My dear friend, Josephine Templeton, has written a wonderful story about a young girl who grows up on a pirate ship, pretending to be a boy. I haven’t finished reading this yet, but so far it’s an engaging, unexpected story. Jesse gets herself into trouble and works hard to keep her identity a secret. The …
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Another 5 Star review on Amazon: Sword and Illusion is a must-read for fantasy book lovers. And even for those readers who don’t normally read them. This book was fantastic! I loved the characters, including the dragons, which I could easily picture from the detailed decriptions. I also liked that the main characters weren’t teenagers …
Opening quote: “So… I loved this book. Of course, I’m a sucker for epic fantasy to begin with, but I think that there are a lot of elements to this novel that make it a breath of fresh air for the usual fantasy reader.” The rest of the review (5 Cupcakes) can be found here: …
My first review on Amazon and it’s FIVE STAR! “In a fantastic world peopled with characters reminiscent of Tolkien, Hebert, and even at times World of Warcraft, both leads, Moonrazer, the Exalted Warrior and King Varian, ruler of Tellan, head lands that are on the brink of destruction.” Go here: Sword & Illusion Today is …
I’m very active on Facebook. In fact, I have my personal page, my author page, and a page for a small critique group I’m in. I also have lots of “friends” over there. Not so many that Facebook is asking me to cut back, but enough. My daughter insists that no one can know as …
I’ve been tagged! Amazing author Leah Sanders challenged me to: 1. Go to page 77 of my manuscript. 2. Go to line 7. 3. Copy the next 7 lines/paragraphs. 4. Tag 7 other writers to do the same. “We don’t know what kind of people these Sarl are.” Anthelme patted his horse and looked at …
Another week has gone by and I didn’t blog as extensively as I’d hoped. — I was up at Weight Watchers but down over the last four weeks, so I’m keeping on. I need to track more consistently and I considered how I would help myself. Visualization is one thing I’m working on, plus I …