My son Ty thinks that because he is Santa Claus it also means he is the King of the North Pole due to the elves telling him the North Pole is his kingdom. Ty now believes he is both Santa Claus and a king. His new thinking caused a bit of a funny thing to [CONTINUE READING]
I pondered what to write when invited to be a guest blogger on Farrahs’ site. After deliberation it became apparent the logical answer…why not Karma? So what is Karma? We seem to use the word as a fear tactic insuring our goodwill toward others. Karma simply means – action. The definition in Hinduism/Buddhism: action, seen [CONTINUE READING]
Nov 172010
Attention Deficit Disorder isn’t all that bad, especially if it is “manageable”. A few years ago, my editor said that I suffered from “manageable Attention Deficit Disorder”. Since she holds a degree in being a mind doctor and her husband is a leading child mind doctor; I thought I better pay attention. At first, I [CONTINUE READING]
Nov 042010
Lately, a lot of interviewers have been asking me to lend some advice to newbie writers, especially young people just starting out. So I decided to offer some of that advice here on the The Book Faery Reviews. For better or worse, here it is: Stay in school. No writer who has to work three [CONTINUE READING]
Everyone has a story to tell. There is little doubt about it. Over the course of the day, I have different friends and others pitching me story ideas. Why do they do it? Because it is a tale they want to read. For some, I will take the time to write a short story that [CONTINUE READING]
Apr 112010
Happy Sunday to you all!! It’s a BEAUTIFUL sunny Sunday here in Raleigh, North Carolina and if it weren’t for all the pollen still in my backyard I’d lay out a blanket to bask in the sun with my current personal fun read (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith). How [CONTINUE READING]
TITLE: Letter to My Daughter AUTHOR: George Bishop PUBLISHER: Ballantine Books PUBLICATION DATE: February 16, 2010 PAGES: 160 pages GENRE: Fiction Dear Elizabeth, It’s early morning and I’m sitting here wondering where you are, hoping you’re all right. A fight, ended by a slap, sends Elizabeth out the door of her Baton Rouge home on [CONTINUE READING]
Lynda McDaniel shares tools and techniques she developed over her long career as a writer and business writing coach. As you work through Words @ Work, you’ll learn how to: Overcome fear of writing. Break through writer’s block so you can jumpstart your writing—and your results. Fear confuses us. It makes us procrastinate—the biggest time-bandit [CONTINUE READING]
FROM THE AUTHOR…Thanks for asking me to the blog, and by the way, I love the spelling of faery! I’ve always liked reading fantasy of all kinds, I love reading about worlds which are different from our own. Sometimes the worlds are in the past and sometimes they’re in a completely different kind of universe [CONTINUE READING]
When twenty-five-year-old Mary Stuart learns she inherited a farm from her recently murdered grandparents — grand-parents her father claimed had died before she was born — she becomes obsessed with finding out who they were and why someone wanted them dead. AUTHOR GUEST POST…Snow White and the Seven Old Fogies. Well, sort of. Mary Stuart, [CONTINUE READING]
Oct 182009
Seriously this month is just flying by and we’re definitely falling into the true Autumn spirit with Mother Nature whispering to us within the chilly winds. Leaves are turning, days are seeming to get shorter (sleep is finally coming sooner for the kids), crock pot and soup recipes are on my brain, and darker novels [CONTINUE READING]
Keep the heart in Heart Lake. That’s exactly what three small-town shop owners hope to do when they launch their crazy-ambitious “Have a Heart” campaign—asking neighbors to commit one random act of kindness every day. Emma, Sarah, and Jamie love their lakeside community, but the little town is growing too big too fast, and a [CONTINUE READING]
Oct 062009
AUTHOR GUEST POST…The World’s First Superheroes He was as large and strong as the Incredible Hulk. He was as handsome as Superman. He was as savage as Wolverine. He was Gilgamesh: Warrior, hero, tyrant, king, one-third-god, and the world’s first superhero. The “Epic of Gilgamesh” as we know it today was written down—to be accurate, [CONTINUE READING]
Oct 042009
You know what I enjoy about Sunday’s? It’s a day I choose to be lazy and do things that satisfy me which often entails lounging around the house with a book of my choice, playing games, or watching movies. Yep, I look forward to Sundays. Other than my Sunday Salon, I try to avoid any [CONTINUE READING]
Sep 282009
Alexander Mitchell Raceworth, the dashing fourth Marquis of Raceworth, is shocked when the alluring young Duchess of Brookfield accuses him of stealing priceless pearls belonging to her family. Susannah Brookfield is the most beautiful, enchanting woman he has ever met, but despite his attraction, he’s not about to hand over the pearls. Though suspicion and [CONTINUE READING]
