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April Fools For Love Event and Giveaway

Welcome to the April Fools For Love event! Here’s the link to the Main Page where you can enter to win the Event Prizes via Rafflecopter: http://www.sfrstation.com/april-fools-for-love-event/ You’ll also find links to all the other participating authors on the main page.

I’m giving away two $25.00 Amazon gift cards from my blog, which I’ll award to two randomly selected commenters. The question is “What’s the most foolish thing you ever did for love?”

Giveaway runs from April 1 through April...

Globes of Amarkana Weekend Writing Warriors

Heres the link to theWeekend Writing Warriorscentral page, so you can visit all the participants sharing excerpts todayA fun way to sample new books and find new writers!

Were onto a new story of mine, a WIP that still needs a lot of work. Mark, an ex-Special Forces soldier in the Sectors, has been hired by the Outlier Empress to rescue a kidnap victim whos been taken to the border planet Freemarket, where anythinggoes and the authorities are usually hands off. Kind of like Las Vegashes broke...

Veronica Does A Magazine Quiz!

So in the March 30, 2015 issue ofUS Magazine, they did an article entitled “Madonna 25 Things You Don’t Know About Me.” While not exactly a quiz, as I read it, I found myself answering her points, which says to me I should totally write it up for a blog post. The article became a quiz! I won’t do all twenty five things though, since I’m not an international music star. Not likely to be either LOL!

Favorite All Time Madonna Song:I like the rhythm of “La Isla Bonita” but I’m partial to the feel...

Spring Flower People for Wednesday Whimsy

Since we’re in Spring now, I’ll share some Victorian trade cards with flower people and people dressed as flowers….iris are my favorite flowers (well, along with roses) and I fell in love with these two Iris Knights to the left. To the right is a photo I took on my morning walk the other day.

I also love pussy willows (or “catkins”), which my mother and I used to gather for bouquets when we lived in upstate New York. Here’s a stanza from a particularly apt poem:

I sometimes think the Pussy-W...

Ones Who Can Choose Weekend Writing Warriors

Heres the link to theWeekend Writing Warriorscentral page, so you can visit all the participants sharing excerpts todayA fun way to sample new books and find new writers!

Were onto a new story of mine, a WIP that still needs a lot of work. Mark, an ex-Special Forces soldier in the Sectors, has been hired by the Outlier Empress to rescue a kidnap victim whos been taken to the border planet Freemarket, where anythinggoes and the authorities are usually hands off. Kind of like Las Vegashes broke...

Guest Author Cara Bristol Goddess’s Curse and Amazons

My guest is the wonderful Cara Bristol, author of the science fiction romance series Breeder, the erotic Rod and Cane Series and now beginning a new series with her new book Goddess Curse. Caras talking about Amazons today, followed by an excerpt from her new novel, so lets get right into her post:

Cara:

No one knows if mythological Amazon women really existed, but the myth is an intriguing and powerful one for women. Throughout history, the weaker sex has been dependent upon men for support...

Opportunity To Do What? Weekend Writing Warriors

Heres the link to theWeekend Writing Warriorscentral page, so you can visit all the participants sharing excerpts todayA fun way to sample new books and find new writers!

Were onto a new story of mine, a WIP that still needs a lot of work. Mark, an ex-Special Forces soldier in the Sectors, has been hired by the Outlier Empress to rescue a kidnap victim whos been taken to the border planet Freemarket, where anythinggoes and the authorities are usually hands off. Kind of like Las Vegashes broke...

Nellie Bly Intrepid Women in Victorian Ads Wednesday Whimsy

I’ve been saving up a set of Victorian trade cards I think of as “Intrepid Women”. Actually, some of them remind me quite forcibly of ��Amelia Peabody, the heroine in the wonderful Elizabeth Peters’ series about a Victorian archaeologist who’s a force of nature and has the most wonderful adventures…I highly recommend the entire series (but of course I love anything that touches on ancient Egypt, archaeology, mystery, romance…)….ok, enough digressing!

At any rate, there seems to have been an en...

Keeper of the Globes 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 writers!

We���re onto a new story of mine, a WIP that still needs a lot of work. Mark, an ex-Special Forces soldier in the Sectors, has been hired by the Outlier Empress to rescue a kidnap victim who���s been taken to the border planet Freemarket, where anything��goes and the authorities are usually hands off. Kind of like L...

Where Are The Crew? SFR Brigade Showcase

On the first weekend of every month, the SFR Brigade Showcase is a chance for the authors to showcase excerpts from their latest releases, snippets from a work-in-progress, a new cover for their book or just have fun. Here���s the link for the Showcase hub, so you can find all the offerings!

Wreck of the Nebula Dream, my “Titanic in space” scifi novel, recently got an overall favorable review from the Dear Author site, which was wonderful, so I’ll excerpt a bit of the book for this month’s sho...