Review: Revelation by Lauren Dane

The Particulars:  Paranormal Romance,  Samhain Publishing, available in print and as e-book The Source: Purchased at Books on Board The Grade: B- The Blurb: He has the one thing she never thought she deserved. A place to belong…At long last, Kendra Kellogg has found her sister—but she’s no closer to filling the gaps in her […]

3 Women SF/Fantasy writers to read

Yesterday, Kari Sperring  started the hashtag #womentoread on Twitter. Today, she is asking bloggers to write about a woman writer they love.  One? One? *mutters*    I think I’ll pick 3, instead. Lazette Gifford: Lazette Gifford is small press and self published, but I really like her books. Her fantasy novels are well written, but […]

ARC Review: Diana’s Hound by Moira Rogers

The Particulars: Steampunk romance, Samhain, available as e-book The Source: ARC from the author The Grade: C+ The blurb: Nate Powell lived one full life as a world-class inventor before a disaster born of magic and science returned him to his prime—and turned him into a half-vampire, half-bloodhound abomination. He’s finally stopped yearning for death, […]

5 fantasy novels I would love to read

I think everyone have books that they are would love to read, even if they know that the chance is slim, if not non-existant. * More Borderlands novels. I love Lorna Freeman’s Borderland novels, and I am impatiently waiting for the fourth book. And I think I’ll have to wait a long time for it, […]

RT Expo going virtual ( May 2)

I squeed when I read this on RT’s webpage. One  day, I am going to Expo, probably 2020, or there abouts. But I am really excited about this opportunity :). From RT’s webpage: FOR THOSE WHO *CANNOT* ATTEND THE EXPO IN PERSONMark Your Calendar for the RT EXPO on May 2  from 4 to 6pm […]

Random food related curiosa

  * If you write European set Epic fantasy, it is more likely that the food your heroes eat is flavored using herbs rather than spices, since spices were expensive, and had to be imported. * In Sweden,  mushrooms were viewed to be cattle food, until the 20th century.  Which meant that they did not […]

Friday Bargain: Sinfully Sweet only

 I am feeling lazy today, so I just have one deal for you. But it is a good one.   Sinfully Sweet is a bundle with 6 novels, and it is for sale for 0.99 at Amazon and BN. I cannot find it at Kobo. Which is a shame, since I would love to read it. […]

The Source of Magic by Cate Rowan

 The Particulars:  Fantasy Romance,  indie, avaialble as e-book and in print  The Source: Allromance The Grade: B- The Blurb: When a gorgeous man clasps Jilian Stewart to his chest and yanks her from Scotland into a magical battle, she thinks it must be another of her bizarre dreams. Plagued by unnerving visions of this man, […]

An Writing update

The writing is chugging along pretty nicely. Or well my Scrivener trial expired, so  right now I am revising the Brownie Liason.  🙂 So far I have edited 10 of 64 pages. So, progress! I am aiming at getting 5 pages edited per day, so this draft should take me a couple of weeks to […]