was a girl.

I had a lovely...

The Costume’s The Thing in This Amazing Exhibit

Any actor worth his or her salt can convey you to another reality with just a bare stage and the power of their thespian craft, but it sure doesn’t hurt to have the character’s costumes thought out in great detail!

“Costumes are not always designed to be seen. They’re designed sometimes to be a complete part of that character, so you’re accepting what they’re wearing without thinking. I don’t want everyone looking at the frock. That’s the hardest thing. Some of the costumes I’m most proud of a...

Six Sentence Sunday – Science Fiction Adventure – What Next?

The novel is still out on resubmission, no word as yet (after I did the requested revisions). Tom and Andi and their companions have a few more twists and turns to navigate before the HEA….

Set in the same universe as my WRECK of the NEBULA DREAM. Andrianda (Andi) Markriss, a planetary representative for Loxton Galactic Trading, has been spending a lazy summer with her best friend in the highly exclusive summer compound of the planet Zulaire’s ruling nobility, networking. On a day when a numbe...

Wednesday Whimsy – Spell Your Name in Galaxies!

Turns out the Galaxy Zoo Project has found galaxies of unimaginable shapes and sizes, including one or more that resemble every letter of the alphabet! If you follow the link, you can type in your own name or a message and “galaxify” it. Here’s mine:

And here’s the name of my science fiction adventure:

(That’s WRECK OF THE NEBULA DREAM – ok, so some of the galaxy “letters” look like the more illegible Captcha codes but hey, how cool is it to spell out something in entire galaxies?!)

From the Gal...

Six Sentence Sunday – Science Fiction Adventure

I hope people aren’t getting tired of this novel? It’s still out there on resubmission, no word as yet (after I did the requested revisions). Tom and Andi and their companions have a few more twists and turns to navigate before the HEA….

Set in the same universe as my WRECK of the NEBULA DREAM. Andrianda (Andi) Markriss, a planetary representative for Loxton Galactic Trading, has been spending a lazy summer with her best friend in the highly exclusive summer compound of the planet Zulaire’s ru...

Meet the Author & Giveaway – A. S. Fenichel MAYAN DESTINY SERIES

Today it’s my pleasure to have A. S. Fenichel as my guest. She’s the author of MAYAN AFTERGLOW and MAYAN CRAVING, with the third book in this exciting series, MAYAN INFERNO, coming out September 19th. We met through Six Sentence Sunday, where over 100 authors post just six enticing sentences from their WIPs or published books weekly. I was so intrigued by her snippets that I went out and put the first book on my kindle, read it in a day and had to have the next book immediately LOL. Now I’m i...

Six Sentence Sunday – Science Fiction Adventure Never Ending

First let me apologize to all my fellow Sixers – I actually moved a week ago Saturday – not just the preparation, but the load-up-the-truck-we’re-really-moving – and wow, life went totally out of control, so I never got to read and comment on everyone else’s fun excerpts last Sunday. This week I’m going to REVEL in reading and commenting, to make up for last week. Unpacking boxes can WAIT. Thank you very much, everyone, for visiting my page last week and commenting.

So, on with the excerpt….

Se...

Six Sentence Sunday – Science Fiction Adventure – What’s Next?

Set in the same universe as my WRECK of the NEBULA DREAM. Andrianda (Andi) Markriss, a planetary representative for Loxton Galactic Trading, has been spending a lazy summer with her best friend in the highly exclusive summer compound of the planet Zulaire’s ruling nobility, networking. On a day when a number of strange and disturbing things have already happened, Captain Tom Deverane, Sectors Special Forces, unexpectedly shows up with a troop of soldiers and demands she leave with him. Immedi...

Six Sentence Sunday – Science Fiction – Danger Over (or is it?)

Still sharing my SFR , no news as yet on the R&R, but fingers crossed! (And thanks for all the encouraging words – much appreciated!)

Set in the same universe as my WRECK of the NEBULA DREAM. Andrianda (Andi) Markriss, a planetary representative for Loxton Galactic Trading, has been spending a lazy summer with her best friend in the highly exclusive summer compound of the planet Zulaire’s ruling nobility, networking. On a day when a number of strange and disturbing things have already happened...

Why Do I Have A Drawer Full of Yellow T Shirts???

We’re busy packing up the household to move this month and occasionally you open a drawer that’s rarely opened, only to surprise yourself with the contents. Last night I opened such a drawer and was confounded to discover I was the proud owner of no less than eleven yellow T shirts, in all variations of the color.

Why the surprise, you may well ask? Yellow is a perfectly lovely color – think daffodils, the sun, scrambled eggs….well, yes, but I NEVER wear yellow. You know how there are certain...