Apparently St. Patrick's Day is near ...
Speak of the Devil: Beware The Drunken Leprechaun: Some links before I get started today. Norma had a profile on Carole Morden at her blog. Cheryl had eye issues. Shelly had one of the h...
Mapes, Eckhart, Books, and History
Many thanks
to Mike Mapes, who took Emily and me on a tour of the Eckhart Public Library
and Willennar Genealogy Center in Auburn. We stopped by to drop off the many
historical photos we borrowed from him for the “Images of America: Albion and Noble County” project. I love being
in libraries anyway, and I love history, and I’m also a fan of architecture, so
it was a great afternoon … and we met some great people!
This painting,
badly taken with my cell phone, is “The Battle of Fair Oaks, Virginia”, by
Robert Grafton, which Charles Eckhart donated to the library. Eckhart was a
member of Company A, 104th Pennsylvania volunteers, during the Civil
War. After being discharged for health reasons he became a carriage maker and
eventually donated toward Auburn’s library, YMCA, and park, among other things.
Maria McKenzie: How Much Sex is Too Much Sex in a Romance Novel?
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Three Hoodies Save The World: I Killed my computer
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dmyates Believe in Yourself: Libro Agonia The Book of Pain by Author Roger Lawr...
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Fifty Authors from Fifty States: Georgia Always On My Mind By New York Times Bests...
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Space Opera, Humor, and Headaches
My sinus headache seems to be morphing
into a rare migraine, so just a quick update: I’ve finished the third draft of
my space opera story (working title Beowulf:
In Harm’s Way), and Emily’s about half finished checking the first Slightly Off the Mark book, which we’re
hoping to have out in April.
The space opera story is only about
55,500 words, and the humor book around 40,000. I think shorter is better with
non-fiction humor, but what do you think of that length for science fiction? My
novels tend to be short (and my short stories tend to run long!)
Fifty Authors from Fifty States: Wild and Beautiful Rural Florida by Lesley A. Dieh...
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More Stormy Reviews
I’m still playing catch up, but I wanted to point out
that so far this year “Storm Chaser”
has received two new reviews:
Remember, whenever you review one of my works, a book
fairy gets its wings. Nothing is quite so depressing as a wingless book fairy.
Speak of the Devil: The Final Frontier: Farewell To A Legend
“I think it’s my adventure, my trip, my journey, and I guess
my attitude is, let the chips fall where they may.” ~ Leonard Nimoy
my attitude is, let the chips fall where they may.” ~ Leonard Nimoy
Speak of the Devil: The Final Frontier: Farewell To A Legend: Some links before getting underway today. Norma wrote about her mind wandering. Yesterday having had been a Friday, Parsnip had a Squar...
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