Books I Loved – Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews
Ilona Andrews is the pen name of a husband-wife writing team. They have multiple series containing an impressively long list of titles. How am I only just finding out about them? Glad I did though. Magic Bites is first in the Kate Daniels series. Set in Atlanta after a magical apocalypse, Kate Daniels is a […]
Not Your Ordinary Werewolves
Most of my writing has been non-fiction, but I started with fiction about six years ago. I took a break from developing my novels to publish a dog training book, but now I’m going back to creating new worlds and stories. I have always been in love with the idea of shapeshifters, the merging and […]
Eye Candy Sunday
Just to mix things up, I thought I’d give the ladies out there a little mental break. If you’ve been working furiously over the computer, take a moment and scroll through these fine examples of masculinity. Not into the sometimes furry? How about godlike? Or if you don’t like fantasy, and prefer […]
Wild Wednesday – Happy Halloween!
I’d play Name That Mammal, but you already know this one: The wolf. Hey, it wouldn’t be Halloween without this classic creature of the moon. Wolves are one of the most wide-spread mammals on the planet, they can be found on every land mass but Antarctica. The rarest wolf is the Ethiopian wolf, check them […]
Weird Weekend – Werewolves? For Real?
You’re out hiking in the woods on a late summer evening. The full moon is rising above the distant hills. You can’t see it, but its brilliant silver light spills between the boles of the trees and the world around you is moving light and shadow. The only sound is the rustle of your feet […]
Weird Weekend – Vampires, Werewolves, and Bestsellers, Oh My!
So I’ve got to work on the consistency thing, but it seems that for the first time in a long time I’ve bitten off way more than I can chew. Getting the garden going, managing feeding, watering and cleaning up after 29 chickens takes up the little time I have after work. I found myself […]
Werewolves? What’s Not to Love?
At first glance, why would anyone want to be a werewolf? Does anyone really want to be able to change their shape, to have to hunt and kill? Common legends do not paint them as very congenial creatures, and how comfortable can it be to grow hair and have to run around on all fours? […]