So you may have wondered about the abrupt and echoing silence that has been my major form of communication for a while. Chirping crickets have been louder, I know. There are generally two reasons that bloggers go silent — either they’ve suddenly discovered that blogging is really hard and they lose interest in it. Posts […]
We read so many romance novels featuring heroes who sacrifice enormously to win and keep the heart of the woman they love. We thrill to the idea of a man giving his all for love but we know that it’s just a novel and, in real life, love isn’t quite like that. Relationships are more
Real Love Moves More Than Mountains Read More »
Both Blood Knot and Fatal Wild Child have popped up on the virtual bookshelves at Kobo.com in the last little while. If you’re a Kobo fan, or a Canadian, you can shop to your preferences, or locally. I’ve put links for both book on their respective pages, but here they are for you now. Blood
Interesting but useless fact. Today, 39 years ago, the FBI allowed the first female agents into their ranks, in 1972. I thought that was surprising late in the equality drive, which was already talking about career supression for women (which later became known as the “glass ceiling”), so I thought I’d do a comparison of
FBI Equality…39 years ago today. Read More »
I’m having a wild fling with Castle at the moment, so it’s natural that my mind instantly turns to this pulse pause moment I saw in a Season 3. I spoke about my temporary love affair with the show recently. I can’t explain the photo or the moment without laying down minor spoilers for the
Pulse Pause Moments – Castle & Beckett Read More »
If you’re subscribed to my newsletter, you already know that my writing and publishing schedule has taken a short detour. Blood Knot has suddenly become hugely popular. Last week it was #262 on Amazon’s Most Popular Vampire Romance chart. As I write this post it has moved up to #257. Considering that Amazon have 3,175
Working Notes – July 4. Blood Knot II Read More »
I finally got a new cellphone. Deep sigh of relief. It’s an Android phone — the new Samsung HD 4G Galaxy S. I chose it very deliberately for the width of the screen. I shopped for a cellphone/reader. The very first thing I did, once I had figured out what all the buttons did, was
What I’m Reading – July 2 Read More »
For anyone reading this who is located north of the 48th parallel in North America, have a great Canada Day! I hope you have great weather where you are, and are enjoying a well deserved day off. I’m not, alas. I get to slug coffee for the late shift, all weekend, so spare a thought
Gone With The Wind, a romance movie staple, is 74 years old today. How long since you watched it and sighed over the dresses and Scarlett’s pertness? Actually, I love the movie for the dresses and I love reading the book for the sheer detail and fascination of watching Rhett Butler dash himself to pieces
GONE WITH THE WIND is 74 Today Read More »
Vampire Powers – Holy Objects, Garlic Continuing the Vampire Powers series. Today I’m looking at something that’s really more of a “negative power” — a weakness. Originally, vampires in the old penny-dreadful movies could be repelled by holy objects — crucifixes, holy water, a bible. They would reel away in horror, their arms up to
Vampire Powers – Holy Objects, Garlic Read More »