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Where Am I? Weekend Writing Warriors

I hope your holiday season has been full of good times, family, peaceful moments and happiness! Best wishes for a very Happy New Year ahead!

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!)

Continuing with science fiction romance today. Here’s an excerpt from Lady of the Star Wind, anepic portal fantasy, which is undergoing...

Dogs of the Christmas Village

Since I did a post last week with our cat ornaments and holiday figurines, I figured I should give the dogs equal time this week. We’re pretty much a cat family – nothing against dogs! We just never adopted any. I only had two dogs as a child – Teddy, who loved to chase cars, so we won’t say any more about him – and Sara, who was wonderful but when we moved from upstate NY to Alabama we had to leave her behind. We gave her to the son of one of our neighbors (I had a HUGE crush on him!) and fr...

We Missed You 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!)

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: Outbreaksometime early next year.

Sandy and Mark have been transported to an unkn...

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...