Can you name the most expensive bauble in the world? If you said a Fabergé Easter Egg, you’re only half-way there. Which particular egg is the most expensive, ever? Did you know, nearly every egg ornament made by Peter Carl Fabergé has a name, and has a recorded history? Experts believe there may be as many as 69 […]
Last week I was interviewed by Ryan Pelton for his The Prolific Writer podcast. You can tell by the name alone that this is a podcast for writers, but even if you’re not a writer, you might still be interested in listening to it. The interview is nearly an hour long, and there is a lot
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The Met has opened up a digital archive of images of artwork and museum-quality pieces of history, giving them Creative Commons licenses, which means they can be copied and used freely. Just browsing through the collection is fascinating, because it’s not just pictures of pictures. The high quality images are snapshots of different places
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I kid you not. Being grabbed by little green men is of sufficient noteworthiness to have a day in honour of it. [link] It’s the day to watch some great alien abduction movies, like Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and Signs (so freaky!), and for the more serious take on the theme, my favourite: The Abyss.
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Wow, how time flies! Here we are, in the middle of March, and the last one of these I did was in December last year!! Anyway, recently we got around to watching the first season of Timeless, the new time travel series. Both Mark and I write time travel stories and are fascinated by them, so Timeless
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I don’t listen to podcasts very often, and therefore limit the shows I do listen to, or my podcast player would quickly explode. One of the more recent podcasts I have begun to listen to is Breaking the Glass Slipper. It’s a great subject. Here’s what they say on their About page: This podcast series
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I am thrilled to have Susan Grant visit here today, as part of the Science Fiction Romance month, celebrating the launch of Junkyard Heroes, which came out on Thursday. Susan is a New York Times bestselling author, a USA Today bestselling author and a RITA Award winner, too. She has been published by Dorchester, Berkley,
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I am so very pleased to have Anna Hackett visit here today, as part of the Science Fiction Romance month, celebrating the launch of Junkyard Heroes, which is released this week. I feel a kinship with Anna, as she is Australian, and also lives just north of where I grew up in Western Australia. I
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SFR author Cara Bristol runs on her blog a regular feature called “Backlist to the Future”, where she features older (more than six months) SFR titles. Today she is featuring my book, Faring Soul. You can find the post here. Plus, browse back for other titles that have been featured, too! ___________
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It’s a double whammy. I love chocolate, I write romances, and Valentine’s Day wraps up the two very neatly. So it’s hard to ignore the day even though many people chose to by-pass the fuss because it’s a “Hallmark” day. While I don’t rush out and send cards, handmake chocolates and wrap them in home-designed
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