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Veronica Does A Men’s Magazine Quiz

Voracious reader here – I read all kinds of magazines, and as you know if you visit this blog often, I love to take the little quizzes and questionnaires I find. When I was reading the September 2015 issue ofMaxim (yes, the one with the fabulous photo of Idris Elba on the cover!), I was delighted to discover a quiz. It wasn’t Mr. Elba who answered the Maximquestions, but Stuart Vevers, Executive Creative Director of Coach.A select few of the questions and my answers:

Favorite Car: He picked L...

Peacocks for Wednesday Whimsy

Peacocks and their feathers were a big theme in Victorian trade (advertising) cards, so I thought I’d share some today! They are beautiful birds, even if they can be annoying to live near – very noisy!

She is a peacock in everything but beauty. Oscar Wilde

Some are jealous and fond of ornament, as the peacock.Aristotle

At twenty a man is a peacock, at thirty a lion, at forty a camel, at fifty a serpent, at sixty a dog, at seventy an ape, at eighty a nothing at all. Baltasar Gracian

“Dream to...

There Was No Hope 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’ve switched to an excerpt from a brand new novella set in my version of ancient Egypt, working titleHealer of the Nile, which is for a boxed set later this year.

Tadenhut, elder son of a noble house, has been gravely injured in a battle against Pharaoh’s enemies and brought...

Imagination for Wednesday Whimsy

I love these Victorian trade (advertising) cards with children at play, exercising their imaginations!

I doubt that the imagination can be suppressed. If you truly eradicated it in a child, he would grow up to be an eggplant. Ursula K. Le Guin

Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere. Albert Einstein

Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!Dr. Seuss

You can’t depend on your eyes when your imagination...

No Rush Just Routine 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!)

From my new, best selling science fiction romanceStar Cruise: Marooned. This is the last excerpt from the book I’ll be doing (but it’s only 99 cents, for another month LOL). I’m ready to share something else! I’ve jumped ahead, a lot has happened but basically Meg and Red hav...

Interviewing Michelle Lovretta Creator of Killjoys

I’m interviewing the creator and producer of the SyFy series “Killjoys” over at USA Today Happily Ever After, and that was a fangirl, geek moment for ME. Michelle Lovretta answers quite a few questions and provides much insight into the main characters of the program – the kickass heroine Dutch, and John and D’avin, the two brothers who form her team of bounty hunters. One loves her platonically and the other loves her unplatonically and the whole program is AMAZING. So please hop over and re...

It’s All Ancient History with Veronica Scott

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So pleased she enjoyed the book and I had fun with the questions! GHOST OF THE NILE

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Sweet mother of all things holy! Is it really almost the end of August? I promise you, The Saving is fast approaching. After that… I’ve got a trick or two up my sleeve ;) I guess you’ll just have to pay attention to the updates on my website.

In the meantime, I’m breaking out the big guns. I’ve got fellow FF&Per, Veronica Scott, to review her novel, GHOST OF THE...

Is Grandmother in the Right Boat? Victorian Ads for Wednesday Whimsy

One type of Victorian Trade (advertising) card I’m fascinated by, and could blow my budget on quite easily, is the die cut variety. These were made of sturdy, cardboard-like paper and shaped like real objects – horseshoes, shells and the like, and often very large. The cards I usually feature in this Wednesday column are more the size of business cards or small greeting cards, but some of the die cut can be extremely big.

I thought I’d share a few of my favorites today, and maybe more next we...

What About Him? 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!)

From my new, best selling science fiction romanceStar Cruise: Marooned.

I’ve skipped some things, including where their shuttle leaves without them. Red had to knock out the Primary guest to keep him from getting fried in the engine backwash.

“Can I get two volunteers to help...

Author Anna Kashina on Guild of the Assassins

I’m interviewing Anna Kashina today over at the USA Today Happily Ever After blog, about her award winning epic fantasy romance Guild of Assassins. The novel just received a double PRISM Award for “Best of the Best” and “Best Fantasy”. Her assassins have amazing martial arts skills, so here’s a question & answer about that aspect of the novels which we sadly didn’t have room to include at USAT/HEA.

Veronica: How do you go about ‘choreographing’ your amazing fight scenes?

Anna: As a child, I s...