News & reviews for the fiction lover in us all!
News & Reviews for the Self & Small Published Reader in all of us!
Steampunk: The Recipe - Readers and writers would have to be living under a rock (or perhaps a cog would be more appropriate) not to notice the rise of corsets, goggles and airships on bookshelves, both real and virtual. In fact, they seem to have invaded all kinds of genres; romance, erotica, YA, fantasy and science fiction.
There's this breeze that winds it's way through trees and porches,
sometimes you can see the grass moving in a baseball field,
as dresses billow,
you turn a corner and see newspapers
caught up in this ,
as they go floating down empty streets.
Curtains roll into living rooms,where the afternoon
is trying to find a sunny spot and lie down like a cat.
Just as with music, dance, painting or any other form of art goes, once the writer decides to put the quill to the parchment, they have taken the first step out onto the stage and into the spotlight. They take a deep breath as they walk out there, knowing full well that they are putting themselves....and a piece of their soul in full view for the world to see.
The 11th Commandment: Part 4 "The Pact: He'd not meant to reveal the truth. At least, not in so blunt a manner.
While chatting with author, HP Mallory one afternoon, she casually mentioned her “pixies”. Having read her books and not remembering a single place where those creatures were mentioned, I asked for clarification. She stopped, pointedly looked at me and said, “You mean you haven’t heard about the pixies?” Well...no, I hadn’t. Should I have? She laughed and promptly informed me that if not,
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