In magic and fairy lore, salamanders are elemental fire spirits that are named after the lizard-like amphibians called salamanders. Traditionally, their appearance is identical to the amphibians. Only a person with second sight or heightened sensitivity or who is trained in the magical arts (such as my heroines the Wytchfae) can distinguish the elementals from… Continue reading Fae Friday: Fire Elementals
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Tuesday Tales: Writing Leaf
Welcome to Tuesday Tales, a weekly blog featuring diverse authors posting excerpts from their works in progress based on word and picture prompts. We’re a book hungry bunch that enjoys reading as much as you do. This week’s word prompt is leaf. My snippet is from a paranormal fantasy in which a goddess occasionally inhabits… Continue reading Tuesday Tales: Writing Leaf
Tuesday Tales: Writing Angry
Welcome to Tuesday Tales, a weekly blog featuring diverse authors posting excerpts from their works in progress based on word and picture prompts. We’re a book hungry bunch that enjoys reading as much as you do. Today our word prompt is angry. My excerpt is from a paranormal fantasy in which a goddess inhabits the… Continue reading Tuesday Tales: Writing Angry
Happy New Year 2018
May 2018 bring blessings in all aspects, including the gift of your heart’s desires! Wishing you a magical life! Cheers & Happy Reading! Flossie Benton Rogers, Conjuring the Magic in Romance
Tuesday Tales: Writing Thank
Welcome to Tuesday Tales, 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. Appropriate for this week, our word prompt is thank. The excerpt is from a dark fantasy romance. Read… Continue reading Tuesday Tales: Writing Thank
Tuesday Tales: Writing Turkey
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 dedicated group that enjoys reading as much as you do. Today my passage is based on a picture of a glorious roasted turkey. The snippet is from a light… Continue reading Tuesday Tales: Writing Turkey
Tuesday Tales: Writing Seeds
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 dedicated group that enjoys reading as much as you do. Today our word prompt is seeds. My snippet is from a dark fantasy romance in which the heroine’s sister has… Continue reading Tuesday Tales: Writing Seeds
Fae Friday: Creative Ways to Shrink Yourself
What’s your favorite fairy tale? Do you remember from your childhood days? Put on your thinking cap because it can reveal the mysteries of your deeper self. Are you Cinderella, champion of the downtrodden? A maidenly Snow White unhappy with her alter ego, the evil bitch queen? An intrepid wit getting the upper hand on a… Continue reading Fae Friday: Creative Ways to Shrink Yourself
Fae Friday: Rune of the Day – Inguz
Inner self, higher self, higher power, spirit, angels, goddess, fae, source. There are many names for the sacred wisdom threaded throughout our reality. My old metaphysical teacher called it Spirit, and that’s how I tend to refer to it most times. We can call on the underlying wisdom to guide us. How does it answer?… Continue reading Fae Friday: Rune of the Day – Inguz
Mythic Monday: Scorpio Goddess Hecate
“He then the name invokes Of Hecate; abundant honour straight Shall follow on his path, if to that prayer Gracious the goddess leans and opulence Attends his footsteps; for the power is hers.” Hesiod, translated by Sir Charles Abraham Elton, from Theogony “It keeps eternal whisperings around Desolate shores, and with its mighty… Continue reading Mythic Monday: Scorpio Goddess Hecate