My Top 12 Paranormal/Fantasy TV Series Ever (for now) This is a purely personal list – I haven’t watched every show out there (time!!!), and none of these are reality shows or documentaries. (Story Rules!) But these are ones I’ve loved and adored. They’re not in any particular order. Being Human (UK) Being Human was […]
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As most of my characters are vampires, sweet indulgences are not something they get to enjoy, although Nial, one of the heroes in Blood Knot, attempted it with severe consequences in that book. Which neatly reminded me of Garrett’s downfall in Blood Stone. Garrett, one of the heroes of Blood Stone, for some complicated reasons
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Please take note of the date of this post! If you’re reading this somewhere in the future, the book is probably no longer available for free and I don’t want you to be disappointed. Check the date line! 🙂 _____________ Blood Knot is my #1 vampire romance best seller. – It was the Winner of
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Finding time to read doesn’t sound like it should be a major issue. You read when you get time, right? It’s supposed to be a pleasureable past time, so you’ll do it when you can and enjoy the moments. But if you’ve got a huge backlog of books you want to read (or worse, sitting
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Moving parts in rubbing contact require lubrication to avoid excessive wear. Honorifics and formal politeness provide lubrication where people rub together. Often the very young, the untraveled, the naive, the unsophisticated deplore these formalities as “empty,” “meaningless,” or “dishonest,” and scorn to use them. No matter how “pure” their motives, they thereby throw sand into
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I usually have a dozen books on the go, flipping between fiction and non-fiction and yet more non-fiction on other readers. In the last week that has come to a grinding halt, surprising the crap out of mildly-OCD me. What happened? Two things. Number one I bought a Brian Tracy book on Amazon, who offered
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Please take note of the date of this post! If you’re reading this somewhere in the future, the book is probably no longer available for free and I don’t want you to be disappointed. Check the date line! 🙂 _____________ Red Leopard is the first book in the MF erotic romantic suspense thriller series, The
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…and do you really care? That’s a question I’ve been mulling over the last week or so. I read an article in a fiction-writing how-to book a while ago, and they emphasized the need for specificity when writing descriptions. The example they used was The trees were green. They suggested that a better way to
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I love and adore Lord of the Rings, but Tolkien has a lot to answer for. I’m currently writing my own fantasy and like Tolkien, I’m building upon Norse mythology for my story world. Tolkien pulled heavily from The Poetic Edda and The Prose Edda, two books written in the thirteenth century by Snorri Sturluson.
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It seems like the site host that is currently hosting my site is feeling kindly – I haven’t been suspended yet. But I’ve also been a good little blogger, not using any plug-ins beyond the most rudimentary functionality. No bells or whistles. So for now, the blog posts are rolling on. It’s nice that something
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