The Abandoned Mine!

The Adventures of Young Gabriel Celtic is a Middle Grade series that focuses on the misadventures of Gabriel Celtic as a youngster. Always inquisitive, he follows his intuition in search of mystery and adventure.…

SLIGHTLY OFF THE MARK

            Years ago, when I first got started in the emergency services, an old medic told me, “Son, if you plan to stay in this business, you’d better learn to love coffee.”

I never did (although I certainly did grow to love caffeine). The following story may be one of the reasons why. I first heard it years ago, but it took me this long to get enough guts to write about it:

            Would you like a nice…

SLIGHTLY OFF THE MARK

            Many challenges face a couple in modern society. Raising children, paying bills, sharing a bathroom, having a conversation …

            Assembling furniture.

            Yeah, that’s right up there. There was a time when a home didn’t have much expensive furniture, but the occupants could build the whole house themselves.

            Then, one day, the average head of the household went from being a…

Push Away… Chp 34

Promise of Tomorrow Volume 2: Discovery reveals some secrets here: http://empyricaltales.blogspot.com/2013/05/something-to-discover.html

Beatrix opened up during the handover of the throne. Her face appeared to be far livelier than before. Willem-Alexander had not only become more dignified in his ermine cloak, but from this moment on his face represented the entire nation. He was ready for it, and Máxima was a magnificent Evita of the polders. The people played their role with gusto, as if instructed by someone: ‘You’re the crowd.’



But how would he feel about being reduced to the people, with an inflatable orange…

SLIGHTLY OFF THE MARK

            I try never to write two serious columns in a row – this is supposed to be, after all, a humor column. After last week’s diatribe about terrorism, I wanted to get back on the humor horse.

            But I was hamstrung by the fact that this column lands just days before the 125^th anniversary of my fire department’s organization. Marking that meant being funny about something specific, something not…

A 5 Star Review and Highly recommended book all on my blog today.

http://lynelleclarkaspiredwriter.blogspot.com/2013/05/a-thistle-in-mist-excerpt-and-5-star.html

Dangerous climatic shifts. Greedy financiers. Corrupt politicians. The natural disasters   Americans have been living through, the 2008 near financial collapse of Wall Street, and politician making better bedfellows with large corporations, at the expense of your well-being. What do these…

Do you know if you write a page a day that within one year you will have written a book? How many times have I heard that one? If that one book takes a year to write then the revision process would have to take many years, unless you’re a genius and don’t need to rewrite and edit. Truth is, writing a first draft is the easy part when writing a novel.

I can usually belt one out in a few months. But…

SLIGHTLY OFF THE MARK

            One thing I find interesting about history is the way things come together in unexpected ways.

            Yes, I find history interesting. That hasn’t done me much good – I always seemed doomed to repeat myself, anyway – but as spending time goes it beats the heck out of smoking pot, watching grass grow (the other grass, not pot), or a scintillating episode of “Water Polo With The C-List Celebrities”.

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Thanks to I Am A Reader, Not A Writer and Wholly Books for hosting the Signed Book Giveaway Hop. Fairday's Blog is GIVING AWAY a Patricia Polacco prize pack! Enter for your chance to win signed editions of Thank You, Mr. Falker and My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother, plus a signed hardcover of the…

If you have not read The Junkyard Wonders by Patricia Polacco then hurry over to Fairday’s Blog to find out about this heartwarming story!  A book that should be read by people of all ages!…

In the Limelight with….. Bronwen Evans

Welcome and thanks for being part of this blog and my one year celebration.

I thought it a good idea to catch up and see what you are up to since the last time I reviewed a book for you.

You can see my review for To Challenge Earl…

Where The Rain Is Made, Paranormal/Shifter, Mystic Time Travel



* Nominated for Bookie Award *

* Book of the Month *…

Title: Shoot the Groundhog

Author: Ozma914

Summary: A slayer team discovers the environment can be more challenging than the bad guy … especially during “spring”.

Characters: Buffybot, Tara, Dana, OC slayer Kara Philips

Rating: PG

Length: 2,055 words

Warnings: Wear a parka; you’ll catch your death

(This takes place in my Post-Chosen universe, where Tara and the Buffybot have been brought back…

From my personal library

Rating: 5 of 5 - sheer perfection

Have you ever smelled the magnolias, tasted the gumbo, seen the Spanish moss strung like Christmas garlands in the live oaks, heard the rain play on a tin…