Reposted Miss Vi recently celebrated her 85th birthday. I remembered this post I wrote in January 2014 and wanted to share it again, with minor edits: For Christmas I decided to buy a set of pretty handkerchiefs for Miss Viola, the mother of a friend of mine. Miss Vi calls me her “other daughter,” and that’s a good… Continue reading Vintage Friday: Drop the Handkerchief
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Paranormal Romance Thursday Tour
Featured Book: Love’s Intensity by Cassandra Ulrich Blurb: Brad loves fast horses, cars, and bikes. Life would be perfect if his stepmother could only mind her own business. Instead, his father hired a longtime friend and her family to work in their home, turning his world into a feudal mess.… Continue reading Paranormal Romance Thursday Tour
Tuesday Tales: Writing Meat Pie by Flossie Benton Rogers
“Kinsmen: He greets them gladly Scans them eagerly, A man’s companions.” The Wanderer, Old English Poem Tuesday Tales is a weekly blog featuring diverse authors who post excerpts from their WIPs based on word and picture prompts. Today our prompt is a picture of a meat pie. The snippet is from my historical romance… Continue reading Tuesday Tales: Writing Meat Pie by Flossie Benton Rogers
Mythic Monday: Earth-Walker
“All this resting place of earth shall be emptied.” THE WANDERER Genre – Old English poem, 115 lines long, sometimes called an ubi sunt, meaning – where are all those who came before? Author – Unknown First Published – Copied around 975 A.D. into the Exeter Book in the library of Exeter Cathedral, the poem… Continue reading Mythic Monday: Earth-Walker
Vintage Friday: It’s Your Music 1961
A cheating woman, heartbroken man, final love note, and raging river — the combination makes for a wonderfully mournful tune. I picked a river song to match yesterday’s feature of Guardian of the Deep on the Paranormal Romance Thursday Tour, since a river is a player in that book. This 1961 song is one of… Continue reading Vintage Friday: It’s Your Music 1961
Paranormal Romance Thursday Tour
Featured Book: Guardian of the Deep by Flossie Benton Rogers Moonspell Books Blurb: Forbidden love in the fae realm… The Succubus Layla has one job: to pursue dreaming men. Although emotional attachments are strictly prohibited, Layla has powerful feelings for the Guardian of the Deep. Samael is a dark lord charged… Continue reading Paranormal Romance Thursday Tour
October
Sneak Preview!
WHO: 12 Amazing Paranormal Romance Authors WHAT: International Paranormal Romance Blog Tour WHEN: Every Thursday, starting October 1st and lasting through December 17, 2015 WHERE: Right here in my little ole cyber crib WHY: Your chance to discover some fab paranormal romance authors and books! Authors in the tour are: Cassandra Ulrich – http://cassandraulrich.blogspot.com/ Kimbra Kasch… Continue reading Sneak Preview!
Tuesday Tales: Writing Glass by Flossie Benton Rogers
“Devouring time, blunt thou the lion’s paws, And make the earth devour her own sweet brood; Pluck the keen teeth from the fierce tiger’s jaws, And burn the long-lived phoenix in her blood.” Shakespeare Tuesday Tales is a weekly blog featuring diverse authors who post excerpts from their WIPs based on word and picture prompts.… Continue reading Tuesday Tales: Writing Glass by Flossie Benton Rogers
Mythic Monday: Rune of the Day – Hagalaz Redux
You may recall that last month’s runecast on August 31st drew Hagalaz, rune of transformation and radical change. The next day my publisher, Secret Cravings, announced the publishing house was closing its doors and did so the following day. This past month certainly has been ripe with the disruptive energies of Hagalaz. Nearly three hundred… Continue reading Mythic Monday: Rune of the Day – Hagalaz Redux