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I Won’t Be Merciful Weekend Writing Warriors

Here’s the link to the Weekend Writing Warriors central page, so you can visit all the participants sharing excerpts today…a fun way to sample new books and find new authors! (Also welcome to the Sunday Snippetvisitors!)

The Lady of the Star Wind isanepic portal fantasy, which will be released after Star Cruise: Outbreak,in the early May 2016 time frame.

Sandy and Mark have been transported to an unknown world. This snippet is from quite a bit further in the novel, after they’ve left the myst...

Ten Books Challenge

Over on Facebook, author Mel Sterling tagged a bunch of us to list ten books that had stayed with us over the years. So here’s my list, the first that come to mind tonight, in no certain order:

Mara, Daughter of the Nile by Eloise McGraw Jarvis – first read it in elementary school and guess what inspired me to write romance set in ancient Egypt? Catseye by Andre Norton, the first science fiction book I ever read, given to me by my Dad and oh, guess what inspired me to write my own science fi...

Cover Reveal Star Cruise Outbreak!

I’m doing an exclusive cover reveal today over at USA Today Happily Ever After for my new scifi romance novel – Star Cruise: Outbreak. Another gorgeous cover from Fiona Jayde! I hope you’ll hope over and check it out. Meanwhile, here’s the story (I have an actual excerpt over at USAT/HEA :

She saved countless soldiers in the wars … but does she have the weapons to fight an outbreak?

Dr. Emily Shane, veteran of the Sector Wars, is known as “The Angel of Fantalar” for her bravery under fire as...

You Need The Mirror Weekend Writing Warriors

Here’s the link to the Weekend Writing Warriors central page, so you can visit all the participants sharing excerpts today…a fun way to sample new books and find new authors! (Also welcome to the Sunday Snippetvisitors!)

I’m really sorry I didn’t get around to everyone’s post last week to comment. Going to WonderCon threw my routine out the window. I’ll be making the rounds today, I promise!

The Lady of the Star Wind isanepic portal fantasy, which is undergoing formatting and will be released...

Guest Author Liza O’Connor BIRTH OF ADAM Artificial Intelligence

If you’re here for the SFR Brigade Presents excerpt, please go HERE.

Veronica: Today’s guest is Liza O’Connor, talking about her new book Birth of Adam and artificial intelligence (AI). Take it away Liza!

Liza: Artificial Intelligence isn’t sci-fi anymore. It’s reality.

Once a machine achieves self-learning (which has occurred with Watson & GoogleAI) it’s IQ can increase dramatically…in fact, measuring the IQ of a human will quickly become pointless. Compared to our AI’s we will all be dumb…e...

SFR Brigade Showcases ‘Titanic in Space’

Once a month the Science Fiction Romance Brigade authors showcase snippets from new work, WIPs, cover reveals or other fun things. The link is here for all the participants.

Because April is the 104th anniversary of the sinking of Titanic, I’m going to do one more excerpt from my SFR Galaxy Award-winning novel Wreck of the Nebula Dream. The story is loosely inspired by the Titanic, but set in the far future in outer space.

The hero, Nick Jameson, is attempting to rescue two children trapped i...

Veronica Is A Red Shirt in Star Trek Audiobook

I’ve been a Star Trek fan since the series began – used to watch it in black and white! (My family were late adopters of the color TV, much to my dismay.) And now I’ve finally had the opportunity to become a real member of the starship Enterprise crew, via a new audiobook version of Harlan Ellison’s “City on the Edge of Forever”. As a Kickstarter backer of the project, I have one spoken line in the audiobook….blogging about the whole experience over at USA Today Happily Ever After today…I hop...

Guest Author Ashley York THE SEVENTH SON Excerpt

Today my guest is Ashley York, who I met on the Weekend Writing Warriors snippet hop. She’s sharing an excerpt from her new book,The Seventh Son!

The story:

Drogheda, Ireland 1075

The sixth son bears a curse as certain as the seventh son bears a blessing. When Tadhg MacNaughton’s betrothed is ripped from his arms and married to another, he believes the legend is true.

Tisa O’Brien’s life slams into a downward spiral at the news she is no longer betrothed to the love of her life but to the tan...

Veronica Recaps The 100 Wondercon Panel

I hopped onto the freeway and buzzed down to the LA Convention Center for Day 3 of Wondercon, primarily to attend ‘The 100′ panel. Although as always the cosplayers are amazingly creative and the exhibition hall is full of of all the things I crave but I digress….

The panel began with thirteen minutes of footage from the next episode, which airs this coming Thursday. All I can say is, the action continues on many fronts nonstop and nothing goes quite as expected anywhere. It was amazing to se...

One Without the Other Weekend Writing Warriors

Here’s the link to the Weekend Writing Warriors central page, so you can visit all the participants sharing excerpts today…a fun way to sample new books and find new authors! (Also welcome to the Sunday Snippetvisitors!)

The Lady of the Star Wind isanepic portal fantasy, which is undergoing a final edit and will be released after Star Cruise: Outbreakin the late April/early May 2016 time frame.

Sandy and Mark have been transported to an unknown world. This snippet is from quite a bit further...