Veronica Scott's Blog, page 147
March 7, 2012
Something to Do For Your Own Good
True story…
My best friend in the whole world – let's call him Sam – is a great guy, father of two, active in the community, a marathon runner, does complex work in support of interplanetary space missions, wicked sense of humor, loyal…well, ok you get the picture.
His mom died of colon cancer at a very young age.
Naturally this wasn't the first topic we ever discussed after we met but eventually it came up. Now I knew that if you lose a close relative to colon cancer at an early age, it may v...
March 6, 2012
Wednesday Whimsy Quotes & Photos – Sunshine
A good laugh is sunshine in the house. William Makepeace Thackeray
Anyone's life truly lived consists of work, sunshine, exercise, soap, plenty of fresh air, and a happy contented spirit. Actress Lily Langtry
Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.
Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine...
March 5, 2012
Last Days of Pompeii in Movies & Books
Woke up this morning thinking about "Last Days of Pompeii," not the novel so much as my favorite movie version of it, which would be the cheesy but still GREAT (IMHO) 1980′s TV mini series. I did read the novel when I was a teenager, have always been fascinated by disaster and how people cope or didn't cope, who lived, who died, what they could have done differently…if you could see my dvd shelves, you'd think I had a pretty comprehensive collection of disaster movies, let me tell you! (Or...
March 4, 2012
Why Do We See in Color? From the Little Black Dress to Orange Shoe Laces
Why do we see in color? "For a hundred years, we've thought that color vision was for finding the right fruit to eat when it was ripe," says Mark Changizi, a theoretical neurobiologist and postdoctoral researcher at Caltech.
But now we know the truth, according to a 2006 Caltech study – your eyes evolved to see rosy cheeks. The eyes in humans and their closest 
relatives in the primate world are geared to detect subtle changes in skin tone caused by blood oxygen levels, according to that...
March 3, 2012
Six Sentence Sunday
Switching gears for a while, leaving Ancient Egypt for the far future – here's the second excerpt from my new book Wreck of the Nebula Dream, science fiction with romantic elements, coming out in mid March. Nick Jameson, Sectors Special Forces, has unexpectedly wound up traveling to his next assignment via a new luxury liner. The ship has had problems already on the voyage but now has suffered a catastrophe of Titanic proportions. Nick has taken charge of loading a lifeboat:
A shout from...
February 28, 2012
Wednesday Whimsy – Glamour & "Glamouflage"
So usually my Wednesday Whimsy is a series of quotes and illustrations on some topic that caught my fancy, and I will get to that but I was delighted today to fall over the term "glamouflage" in an article I was reading. The word was defined by June Ambrose, celebrity stylist, as "…When you use a bold piece to shield a part of your appearance…" and I realized that MY "glamouflage" is my addiction to large earrings (which I've talked about on this blog before)….which I started doing a long t...
February 26, 2012
Once in 3000 Years: Flowers, Kings & Omens
One of my favorite moments in Lord of the Rings Return of the King movie is when the blasted, dead tree of Gondor sprouts one small white flower, unseen by everyone (except we the Audience), in recognition of the return of Aragorn to the city.
There's a real life parallel – maybe – in the Udumbara flower of Southeast Asia, said to bloom only once every 3,000 years. This occasion is supposed to mark the arrival of a future king. A recent story about this tiny white flower caught my eye...
February 25, 2012
Six Sentence Sunday
Switching gears for a while, leaving Ancient Egypt for the far future – here's an excerpt from my new book Wreck of the Nebula Dream, science fiction with romantic elements, coming out in early March. Nick Jameson, Sectors Special Forces, has unexpectedly wound up traveling to his next assignment via a new luxury liner. The ship has had problems already on the voyage but now has suffered a catastrophe of Titanic proportions:
For the second straight night, Nick was awakened by a ship...
February 21, 2012
Wednesday Whimsy – Quotes & Photos
VS sez: This week's assortment are in honor of the fact that I have to travel on business this week:
"When preparing to travel, lay out all your clothes and all your money. Then take half the clothes and twice the money". – Unknown
Did you ever notice that the first piece of luggage on the carousel never belongs to anyone?
Erma Bombeck
We bring together the best ideas – turning the meetings of our top managers into intellectual orgies.
Jack Welch
(VS sez: Probably NOT going to happen at the...
February 20, 2012
Meet the Author – Susan Edwards – White Series
It's my pleasure to have Susan Edwards visiting the blog today, to talk about her writing process and the four Releases she has this week from Carina Press! The four books were previously published but have been republished with beautiful new cover art…
Welcome, Susan!
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I live in California with my husband. My mother also lives with us. I'm an animal person so I have a household of cats including two 1 year old kittens who are my babies. I also...
