Donna Wright of The Hummingbird Place internet radio show interviews me. Come over and see what I reveal about the Wytchfae heroes. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/hummingbirdplace/2014/02/04/paranormal-romances
Author: Flossie Benton Rogers
Paranormal romance author who loves to shake the edges of reality.
Mythic Monday: Brighid, Bears, and Groundhogs
MYTHIC MONDAY: BRIGHID, BEARS, AND GROUNDHOGS How soon can we pack away our winter coats and blankets and not worry about remembering to let the faucet drip or the specter of busted pipes? After a long, dark, icy January, it’s natural to wonder when winter will end and when balmier breezes will replace the ole… Continue reading Mythic Monday: Brighid, Bears, and Groundhogs
Cocktail Saturday: Black Annis
Black Annis Cocktail Who’s to say the terrifying Black Annis with her red eyes and black heart doesn’t deserve her own cocktail? I thought of absinthe in connection with her, but then I remembered a dark colored drink we recently had when a friend of mine visited from North Carolina. When we tried different vodka… Continue reading Cocktail Saturday: Black Annis
Vintage Friday: Black Annis Brandy Balls
Brandy balls are the offspring of bourbon balls, which were created by Ruth Booe of the Rebecca Ruth Candy Company in Kentucky in the early 1900’s.The company was founded in 1919 by two schoolteachers, Rebecca Gooch and Ruth Booe. All during this past Christmas season, I had a hankering to make brandy balls. It wasn’t… Continue reading Vintage Friday: Black Annis Brandy Balls
Hump Day Hook 1/29/14
LIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION! How exciting to resume the Hump Day Hook blog project, where a number of talented authors post one paragraph from a published novel or WIP. It is such fun to read everyone’s work. Our intrepid organizer, Kerrianne Coombes, scheduled this week’s excerpt to be an action sequence. My selection is from Mind Your… Continue reading Hump Day Hook 1/29/14
Guest: Harper A. Brooks
HIS HAVEN The Redemption Series: Book One by Harper A. Brooks Ignorance isn’t always bliss… Handsome and diligent Avrum Brenin should have died in the fire with his mother and older brother. Instead, he is saved by the powerful and wealthy immortal, Lord Henri. Placed under his care, Avrum shares in his world of endless… Continue reading Guest: Harper A. Brooks
Mythic Monday: Black Annis Will Get You
In days not so long ago, English parents frightened their children into good behavior by the threat of “Black Annis will get you.” The custom is equivalent to the threat in America that “the bogeyman will get you.” In older, darker times, Black Annis instilled terror into the hearts of country folk, particularly around her… Continue reading Mythic Monday: Black Annis Will Get You
Cocktail Saturday: Mead Toddy
Mead or honey wine drove the Irish High Kings to victory thousands of years ago. Its popularity continued into medieval times, and today the delicious and deceptively potent beverage enjoys a remarkable resurgence. MEAD TODDY Ingredients: 1 bottle of Mead 1/2 teaspoon of ground nutmeg 1/4 teaspoon of ground ginger Cinnamon sticks Directions: This toddy… Continue reading Cocktail Saturday: Mead Toddy
Vintage Friday: Medieval Gyngerbrede
Medieval gyngerbrede or gingerbread is more like candy than the modern cake with which we are familiar. It is one of the sweet treats mentioned in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales: “They fette hym first the sweete wyn, and mede eek in a mazelyn, and roial spicerye of gyngebreed that was ful fyn, and lycorys, and eek comyn,… Continue reading Vintage Friday: Medieval Gyngerbrede
Writer Wednesday: Jean Adams
It is my privilege to welcome author Jean Adams, whose latest book is No Other Love. Jean is the founder of Romance Writers of New Zealand! I admire what she says about her heroine and hero: “They are soul mates, and their love for each other goes soul deep.” 1. What inspired you to write… Continue reading Writer Wednesday: Jean Adams