Writing and reviews with an environmental, science fiction, and fantasy touch
The Shadow of Atlantis is the first in the fabulous children’s historical time travel adventure series The Shadows of the Past. Wendy Leighton-Porter is on virtual tour with Pump Up Your Book, and I’m very pleased to be hosting her
We’re having a birthday party! Not that it’s my birthday, although it is an anniversary of someone I love. But when we discussed what sort of guest post we could do for Princelings Revolution, Patricia Josephine replied ‘let’s have a
K is for Kevin – and Percy – who I mentioned earlier in the week. If you haven’t met them yet, get over to George’s Guinea Pig World and see what their favourite thing today is. Although, as it starts with K,
Wow! It’s over for another year – but then again, it’s not really over, since there are all those new friends I made when visiting – and all those I missed out. Although I feel I did better than some
Welcome to the last (or is it last but one?) post of the 2016 A to Z Challenge. What a journey! My world-building theme started at Alpha Kenworthy and ends at Zndaria, by way of Lothlorien and Turgonia, to name
Windemere: A place of magic, of dragons, of evil beasts that live under the earth and rise up to snare the unwary, of desolate wastelands, and green fields and forests. A good place for my W post in my world-building
Well, today V hits Viridium, the spur for my world-building theme for this year’s A to Z. I have a detailed description here which is an edited version of that on the Viridian system website. Then I’ve answered my own question
N is for Nevermore, the planet central to Judith Tarr’s splendid book Forgotten Suns. Saturday is book review day, even during the April A to Z, but I’ll be slanting it towards my theme of world-building, and in addition, I
My world-building letter K is for K’Barth, which is only part of M T McGuire’s wondrous parallel world, it’s true, but the heroes are K’Barthan and I’m going to ignore the Grongols, Blurpons and myriad other races which are part
Letter D in my world-building-themed Challenge this year stands for Dolvia, a world developed by Stella Atrium. Stella is here today to give me her thoughts on world-building. The first book in the Dolvia saga is Sufferstone, which I confess I
Caramel Cardamom (or possibly Caramel Cinnamon) is an elf girl who lives on the planet Cardamom. Her grandfather is the king, and her mom is a healer. They heal through thought, and that’s what Caramel wants to do when she
Before I get started on the tour, please could I ask you to go over to Author Shout where The Perihelix is up against a load of other great covers in COVER WARS all week. Please vote EVERY DAY all
Tomorrow is launch day! Today you can pre-order it at Amazon, B&N, Apple, and Kobo. Tomorrow it will be for sale on Smashwords too. By the way, you can also vote for The Traveler in Black and White on AUTHOR SHOUT
Welcome to a fascinating series and its author today. I was sorry I couldn’t fit in a review of this book, although it’s only a short story, so maybe I should. But Ms Thompson did stop by to give me
Today I’m delighted to be part of Cheryl Carpinello’s Blog Tour for Sons of the Sphinx. You’ll find lots of information and an excerpt from the book, a giveaway for a $50 gift card PLUS an EXCLUSIVE interview! BOOK INFORMATION
Now, I know I don’t usually post on Sunday, but during the A to Z Challenge it’s the only free day. So. Happy Easter to you, and let’s forget about the NATO Alphabet for one day to talk about writing.
Welcome to the fantastic 12 Authors of Christmas seasonal giveaway and blog tour! Today I am interviewing the author of Lionel’s Grand Adventure series – Paul R Hewlett (wild applause)! I’ve reviewed the second book Lionel Turns The Other Cheek and
If you read my review of The Ninja Librarian then I hope you went straight out – or switched tabs – to buy it! Now you can get the sequel. Return to Skunk Corners by Rebecca M. Douglass Rebecca says:
First there was Escape From the Forbidden Planet (click for my review), next there is Return to Cardamom! The sequel to Julie Grasso’s wonderful confection of elves that talk to trees and fix illnesses with thought power will be published
This is a new feature that I’m developing: Author Interviews for the Blog. I hope you’ll find it interesting. This will be a monthly or fortnightly feature, posted Wednesdays on alternate weeks to the Kid Lit Blog Hop but may