Dammit, I’m hooked like a wriggling fish. I swore off NCIS if Tony and Ziva didn’t get their act together (literally) at the beginning of Season 10. Yeah, they didn’t. But now it looks like they just might, half-way through the season. Give a woman a teeny glimpse of hope and she’ll last another quarter […]
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I think the reason why I write fiction is pretty much out there for public consumption on every site and URL where my bio and profile roams. The short version is George Lucas wrote Star Wars, Harrison Ford re-wrote one line in the love scene between Han Solo and Princess Leia, I got hooked by
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Henry Tudor died 466 years ago today, but because of all he achieved in his life, his influence lives on. Most people tend to remember Henry because of his six wives, his obesity, and the fact that he split the Roman Catholic church asunder and formed the Church of England just so he could marry
Henry VIII Lives On. Read More »
I’m ironically aware that as this post goes live, Australia Day in Australia is all over and done with, thanks to the International Date Line. But it’s Australia Day where I am, so I’m doing the salute, sans the tinny. ‘on yer, mate. ________________________
Australia Day – January 26 Read More »
New year, new day for mash posts. Goodies I’ve found from chatting, cruising and working lately: Interesting Sites Writing, Rants and Reviews Brand new review site — the paint is still wet, and there’s very little, content-wise, there yet. But if you like discovering new-to-everyone places, there you go. __ Free Books Need Love, Too
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Normally I would steer clear of something as touchy as abortion laws in a country other than my own, but a couple of small coincidences made it worth mentioning. 1) Today is the 40th anniversary of Roe v’s Wade. 2) While the pros and cons of the case are still hotly debated even today, one
Roe v’s Wade – 40th Anniversary. Read More »
So much for catching up on blog posts. There’s a nasty cold/flu/bug thing going around, and despite eating super-healthy and working out, I’m the only one in my office that seems to have caught the damned thing. I was so out of it today (day 3) that I dragged my sorry ass into work, thinking
I’m completely behind primarily because I finally got to see The Hobbit on Sunday. My daughter, Kate, and I went to the local cinema complex to check out Richard Armitage and Martin Freeman. I was a bit disappointed we didn’t get to see/hear Benedict Cumberbatch’s rolling baritone this installment, but one small surprise bonus for
My Life/Working Notes – The Hobbit + The Vistaria Affair Series Read More »
I’ve made a standing joke out of the fact that I don’t speak anything but English, but that I’m fluent in Australian, British, Canadian and American. It really isn’t a joke. As an author of genre fiction, I learned very early on – with my first manuscript, in fact – that I was expected to
American, British, Australian or Canadian, Eh? Read More »
Despite the blog playing dead for part of the year, it has been an interesting year, statistics-wise. I had just shy of 25,000 visitors over the year, with a total of just under 90,000 page views. The site is hovering around the 300,000 mark on Alexa, which isn’t too shabby at all for a fiction
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