Vintage Friday: It’s Your Music 1939

Approaching Valentine’s Day we turn to a red hot saxophone number from 1939, Body and Soul, blown the socks off by Coleman Hawkins.  There’s something earthy and smoky about a low toned sax, don’t you think? I hope you enjoyed our sultry music in homage to Valentines everywhere and  lovers throughout time, Body and Soul.… Continue reading Vintage Friday: It’s Your Music 1939

Tuesday Tales: Writing Metal

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 prompt is metal. My excerpt is from Hannah’s Haint, a vintage paranormal romance set in a… Continue reading Tuesday Tales: Writing Metal

Fae Friday: Winter Sun and Imbolc

WINTER SUN AND IMBOLC How soon can we shed these winter blues? Pack away our overcoats and not worry about the specter of busted water pipes? On Groundhog Day we call upon Punxsutawney Phil, the famous weather-predicting groundhog to make his move. Yesterday he saw his shadow, which foretells six more bleak weeks of winter.… Continue reading Fae Friday: Winter Sun and Imbolc

Tuesday Tales: Writing Track

  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 prompt is track. My snippet is from Hannah’s Haint, a vintage paranormal romance set in a… Continue reading Tuesday Tales: Writing Track

Vintage Friday: 13 Bullets for The Silent Speaker 1946

THE SILENT SPEAKER Author – Rex Stout First Published – 1946 Genre – Mystery Setting – Nero Wolfe’s brownstone and New York City Protagonists – Nero Wolfe, detective extraordinaire and tender of 10,000 orchids, and Archie Goodwin, gumshoe and Wolfe’s right-hand man. Murdered Man – Cheney Boone, Director of Price Regulation. Key Female – Phoebe Gunther,… Continue reading Vintage Friday: 13 Bullets for The Silent Speaker 1946

Tuesday Tales: Writing Sunrays

Do places as well as people give off emotional energy? I believe so. What happens when a cemetery is old and half-forgotten? 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… Continue reading Tuesday Tales: Writing Sunrays

Tuesday Tales: Writing Train

To what lengths would you go to save a loved one? Would you leave your body behind? Our heroine must gain courage for such a course of action in the snippet below. Tuesday Tales is a weekly blog featuring diverse authors who post excerpts from their works in progress based on word and picture prompts.… Continue reading Tuesday Tales: Writing Train

Fae Friday: 13 Reasons to Love 13

13 Is Friday the 13th like any other day to you? Is it a good omen or a bad one? Would you schedule an elective surgery, buy a house, bravely go about your normal business, or be more likely to call in sick and hide under your bed? Friday the 13th has been the ultimate… Continue reading Fae Friday: 13 Reasons to Love 13

Tuesday Tales: Writing Coffee

Today’s “blog share” features one of my favorite beverages. Or rather, now that I think of it, two of my favorite beverages. Read on! 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… Continue reading Tuesday Tales: Writing Coffee