Imagine strolling along a beach, hand in hand with your love, the salty breeze curling around you, the sun dipping low on the horizon. Romantic, right? Now, imagine bending down, picking up an old glass bottle, and discovering a 132-year-old message inside.
Have you ever watched a romance movie based on a book you loved only to leave the theater (or your couch) shouting, “What was THAT supposed to be?!” It’s a universal truth: Hollywood struggles to capture the magic of a romance novel. Instead of swooning, we’re rolling our eyes. Instead of rooting for the couple,
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In light of recent allegations against Neil Gaiman, I find myself grappling with the complex relationship between an author’s personal conduct and their creative work.
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Several months ago, on the Reader’s Hangout, there was a discussion about romances featuring older heroines. I ran a poll at the time, asking if readers would like to read romances that featured older women, as none of us is getting any younger. 
Here’s the results of that poll: I took the results seriously,
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Today in 1629, the Dutch tall ship Batavia was wrecked off the coast of Western Australia, not too far from where I grew up. The photo, above, shows a replica of the Batavia, which was built in the Netherlands and is currently on display in Geraldton, Western Australia…where I grew up. The survivors of the
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Since moving to Canada in 1996, I have been slowly replacing all the books I sold to finance moving here with ebook copies. Sometimes those copies have been slow to acquire because the books weren’t yet issued in ebook format. I’m very happy that traditional publishers are finally getting a clue and re-issuing their backlists
My, How Movies Have Changed! Read More »
What do you feel when you look at photos like this? What about when you’re on high balconies? Heights of any kind? Do you get the strange sensation that you could just…jump? Even if you’re not in the slightest suicidal? That sensation is so common, it has a name. The French call it l’appel du
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I’m currently suffering through the first cold I’ve had in years — and not doing it very gracefully, I might add. It is sapping my energy. So I thought I would post this longish article about paranormal talents — another of a huge group of guest posts on blogs that have evaporated in the meantime.
What Would You Do To Gain Your Own Psi Talent? Read More »
The “straight” science fiction genre (that is, the genre that has no romance and a dearth of deep characters and interesting relationships — as opposed to Science Fiction Romance, which has the best of both worlds), has had its share of critics and outspoken authors with strong opinions. Theodore Sturgeon was an outstanding SF writer,
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I was just interviewed by USA Today for their Happy Ever After blog. The interview comes out on June 30 (yes, I’ll remind you!). The interesting thing is that they wanted to talk to me about Faring Soul, book 1 of the Interspace Origins series. Why is that interesting? Well, for me, the writing and
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