It’s good to be back with Tuesday Tales, after the stress and aftermath of Hurricane Irma. Tuesday Tales is a weekly blog featuring diverse authors who post excerpts from their works in progress based on word and picture prompts. We’re a book hungry troop that enjoys reading as much as you do. Today our word… Continue reading Tuesday Tales: Writing Crush
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Fae Friday: Spenser’s Belphoebe
What is more wondrous and expressive of spring’s energetic regeneration than a lovely verse and exquisite painting? Her name means Beautiful Moon. But to this fair Belphoebe in her Birth The Heavens so favourable were and free, Looking with mild Aspect upon the Earth, In th’ Horoscope of her Nativity, That all the Gifts of… Continue reading Fae Friday: Spenser’s Belphoebe
Mythic Monday: Dancing Fairies
When my son was little and I drove him to school, we always commented on the “foggy mist” appearing out in the meadow on damp autumn mornings. We knew that’s where fairies had been dancing all night. How wonderful to contemplate the little people and their musical merriment. Evidence of dancing sprites also appears in… Continue reading Mythic Monday: Dancing Fairies
Mythic Monday: Why You Need Pillywiggins
Pillywiggins Spring fever has struck hard this year. Half the folks I know are currently digging in their gardens or sprucing up their lawnscape. Everyone’s goal is to add vibrant colors and pleasurable scents to their outside space. It’s good feng shui, and it’s good for the soul. Maybe you have a green thumb as… Continue reading Mythic Monday: Why You Need Pillywiggins
Tuesday Tales: Writing Beat
Tuesday Tales is a weekly blog featuring diverse authors who post excerpts from their WIPs based on word and picture prompts. Our prompt today is beat. The snippet is from a paranormal romance currently being reworked and featuring the goddess Epona, as she is preparing for a lover’s tryst. Please visit the other fabulous authors… Continue reading Tuesday Tales: Writing Beat
Tuesday Tales: #Writing Box by Flossie Benton Rogers
“She walks in beauty like the night.” Lord Byron Tuesday Tales is a weekly blog featuring diverse authors who post excerpts from their WIPs based on word and picture prompts. Our prompt today is box. The snippet is from a paranormal romance currently being reworked and featuring the goddess Epona, who has been injured and… Continue reading Tuesday Tales: #Writing Box by Flossie Benton Rogers
Tuesday Tales: Writing Grim by Flossie Benton Rogers
“Then stealing with the muffled oar, Far shaded by the rocky shore, Rush the night-prowlers on the prey.” from The Giaour, Lord Byron Tuesday Tales is a weekly blog featuring diverse authors who post excerpts from their WIPs based on word and picture prompts. Our word prompt today is grim, and the snippet is from… Continue reading Tuesday Tales: Writing Grim by Flossie Benton Rogers
Mythic Monday: Salamander Fae by Flossie Benton Rogers
In magic and fairy lore, salamanders are elemental fire spirits that are named after the lizard like amphibians called salamanders. In fact their appearance is identical to the amphibians. Only a person with second sight or heightened sensitivity or who is trained in the magical arts can distinguish the elementals from their biological counterparts. Salamanders… Continue reading Mythic Monday: Salamander Fae by Flossie Benton Rogers
Tuesday Tales: Lucien Silver 3-17-2015 by Flossie Benton Rogers
Tuesday Tales is a weekly blog featuring diverse authors who post excerpts from their WIPs based on word and picture prompts. Today’s prompt is random. The resulting snippet is based on supporting characters from a previous story. Please visit the other fabulous authors at Tuesday Tales. Her scent ribboned around him, sliding over his skin… Continue reading Tuesday Tales: Lucien Silver 3-17-2015 by Flossie Benton Rogers
Mythic Monday: Spriggans by Flossie Benton Rogers
Playing with notions about fairies and other supernatural beings is one of the pleasures of writing paranormal fantasy romance. Like people, fairies come in a wide variety of types, shapes, sizes, and temperaments. Some are beneficial, others malevolent. Some seek human contact, while others prefer their own company. Some fairies would be delightful to have… Continue reading Mythic Monday: Spriggans by Flossie Benton Rogers