Writing and reviews with an environmental, science fiction, and fantasy touch
Happy Bloody Christmas by Jo Middleton, published for the rush that starts on 26 September this year, is a great seasonal read for crime fans. Thank you to the publishers and Netgalley for the ARC. Buy two copies, one for
Grotto – a great #writephoto prompt from KL Caley at New2Writing.com. It took me less than five minutes to get the spark for the first line of this one, and I enjoyed writing it. I hope nobody is offended, though.
Deer at the Castle is the prompt for this week’s #writephoto flash fiction from KL Caley at New2writing.com. The Christmas lights are going up all around me, and although some are tasteful, and possibly LED on rechargeable batteries, most are
Christmas in Spacedock was actually my 2016 treat for readers of the Viridian series website, which you can follow here. If you enjoyed Dolores’ adventure in Change of Heart recently (was it really August?!), you might like to discover that
A Maigret Christmas came from the publisher via Net-Galley. I was excited to see, when I registered it on Goodreads, that it said ‘A Maigret Christmas and other stories‘. Indeed I saw the paperback of this title in Waterstones bookstores this
I was hoping to do the Deja Vu Blogfest today. This has been an annual flashback event, and I liked it so much I went for the monthly one when that was invented. The brainchild of D L Hammons, it
Apart from my Fi50 offering on Wednesday, this is my last post before Christmas, so you’ll find a set of stories on my book sites to keep you going: Christmas in the Delta Quadrant – Easy Come, Easy Go on the
Mother Daughter Book Reviews is pleased to be coordinating a Book Blast for the second volume of the “BookElves Anthology” featuring some of your favourite middle grade authors. Now available – just in time for the holiday season! And since
Just before I went to camp, I contacted the MG BookElves about plans for the coming winter holiday season, to see who would be interested in contributing to another Anthology. I also gave them some updates on our sales figures (free
Whether sun or snow Bedecks your halls, I send you Seasons Greetings all! Have a very happy holiday season, check out the Deja Vu Friday post, come back for the Midwinter’s Eve Giveaway Hop on Sunday, and enjoy your Christmas
I wasn’t planning to do anything special on the blog this December, but of course opportunities crop up, and ideas are presented, and I’m a sucker for joining in with a good idea. So on here, I’m joining up with
A few weeks ago I got in touch with the authors who’d ganged together last December to put together a Christmas-linked giveaway. We styled ourselves the Book Elves, since we all wrote for middle grade audiences (although some of us
Christmas cards posted, Meals planned, presents wrapped, tree up. Soon friends will arrive!
Last year I read the first of Flea’s five Christmases by Kevin George, and thoroughly enjoyed it. I wonder whether I’ll be completing the set in 2016?! This book starts with a hugely exciting disclosure of how Jack Frost came
In a cosy room at Castle Marsh, Fred and George are relaxing after a nice meal with their guests, Max the Tonkinese cat from the Shadows of the Past series and Stanley the labrador dog and Katrina von Cat from