Vampyrie contains all the classic vampire lore–the fangs, silent movement, brutal attacks, and human senses that are outmatched by their unearthly antagonists. In addition to this, it also holds some unique world-building, everything from the biochemical roots of vampires to…
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A Worm Tale, Published by Longshot Island
Hey, I’ve got some good news. Longshot Island has published my flash memoir “A Worm Tale” in their latest issue. Apparently, I need to write more of these things because they seem to do very well in terms of blog…
Tagged with: A Worm Tale, Cathleen Townsend, flash memoir, Longshot Island, short story
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Better Blogging with Photography by Terri Webster Schrandt
This is an informative little book that begins with the pitfalls of taking random pictures off Google and posting them on your blog (always make sure they’re licensed for commercial reuse), but it goes much further than that. Ms. Schrandt…
Tagged with: Better Blogging with Photography, Blogging, image resizing, photography, practical tips, Terri Webster Schrandt
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Dog Bone Soup by Bette A. Stevens
Dog bone soup was the meal Shawn hated most at his house. Not only because the soup was weak and thin, but because they had to eat like this to put money away. And they had to hide it, too,…
Tagged with: 1950s and 1960s, Bette Stevens, book review, coming-of-age story, Dog Bone Soup, historical
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The Oathbreakers’ Guild by D. Wallace Peach
This is book two in Ms. Peach’s Rose Shield quartet, and it begins with Catling, the apprenticeship influencer, one who affects how others around her feel–she can literally broadcast either love or pain onto them. But Catling has an ability…
Tagged with: book review, D. Wallace Peach, epic fantasy, Oathbreaker's Guild, Rose Shield Quartet
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Interview with Tina Frisco
Tina Frisco is an author, singer-songwriter, RN, activist, a student of shamanism, and our guest here today. Born in Pennsylvania USA, she attended nursing school in New York and lives in California. She began writing as a young child and…
Tagged with: author interview, formatting, Gabie and the Quads, Plateau, self-publishing, Tina Frisco, Vampyrie
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Twenty-Four Days by Jacqui Murray
Just two nuclear submarines can hold the entire planet hostage. And that’s exactly what an extreme terrorist organization has managed to hijack–the US submarine Virginia, and its British counterpart, Triumph. Once the subs maneuver into position, the entire world will…
Tagged with: artificial intelligence, book review, J. Murray, submarines, thriller, Twenty-four Days
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Cathleen Townsend 