This is another long post that ran in conjunction with the release of Bannockburn Binding (the individual book, not the series boxed set that was released a few weeks ago!). The blog where it appeared has long gone. (Yet I’m still here. There’s a sobering thought.) I’m preserving the post here, instead. — t. I’ve been […]
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Back in March I ran a post about the horrifying episode of Planet Earth II that ran on the BBC, showing recer snakes gobbling up baby iguanas as they rushed for the beach. I thought that one was bad enough. Since then, I have tripped across another island. This one is called Ilha da Queimada
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It’s a murky picture, because the men in the photo are actually throwing their spears at the picture-taker…and they’re not actors. This is North Sentinal Island, a remote island in the Bay of Bengal off India. The residents of the island live a completely isolated hunter-gatherer lifestyle and have done so for what an
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It’s a pretty ordinary looking photo. The average teenager with a cellphone could frame a better shot of a sunset. You have to let it sink in a bit to really understand how awesome this photo is. Why? Because: It was taken by a robot. It is a photo of the sun setting on a different
Another anniversary date I didn’t want to omit acknowledging. Western Australia Day was called Foundation Day when I was a kid, and we always had special assemblies on the day. The name was changed to Western Australian day in the 1990s, after I left Australia, as the old name had come to be considered insensitive
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I came across a post on Bored Panda recently, and within it, they were raving about Lake Hillier – the pink lake. The pictures are pretty amazing. I was kinda jazzed, because Lake Hillier is in Western Australia, my home turf. In fact, it’s just off the coast of Esperance, which is along the bottom of
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The wisteria tunnels of Japan actually look like the perfect place for the I-Love-You scene of just about any romance. The only problem is, I can’t think of how to get the loving couple in such a tunnel in the first place. It would have to be awfully contrived, because most often, both the hero and
It’s the scale of this image that blows my mind. Those are crystals, the largest in the world. This is not SF. It’s the Naica mine in Chihuahua, Mexico. The mine supplies lead, zinc and silver and these gigantic crystals are something the geology has thrown up, a result of hydrothermal fluids emanating from the magma chambers below. The crystal cavern
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As a rule, I prefer to do a general, normal post in between posts about my books, but lately, there’s just been way too much news to share. So, another announcement, today. Ningaloo Nights is a novella length romantic suspense set in Ningaloo, Western Australia. Generally, only Australians and travellers who have been to parts
Now out in print! Super hot Romantic Suspense. Read More »
Image credits: Adas Meliauskas Depending on where you are in the world, we’re coming into Cherry Blossom season in a few weeks, which is generally around April in the northern hemisphere, but earlier in warmer climates. Cherry blossoms are associated strongly with Japan, but the trees grow everywhere. This astonishing cherry blossom canopy (above)
Coming to a scene near you, very soon. Read More »