People

Drawing Faces

I loved this photo of my daughter when she posted it on Instagram. It took around twenty minutes to do this while I was watching television. It probably would have been shorter except I got distracted by a programme called Ambulance, where they answered 999 calls. It was fascinating and sad. I could have taken… Continue reading Drawing Faces

Author Interview

Author Interview with Paula Acton

If you are a follower of my blog, you will have seen I read and reviewed every story in the Love Ever After anthology. I chose a winner, which was my favourite, and little did I know it would be the first one in the book. First Contact by Paula Action. The story started off… Continue reading Author Interview with Paula Acton

People

Pencil Drawings

Since January, I have been teaching myself to draw. I did a lot of copying from books, YouTube and often outside, houses, trees, cars, etc. What I really wanted to do was learn to sketch people. I’ve seen artists with a flexible pencil that flies across the page and within a short space of time,… Continue reading Pencil Drawings

Romance, science Fiction

Rise of a Warrior by Denna Holm

New Release Carla Trystan is a half-breed vampire who has spent her entire life running from powerful Hunters—aliens from another world. She is also plagued by nightmares, hearing the same deep, dark voice say night after night, ‘If you wish to live, child, take my hand.’ When she finally meets the man behind the terrifying… Continue reading Rise of a Warrior by Denna Holm

Anthologies, Romance

How is it for You?

Despite everything this year, I have had four family members move house and two new babies have come into the family.That should be a happy time, but it's been sad. My sister in law was saying how they have spent nearly thirty years living in a large Victoria house, and moved to somewhere completely different.… Continue reading How is it for You?

Book, Crime, Paranormal, Psychological

Ghosts and Crimes

I’ve never believed in ghost or of psychic ability but as I’ve got older I’ve opened my mind a little. I now believe that for other people, it’s different. I believe, they believe, and perhaps something has happened to them to make it that way. As a writer, it’s a pot of gold. I love… Continue reading Ghosts and Crimes

Book, science Fiction

NEBULA AWARD FINALIST, JEFFREY A. CARVER

RELAUNCHES SUNBORN Book 4 of the Chaos Chronicles Series Stars are dying.John Bandicut and his companions are summoned to a star-cloud called Starmaker, known to humans as the Orion Nebula, to discover what force threatens newborn stars--and possibly every world within a thousand light-years. Their journey takes them not just into the perils of a… Continue reading NEBULA AWARD FINALIST, JEFFREY A. CARVER

Children’s Stories

My Mummy is so Much Fun by Zack E. Sydney

★ Mummys can be so much fun! ★They love their little ones to bits and are always ready to have a good time—whether it’s a learning situation or just being silly. Mummy’s will help you ride your bike through the neighbourhood or drive you to school, making each journey an adventure. Bathtime is far more fun with… Continue reading My Mummy is so Much Fun by Zack E. Sydney

Horror

Author Interview, About a Book with Jess & Keith Flaherty

Jess and Keith FlahertyAlways Darkest Description Ronoven, a demon dreaming of an escape from Hell, finds an excuse for an extended vacation on Earth, where he pretends to be a young drifter called Ben. Everything is going great until he meets Chris. This unassuming teacher is using an assumed identity, too. Cursed with immortality and… Continue reading Author Interview, About a Book with Jess & Keith Flaherty

Non-fiction

Relationships, new release by Beverley Mann Lessard

Relationships are what life is all about. And while all relationships are unique, they are similar enough that traveling down the road of someone else's journey is enjoyable, even educational. Whether you are a teenager on your way to the altar or preparing for your double digit anniversary, traveling in author Lessard's sidecar of life,… Continue reading Relationships, new release by Beverley Mann Lessard