I’ve got two pieces of news for you that, if you struggle to buy books, you might find very welcome. The first item is exciting even for me. I get a lot of emails from readers who have downloaded one of my free books, loved it to pieces, and would absolutely, in a heartbeat, buy […]
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Hi guys: I got a question from a reader this morning, and my answer was long (because anything historical automatically becomes complicated). If you’ve read the Once and Future Hearts series, you might also be interested in the answer, so here it is. I have a question: why was switching sword/knife hands during battle considered
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I’m sort-of in mourning at the moment. A few days ago, our provincial government announced mandatory pandemic measure that made it illegal for families to hold indoor gatherings, under penalty of pretty severe fines. Although the measures are “temporary” and will be revisited in three weeks’ time, the threat was made pretty clear: If COVID
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Skye McKinnon, SFR author, has coordinated with a dozen other authors (including me), and put together an advent calender of science fiction romance novels. I confess that I didn’t know what an advent calendar was until I was an adult. We didn’t get them in Australia, although I’m sure the global-village influence means you can
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I was reviewing old notebooks recently and came across this image, which I kept because at the time, it dropped my jaw to the ground. If you’re reading on a phone (which most of you do), then the image is going to be a bear to read, so here is the transcript of the text:
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FYI: Today is the one day of the year when carbs have zero calories, and chocolate morphs into the world’s best wonder drug. Indulge with abandon!
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It’s International Chocolate Day! I have a thing about chocolate. I have such a thing about chocolate that I have written it into my bio which appears inside every book I release. I am not the only romance writer who has a passion for chocolate. When the erotic romance publisher, Ellora’s Cave, was still in
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I seem to have an Australian theme running this week. I came across this graphic a while back, and snagged it to show you. The most common world map, the one we’re most familiar with, is the Mercator Projection map. The map is very bad at showing related sizes of continents–because that was not why
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I was not aware that Australian rules football was as old as that. It is the oldest of the world’s major football codes. The first AFL match was played in 1858 between Melbourne Grammar and Scotch College. The game was developed for adult players, with rules suited to the conditions. For example, smooth turf was
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This Year’s Met Red Carpet Looks The annual Met extravaganza is always worth a brow lift or two. I’m a bit behind this year. The night was back in May, but I only recently got to see some of the more outrageous outfits. I hesitate to call them “fashion”. They’re not even really haute couture.
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