The first book in my Sherlock Holmes series, Chronicles of the Lost Years, is free for the next three days. When Sherlock Holmes was at the peak of his success he disappeared, abruptly, for three years. Dr. Watson believed him to be dead. No one knows what happened to him in those years…until now. Watson […]
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The internationally adored “Peanuts” comic strip by Charles M. Schulz had its debut today, in 1950. It ran until 2000 (wow!) and now is syndicated and re-runs the world-over. I can’t put any “Peanuts” images here with the post as the copyright is strongly upheld, which is a pity, because there is one strip in
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Over the weekend I was hunting for inspiration for a character in the upcoming Blood Unleashed (Blood Stone III), and crawling through a lot of film star sites and image galleries looking for just the right face to build a character from. I tripped over a tribute page for Robert Redford and ended up spending
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Passenger trains are nearly two hundred years old. Today marks the 188 anniversary of the first passenger train in operation, in England, in 1825. Passenger trains, particularly the romantic steam train variety, have featured in much literature and the movies. I always think of the heroine stepping through a cloud of steam and appearing
Vampires have a tough row to hoe, really. The Unspoken Ones in my vampire romance series, Blood Stone, found it easier to withdraw from society and the world at large after a millenia or two of passing through history, rather than trying to adapt and change any more. Once they had withdrawn, they developed very
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Beth’s Acceptance is Book 1 of the Destiny’s Trinities series. And I can’t help it…I’m so in love with the covers for this series. Dar Albert, of Wicked Smart Designs, has done a simply awesome job — so much so, that I want to keep writing more books in the series just so I can
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We all love to love romance series, but if you’ve never formalized your expertise about series before, here’s a quick primer. Series can be stand alone or continual One of the great things about romance series is the variety. There are generally two different types of series; Standalone or Continual. Standalone series make it possible
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Good question. The answer varies wildly depending on who you’re reading…or watching. Arthur has been depicted in hundreds of books and movies, TV and more and it seems that each variation has endowed a different enemy upon the hapless Arthur. The variety and shape of his enemies runs the gamut from himself, family in-fighting, magical
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The New York Times newspaper was first published and has been continuously in print since September 18, 1851. That’s 162 years…not too shabby for a newspaper, especially in this age of Internet news. The NYT is the third largest newspaper in the United States, and in its 162 year history it has won 112 Pulitzer
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For the longest time, medieval historical periods have been the favourite playground for romance writers – lords and ladies, knights, kings and queens and all the derring-do and darling, don’t, along with some really frightening civil wars led by slightly crazy to downright deranged princes and military advisors. It’s the stuff of…oh, yeah. Books. Personally,
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