This week’s Author Spotlight features Gloria Antypowich and her novel Full Circle. My Review One of the reasons I read is to travel, and another is to encounter events beyond my daily routine. In Full Circle, I was alternately shocked, surprised, upset, and cheerful. I also travelled to Canada and found out what life onContinue reading “#Author Spotlight Gloria Antypowich & #BookReview of her Novel ‘Full Circle’”
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A Story For #Halloween by Noelle Granger @RheBrewster
Source: A Story For Halloween? Crime writer and valued, virtual friend, Noelle Granger, has written a short and spooky Halloween story about a modern-day Sin Eater. I’m proud and honoured to inform you that she says I inspired her, because a 19th century Sin Eater appears in my own novels. It’s the least I couldContinue reading “A Story For #Halloween by Noelle Granger @RheBrewster”
Carrot Ranch #FlashFiction Challenge October 21: Final Resting Place
This post was written in response to Charli Mills Flash Fiction Challenge over at Carrot Ranch **** The Day of the Dead “Eve, You’ve been chosen to read the Sacred Words this year on the Day of the Dead.” “I don’t want to rest without you!” “If we take turns and rest for a year,Continue reading “Carrot Ranch #FlashFiction Challenge October 21: Final Resting Place”
#SoCS Oct 10/23 Beef and Rhubarb
This nonsense post was written in response to Linda G. Hill’s Stream of consciousness Saturday prompt Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “beef.” Use it any way you’d like. Enjoy! Beef and Rhubarb I’m afraid I’m not at all at comfortable with this weeks’ prompt. I’m a vegetarian, most of the time,Continue reading “#SoCS Oct 10/23 Beef and Rhubarb”
#BookBlitz & #Giveaway Phobic by #Author Cortney Pearson for Loving The Book
This post is part of the Loving the Book Book Blitz. Here’s the Blog Schedule to follow the tour on their Official Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/479010522258923/ Phobic by Cortney Pearson Fifteen-year-old Piper Crenshaw knows her house is strange. As if never needing repairs since 1875, or lights flickering in response to things she says,Continue reading “#BookBlitz & #Giveaway Phobic by #Author Cortney Pearson for Loving The Book”
#SoCS Oct 10/15 Procrastinating, Choosing, and Listing.
This post was written in response to Linda G. Hill’s Stream of Consciousness prompt: Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “ing.” The first word of your post must end in the letters “ing.” Extra points if the final word of the post does too. Enjoy! On this occasion, I was also prompted byContinue reading “#SoCS Oct 10/15 Procrastinating, Choosing, and Listing.”
#3lineThursday & #NationalPoetryDay ‘Drops of Light’
This post was written in response to the picture prompt at Three Line Thursday. It’s a simple and creative writing challenge: One picture. Your response. Three lines. Maximum thirty words. More information here DROPS A drop of your soul Gushed into my heart Flooding the world with our tide. **** National PoetryContinue reading “#3lineThursday & #NationalPoetryDay ‘Drops of Light’”
#IWSG Book Signing: My Tentative To Do List
This post was written in response to The Insecure Writers Support Group, which posts every first Wednesday of every month. **** I have attended book signings, but I’ve never really thought about the organization. I just turned up, enjoyed myself, chatted to the author, bought the book, had the book signed, and left. Now it’sContinue reading “#IWSG Book Signing: My Tentative To Do List”
Drama in #AllHallowsAtEyreHall #Giveaway Winners!
Last week, I asked readers to check out chapter one of All Hallows at Eyre Hall and tell me which they thought were the most dramatic lines. I offered two paperback copies in exchange for their insights. This is what they came up with: According to Dorothy Parker, who blogs at yadadarcyyada Vague Meanderings ofContinue reading “Drama in #AllHallowsAtEyreHall #Giveaway Winners!”
#BookReview ‘Those Children Are Ours’ by David Burnett
This Book Review and Author Spotlight is part of a Blog Tour of Those Children Are Ours by David Burnett, organised by Brook Cottage Books. Blurb: Those Children Are Ours Jennie Bateman screamed at her daughters, cursed at her husband, packed a bag, and walked away. Twelve years later, she petitions the family court forContinue reading “#BookReview ‘Those Children Are Ours’ by David Burnett”
Rereading Jane Eyre 