All Blog Posts Tagged 'Elizabeth' (24)

Over the next several weeks, I have the pleasure and privilege of being the launch blog for a few talented authors on their latest blog tours. To kick things off, here is my friend from across the sea: Kate Tenbeth. Join her here: http://empyricaltales.blogspot.com/2013/03/blog-tour-kate-tenbeth.html

Some experiences challenge accepted ideas.  In the last days, we’ve seen the entire east coast region in a black out, cut off from transportation and even communication.  Yet this vulnerability hasn’t brought on any foreign attack.  The U.S. still has so much to offer other nations that its presence is probably too vital for any planned attack.  I grew up during the Cold War era and since then, our defense system may have operated on a foundation of paranoia.  I was glad to hear of the…

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.” –Marcus Tullius Cicero


Recently, I was trying to organize my little boy’s books, which were so tightly crammed onto the shelves that grabbing one became a dangerous game of dominoes.  After pulling each one out, I sat surrounded by the stacks trying to make the painful choice of which to keep and which to box.  My decision was made more difficult by my inability to part with any one of them.     



I couldn’t pack…

My friend, and author, Kate Tenbeth has an exciting new release! Here is the official story from her publisher: http://empyricaltales.blogspot.com/2012/10/kate-tenbeth-is-unlucky.html

Welcome to Thriller Thursday!…

Thriller Thursday

Into the…

New issue of Kings River Life Magazine is up today and we have an interview with mystery author Elizabeth Zelvin, a review of her latest book "Death Will Extend Your Vacation" and a chance to win a copy of the book http://kingsriverlife.com/05/12/interview-with-mystery-author-elizabeth-zelvinreviewgiveaway/

We also have a short story featuring Edgar Allan Poe by Bobbi Chukan, as we…

The Bridge of Deaths by M C V Egan

http://www.amazon.com/The-Bridge-of-Deaths-ebook/dp/B0057GG3T4/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1331028412&sr=8-2

This author wanted an honest review: here it is.



Bridge of Deaths is a mixture of history, fiction and a journalist sense of searching for the truth.



Although truth has its…

Well, first I must say that I'm pleasantly surprised. All I was initially looking for a place to blog--basically to keep a sort of 'open diary' type of thing so that after a year I can look back and see how far I've come. And yes--I do plan on making at least some progress this year!

Being a procrastinator sometimes makes progress difficult--but not always. Often when I'm procrastinating, I discover that while I've been procrastinating on one thing, I've actually be…

C. Elizabeth

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Wives & Other Women, the third historical novel of Linda Carlino’s Hapsburg Trilogy, is the story of Philip II of Spain's wives and mistresses and his desperate need to provide a male heir in politically arranged marriages.

The action takes place in the second half of the 16th century, mainly in Spain, but also in England, Belgium and France.

It is set against a background of family turmoil, a court plagued by intrigue and treachery, the compulsive pursuit of other…

I began my research and I have a made a few choices. I am going to comment however, on the selection process.  So, I have my list of authors and I go to the Amazon site and start looking and the available choices. The first is fairly easy, Nora Roberts, I am going to read “Spellbound”. Number two was a little more difficult, Karen Robards, my choice is “Pursuit”.…

I do weekly book reviews almost predominately about children's books. I do this on a weekly basis.Here's the one for this week...

The ABC’s of Writing for Children complied by Elizabeth Koehler-Pentacoff

When I saw the title of the book, I thought I would find a book that gives you step by step instructions for how to write for children from various authors. That is not what…

Red Dobie Press (June 30, 2010)

978-0981595443

278 pages

A Family Forged by Adversity. A Community United by Dreams.





Addie loved to run along the river’s edge so the wind could blow through her long hair, released from the…