So peaceful…. Back from a much-needed trip abroad and realizing November starts … tomorrow? NO!! I have two novels outlined, a short story out, and … yeah, I definitely needed a break! A few more pictures: Berlin’s Celebration of Lights at the Brandenburg Gate Snow in Austria All right, that’s it! Back to work.
Just a quick note to say that it is NOW the official release date for Spooktacular Seductions, featuring my story, “Do You Believe in Ghosts?” along with 7 other spine-tingling tales! Happy Book Birthday Spooktacular Seductions! Genre: Romance Anthology Release Date: October 31, 2014 Publisher: Roane Publishing Keywords: Romance, Short Stories, Halloween, Paranormal Falling in love […]
“You know,” Frank said, “people really will bet on anything.” Charles could not resist the challenge. “You want to bet?” Two days later…. Frank accepted his twenty bucks from Stan, a mutual friend, while Charles watched from a distance. “Best twenty bucks I ever spent,” Stan said. “He cooked, plucked, and ate it.” As soon as […]
First of all, Happy Birthday IWSG!!! For the anniversary of IWSG, we’ve been asked to put together a short piece on writing, publishing, or marketing. For my post, I’m going to share some tricks I use to help me stay motivated: 1. Be task-oriented. I am used to thinking of work in terms of time. […]
Copyright – Dawn Q. Landau Some days he knows he will make it. Other days he wants to give in. The Maze is endless, miles of hedge and stone, but at the end waits a prize beyond all imagining. At last. A white sign reads, “Two more steps until you claim the prize.” Tentatively, he […]
Yay! I have a short story, Do You Believe in Ghosts? appearing in Roane’s Spooktacular Seductions. It is a fun one, and there’s a lot of other good, spooky stuff coming along. The book blog hop starts October 31st. Sign up below:
Photo Prompt courtesy of Rochelle Wisoff-Fields, brave leader of Friday Fictioneers, where every week we write 100-word stories. Ready to give it a whirl? Click the link below to share your story with the world! Up From the Ashes “I never thought I would live to see this day. When things were at their worst, […]
Gazing through Memories of the past. What happens in Venice stays, Cool Umbria nights Hot Siena days. Red and browns and greens, Swirling champagne, ruby red wine Goes down so sweetly Like ghosts of a future past.
Image from the Hubble telescope, pulled from Wikipedia. Ever since high school, I have always been intrigued by Pulsars. As we learned all those many (I won’t say how many) years ago, pulsars are a special kind of neutron star, one which emits a highly-concentrated pulse of radiation detectable from light years away. The scientists […]
Hard to believe but it is September already and the First Wednesday of the Month strikes again. Time to bare our hearts and souls – well, a little bit anyway, as part of the Insecure Writer’s Support Group. There never seems to be enough time to write. Writing novels seems to be very addictive to […]
