“Disposing” of Metallic Sodium

Metallic Sodium There’s a video on YouTube of Army engineers “disposing” of metallic sodium by dropping…

Thursday – A Little Personal – Lucy and Twiggy are Back Where They Belong

  “Hey, Little One,” what’s up?” “I’m just thinking how nice it is to be back…

Meet SciFi Author Elaine Isaak and Read About Her New (Released Tuesday) YA Title A WRECK OF DRAGONS

  Meet Elaine Elaine writes knowledge inspired adventure fiction including The Dark Apostle series about medieval surgery as…

Sally Malcolm’s THE LEGEND OF THE GYPSY HAWK – Pirate Saga with a Compelling Hero and an Exotic Locale

Originally published in 2012 as BEYOND THE FAR HORIZON (the Historical Note at the end presumes…

Variety Slaying One-Trick Wonders

I recently read this article from a writer who lamented the common advice that writers should…

Whether Weather?

  Spring is one the way.  I’m a bit late today. Spent most of yesterday with…

Time Sensitive! 8th of Feb only! Fill your eReader! #fantasyromance #pnrromance #monsterromance #freeebook

  Fill your eReader! For one day only  – 8th of Feb – you can grab…

Lovely NetGalley reviews for #AnItalianIslandSummer @AvonBooksUK @BlakeFriedmann

It’s always nerve-racking when the first NetGalley reviews appear for a book so I’m thrilled that…

New Releases in #SciFi Fantasy and Paranormal Romance for FEB 8

I have not read most of the new releases listed (although I always end up one-clicking…

How Much Did Mr. Darcy Pay Wickham?

Gifting a Dowry Jane Austen fans will remember the scene in Pride and Prejudice where Mr.…

Fiction writers should NOT be afraid of A.I. ChatGPT’s impressive writing skills. Readers haven’t turned into robots. Yet. (At least not until The Singularity)

pic by DALL-E 2 Open AI Intelligence of the human kind tells us that writing and…

AN INTERVIEW WITH HISTORICAL MYSTERY AUTHOR FRANCES McNAMARA

Frances Glessner Lee working on one of her nutshell studies Today we sit down for a…

How I Used Generative AI Tools For My Short Story, With A Demon’s Eye

I’ve been playing with aspects of generative AI for a few years now, but for this…

Sneak Peek Excerpt of THE DEAD CANNOT HIDE by JL Buck

As The Dead Cannot Hide (Viscount Ware Mystery #2) releases next Tuesday, February 14, I decided…

If You’re a Kindle Unlimited Subscriber, What Could Be Better than a Book on KU?

How about box sets on Kindle Unlimited! Check out this collection of Fantasy and Sci-Fi box…

What If Everyone Did the Bare Minimum?

What would happen if everyone did the bare minimum? Essentially, you wouldn’t have to work hard,…

Understanding the Sci-fi Romance Book Genre?

Understanding the Sci-fi Romance Book Genre? Interested in reading Sci-fi romance books, but you’re not sure…

A Thrill Ride Wrapped Up in a Heartwarming Love Story by Karen Randau

A Thrill Ride Wrapped Up in a Heartwarming Love Story By Karen Randau If you like…

3-Minute Mystery #1 (Can YOU Guess Whodunnit?)

Think you can out-sleuth me? This year, I’m offering my dedicated email subscribers a free quick…

TuesdayTips134

That’s Out Of Order! Beginning At The End. Today’s #TuesdayTip will be looking at the advantages…

Last Chance! 48 Hours Left…and One Final Surprise

There’s only 48 hours left before my Kickstarter disappears. 48 hours left before the large print…

BLINK and the 1980s

When I go back and re-read portions of Blink, my memoirish (I admit it!) gay love…

Sunset Sail

I wanted to try a digital drawing with multi layers of different shades and found a…

JUST RELEASED TODAY! Detective Katie Scott and K9 Cisco Are Back in THE ROSE GIRLS

It’s so exciting that book #9 has been released–The Rose Girls. I had quite a lot…

#MusicMonday: Music to Inspire

Music Monday is a post about a song that inspired me while I wrote. Today’s song…