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12 Christmas Cats for Caturday

Continuing on with my holiday theme, I’ve pulled twelve (or thereabouts) of my cat-themed Christmas decorations to share with you today, for the holidays. This is a music box we’ve had forever….

And here’s a cat my daughters painted for me back when the “paint it yourself” pottery stores were everywhere.

How about something from Disney, like a Cheshire Cat Mouse Hat ornament?

Or a Lenox cat in a basket?

This felt marmalade cat decorated my day job office door and was meant to be Jake (altho...

RESTOREE A Fond Look Back

I’m not by any means a book reviewer – I like what I like, and I don’t dissect the components too much. Conversely, if I don’t like a book, it becomes a Did Not Finish and I won’t waste time talking about it either. But for a while now I’ve been wanting to pay affectionate tribute to Anne McCaffrey’s Restoree, which was probably the first true science fiction romance I ever read.

And reread. And read again. I’ve worn out three paperback copies, although I kept my original (seen to the left) f...

Wednesday Whimsy Ornaments and Villages

Since quitting the day job and becoming a fulltime writer, which happened earlier this year, I’m actually having a bit of time where I can go through boxes in storage. I invested about three days total to going through all the Christmas decorations, some of which hadn’t been looked at since 2007, according to the dates on the boxes. I really enjoyed seeing all the sparklies again and setting out the Nativity scene and our family’s version of a Christmas village. So I thought for today’s Whims...

Into the Green Light Weekend Writing Warriors

(If you’re here for the SFRB Showcase, it can be found at this link.)

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!)

Switching back to science fiction romance today. Here’s an excerpt from Lady of the Star Wind, anepic portal fantasy, which is undergoing a final edit and will be released after Star Cruise: Outbreaksometim...

Victorian Fairy Tales for Wednesday Whimsy

The holiday season all seems magical to me, so I thought I’d share some of my Victorian trade (advertising) cards which feature fairy tales, nursery rhymes or myths! The card above needs no further explanation, I’m sure. Lion Coffee ran quite a series of nursery rhyme cards.

My favorites are these three from Au Bon Marche, the first modern department store, founded in 1852 in Paris. These cards are from the story of Cinderella, and I wish I had the entire set because they’re quite charming. W...

Zoo? Weekend Writing Warriors

(If you’re here for the SFRB Showcase, it can be found at this link.)

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!)

Switching back to science fiction romance today. Here’s an excerpt from Lady of the Star Wind, anepic portal fantasy, which is undergoing a final edit and will be released after Star Cruise: Outbreaksometim...

Only A Pawn SFR Brigade Showcase

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.

I’m sharing an excerpt from my SFR Galaxy Award and National Excellence in Romance Fiction Award winning novelEscape from Zulaire, which is on sale through December for $.99. (Buy links below the excerpt)

Captain Tom Deverane is trying to persuade the very stubborn Andi Markriss to come with him and his troops:

Deverane w...

Cup of Tea for Wednesday Whimsy

The chillier weather makes me want to curl up with a cup of tea so that’s my topic for today’s Whimsy post. I’m pretty basic with my tea – just good old Lipton’s, with sugar and a dollop of milk…as long as I have a pretty tea cup! (And if the ladies above are drinking coffee, the idea is pretty much the same!)

You can’t get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me. C. S. Lewis

To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit and read it are old women ov...

What Did He See? 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!)

Today I’ve gone back toHealer of the Nile for one last excerptsince it’s now available in he HERE BE MAGIC box set.

Tadenhut, elder son of a noble house and heir to the Hunting Cat estate, has been gravely injured in a battle against Pharaoh’s enemies and brought home to die....

Veronica Takes a Bookish Quiz

I noticed an interesting Q&A in the Winter issue of Porter magazine, where they asked Cindy Lauper of “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” fame a series of book-related questions. I thought, “I can do that!” So here are my answers to selected questions from the quiz.

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What book changed your life?Ms. Lauper went with Germaine Greer. I say for me it was Andre Norton’sCatseye. Not saying that book was a classic of the ages but it was the first science fiction novel I ever read and it ope...