I’ve found a second Tarot series, this one by Bevan Atkinson. This series is less light-hearted than Steve Hockensmith’s, though there is humor. The murders are a little more upfront and in-your-face as well, which doesn’t bother me. Our heroine is a bonafide mystic who sometimes gets visions when she reads the cards. In the…
OK, these aren’t science fiction, but it’s psychological mystery so I took a chance and started reading. I started reading for several reasons, actually. 1) I like the author’s other mystery series (Holmes on the Range – I’ve reviewed those on my alter ego’s blog) and 2) I like Tarot cards myself. The premise in…
It’s First Wednesday again, so we’ll have an Insecure Writers Support Group post. This month’s question: How long have you been blogging? (Or on Facebook/Twitter/Instagram?) What do you like about it and how has it changed? I’ve been blogging since around 2004, when LiveJournal was popular. I didn’t post daily, but I was fairly regular.…
I’ve been told, by several people, that I would like the Netflix show The Three Body Problem. Well, you know me: why watch a show when I can read the original book? Oddly enough, when I went to Amazon, the Kindle version was actually more expensive than the paperback, so I’ve just gotten the hard…
It’s First Wednesday, so it’s time for another Insecure Writer’s Support Group post! March 6th question: Have you “played” with AI to write those nasty synopses, or do you refuse to go that route? How do you feel about AI’s impact on creative writing? I have not experimented with AI writing at all yet. To…
Valentine’s Day as a lover’s holiday has obscure beginnings. The 8th-century Gelasian Sacramentary recorded the celebration of the Feast of Saint Valentine on February 14. The day became associated with romantic love in the 14th and 15th centuries, when notions of courtly love flourished, apparently by association with the “lovebirds” of early spring. Before the 18th…
It’s First Wednesday so it’s time for another Insecure Writer’s Support Group post! February 7 question: What turns you off when visiting an author’s website/blog? Lack of information? A drone of negativity? Little mention of author’s books? Constant mention of books? When I visit another author’s website, I like to see someone who seems as…
It’s First Wednesday, so it’s time for the Insecure Writer’s Support Group post! January 3 question: Do you follow back your readers on BookBub or do you only follow back other authors? I’m not a big BookBub afficionado so I don’t follow a lot of people over there. I spend more time on Goodreads and…
Seems as if we celebrated the New Year only a few weeks ago, but here we are again getting ready for 2024. Here are some of the most popular resolutions for 2024 so far: We’ll probably sweep out the house (Irish and Scottish tradition) at midnight, then on New Year’s Day eat collard greens and…
There are at least 10–maybe 14 or 15–holidays this time of year to celebrate. I’m not even counting National Cocoa Day or International Animal Rights Day or even National Joy Day. Whatever you celebrate, I hope your holidays are merry and bright and your New Year is a good one. See you in 2024!