Part I of….I don’t know yet. We just returned from our two week trip through Italy, my first real visit to the country and its culture. It was a road trip par excellence, starting in Cologne, going as far south as Pescina, where we attended a geoscience meeting (#FUCINO15). Beginning our return trip, we stopped at Paganica and Onna, two towns with extensive damage from the recent devastating earthquake (L’Aquila 2009). As we worked our way home, we stayed in Perugia, Florence (Firenza), and Piacenza. Alps from the highway just after the Gotthard tunnel Ditto climbing Lady Banks (?my gest… Read More
Today is tax day in the U.S. and to celebrate ease the pain, All Romance Ebooks are having a one-day sale of 25% on selected titles. All my Schattenreich books are included in the sale. It’s a great chance to sample some hot or sweet romances. Just click here to see the titles on sale! Or search using the #areblast tag in the search. Direct links to my titles at ARE: Primary FaultShaky GroundDouble CoupleShadow Zone
It’s common name is Blindschleiche in German, and blindworm or slowworm in English, and it’s the first time I’ve ever seen one. It’s not big, but it’s cute. He (or she) visited me today just outside my window. I’m a basement dweller at the observatory in Bensberg, but I do have a window that looks out over the back garden. Slither in repose. We saw him (or her) just by accident, tanking some sun. I’ve named it Slither. Slither with tongue. After tolerating a couple of minutes of picture-taking, the Blindschleiche skedaddled under a huge pile of dried leaves between… Read More
March and April are highly intensive times for me as a writer. I tend to hunker down and try to get projects finished and started and thought up. It’s also a time for looking outward, into the real world of lawns and flower beds and watching tiny seedlings poke up out of the earth, so I also tend to get easily distracted (squirrel! mouse!). But here’s a short poem from Caitlin anyway until I have something more worthy to send into the world via this blog. For her, spring is waiting – waiting for Hagen to return to her. Promise… Read More
Scheduled Appearance: I’ll be giving a reading at DORT.con in Dortmund on Sunday, 22 March 2015 at 12:00. This will be my first visit to DORT.con and I’m looking forward to meeting new people and hearing a lot of readings. I’ll be there Saturday through Sunday. The guest of honor is Chris Beckett, author of the award-winning SF novel, Dark Eden. I’ve just started reading it and hope to have it finished by next week. If you’re interested in attending, the DORT.con homepage is the place to start. Blog Sightings: Interview on Marcie Turner’s To Read, Or Not To Read… Read More
