Posting 21 January 2019…
Back to Bergen – Living life (and writing) on Audible
Hello, dear reader. It’s been a while. It’s 18 January 2019. I think last we spoke was July 2018…Okay. So, I’ve been AWOL for half a year. 2018 was hard for me. I started a new job. My best friend passed away. We suffered a car accident (The truck was totaled, but no one was […]
Book Review: Dragonfly in Amber (Outlander Book #2)
This review applies to the audio book narrated by Davina Porter and compares the book to the movie. Expectations: This book was harder for me to love than Book #1…at first. By this point, I was in for the long haul and was eager to get back to Jamie and Claire. I’ll not lie. […]
Book Review: Outlander (Book #1)
This review applies to the audio book narrated by Davina Porter. Going into this… This review applies to the audio book narrated by Davina Porter and compares the book to the movie. Why do we look to book reviews? Are we looking to learn more about the book prior to purchase, or is […]
Deleted Chapter 51 – Abridged
Deleted Chapter 51 – Abridged It was a long while before either Halvard or Rune spoke again. “You can count your debt as paid,” he said, sitting forward to slump over the empty tankard. “My men can provide you with food and arms,” he offered. “We invite you to stay and sleep in some proper […]
Back to New York
It’s been so long since I’ve written to you, dear reader… I went back to New York. On 19 June 2018, after seventeen years away, I went home. If you haven’t been following, I was raped on 9/11. Prior to 9/11, I had been in NYC once, twice a month. My earliest childhood memories were […]
Demonic Coffee Pot that screams like a banshee
I recently discovered (like…yesterday) that I LOVE writing reviews. My funny bone comes out when I write reviews. Here is an article I wrote from 2013. My coffee pot broke…BEFORE I had my coffee…and I immediately sat down and wrote a review on it in retaliation. Read the original review. I bought this model in […]
What Elements Define Fantasy For Me
This post appears as part of the “Brain to Books Cyber Convention & Book Expo Fantasy Book Tour”… Running from April 6th through April 8th 2018 this online book event brings readers and authors together for a weekend of books, and book related events. Learn more here For me, when I sit down with […]
Poo-Pourri Review
I don’t write reviews unless I’m REALLY angry about a product, like my coffee maker. Oh, yes! Now THAT was a passionate review. Or really excited about a product…like Poo-Pourri. So here it is! I call it, “ATTENTION PARENTS! IT WORKS ON VOMIT TOO!” Yes, I spray the toilet. Yes, my poo now smells like […]
With You (The Letters): Chapter #1
With You (The Letters) Chapter #1 “You were never mine for you belong to Death.” My heart is pulling me apart. I can’t go, but I can’t stay. I can’t follow. Your words, they betwixt me and I fall into them again every night. The dream ends and I wake. I’m empty and cold. […]