Brenda Joyce’s SPLENDOR – Unique Romance Between a Russian Prince and an English Girl

Another well-written story from Joyce but with a few ingredients that make it unique, including a…

The ISFP, Pantser and Procrastinator

 I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by. Douglas Adams…

Why I welcome bad book reviews

An old friend of mine – I’ll call her Gloria to save her face – admitted…

“Fiction In A Flash Challenge” Week #14 NEW Image Prompt. @pursoot #IARTG #ASMSG #WritingCommunity.

Hi everyone! I hope you’ve had a good week. My muse jumped on this week’s picture…

What I Believe is Coming this Fall

  Allow me to share my heart with you before we get into the list of…

THIS IS GROWING OLD

I wrote a poem about Tinnitus a long time ago, twelve years in fact, you can…

Have you heard about pet flipping?

As you might have guessed – I love dogs and Florida! Apart from making wonderful companions,…

Get Tempted…

    The countdown is on! Only 4 days until the second book in The Sunshine…

How Spec Fiction Helped Me Earn My (Rainbow) Wings by Deanna Rasch

Hello, Fellow Readers and Writers of Speculative Fiction! Wendy and I were guests together on a…

Boneset and Feathers by Gwendolyn Kiste

You don’t know their fire is coming until it’s too late. That’s exactly the way the…

Immortal Wars: The Summoning Part 32 #fiction #throwback

(Previously on Immortal Wars.) (Again, we shall revel in my teenage originality.  Everyone groan in unison.)…

80s Movies

The other day I was thinking about movies and specifically, all the great movies that came…

StreetLib adds audiobook distribution deals plus comics channel

Worldwide digital book distributor StreetLib has signed a double deal with Scribd and Bibliotheca to widen…

Elaine Roberts. Top Author Of The Week.

My top author of the week this week is an incredible author and a wonderful lady,…

Writer’s Wednesday: An Interview with Wade Peterson

Wade and I connected recently and he has motivated me to resurrect Writer’s Wednesday here on…

Dawn Knox – one of the winners in the 2020 Waterloo Festival Writing Competition.

I’ve been very pleased to be involved in judging the Waterloo Festival Writing Competition   over the…

Working in two dimensions

The first set of edits went back last week and when you are waiting for the…

Do You Snapchat?

Have you seen all the cartoon looking photos of dogs flooding social media? This aww-inspiring craze…

When Empathy is Not Enough

At least once a week, maybe twice I cycle or walk Beach Drive in West Seattle.…

Expert Advice: How to Build an Accessible Education Website on WordPress.com

Learn the basics and best practices of building an accessible and inclusive website for your classroom,…

Writing tip: agent or no agent?

Writing tip Authors are divided about whether to work with an agent. Here are the bullet…

MY HEART WEEPS, #NewRelease and #Giveaway

I’m thrilled to welcome Author Pamela Thibodeaux with her new release, My Heart Weeps! Thank you…

And the Winner Is…

Thank you to everyone who participated in last week’s poll to choose the next read for…

Blackstone Towers: Blog Tour

Today I’m delighted to welcome the rather brilliant Dr Ashley Lister to my place. as part…

#COVID-19 The case of the missing proofreading

It’s bad enough that much of the media reporting and decisions by government leadership during the…