#Frustration and The Most Magnificent Thing— #FridayFiveChallenge from @rosieamber1

October 2, 2015

If at first you don’t succeed, try again. Then quit; there’s no use being a damn fool about it. –WC Fields …

Snails + Doctor Dolittle in the Moon—1929 #FridayFiveChallenge from @rosieamber1

September 25, 2015

Me: There’s a snail climbing the kitchen window. Visiting daughter: Mmmrg? [translation: I haven’t had any coffee yet. Can’t make …

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Tough Guide to Fantasyland #FridayFiveChallenge from @rosieamber1

September 18, 2015

Female Mercenary. This will be a companion on your Tour. She is usually tall, thin and wiry, silent, and neurotic. Sex scares her.

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#RBRT #Bookreview #Steampunk THE VIPER AND THE URCHIN

September 3, 2015

great characters are just three sliders away The usually entertaining and always brief team at Writing Excuses were playing around …

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You can take the girl out of the South, but… #BookReview of #gothic #fantasy ATONEMENT, TENNESSEE

July 30, 2015

She said she was glad I wasn’t a ‘real’ Yankee (I was), gave me her recipes for red beans and rice (yum) and homemade mayonnaise (WTF?), taught me how to smock (!) and told me to watch out for the Faculty Wives Club at the University (I did).

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Review of #YA #Fantasy #Quest THE BLACKWELL FAMILY SECRET, plus interview

May 21, 2015

I’ve never been a fan of blaming future generations for the sins of the fathers, but it’s a popular trope with certain gods, villains, and really pissed off ex-lovers.

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