Writing and reviews with an environmental, science fiction, and fantasy touch
Wild June is a theme I decided to pick up and run with for some freshness for the blog. The April A to Z Challenge brought some food for thought for me, as discussed in the May Reflections post, and
Challenges seem a good focus for my C of the A to Z this year. I write a guest post for The Story Reading Ape’s blog, mostly published on the second Sunday of the month. Somehow I got myself into
I know, I don’t usually post on Sundays, but there’s just so much going on that I’ve left till after the A to Z. First – the Children’s Book Week Giveaway and goodies is taking place on the Princelings of
This is my #Fi50 – Fiction in Fifty Words – for November, with the prompt as the title. It’s a Viridian System snippet of Dolores’ backstory, which will make little sense if you haven’t read any of Big Pete and the Swede’s adventures
Today I’m challenging all people tackling their ‘to read’ list through the #TackleTBR Readathon to come up with some books related to the four seasons. Your challenge, if you choose to accept it is to find one book with each of
Small Fry Safari KidLit Readers Challenge 2014: Sign Up!. A great idea for a Reading Challenge next year… I’m in! How about you?
As if it wasn’t enough to be doing the Kid Lit Blog Hop, the A to Z April Blog Challenge, the pre-1960s Children’s Classic Reading Challege, and the Goodreads Reading Challenge (not hard), I’ve signed up for another one. The
I’m managing to combine two challenges for 2013 by setting myself a target for the number of books read AND taking the Pre-1960 Classic Children’s book challenge. You have to read (and hopefully review, but that’s not essential) one book
I gather there is a new genre called Hen Lit, for women over 45 or so who like intelligent, funny, clean – but possibly saucy or with mild romance – well told tales. The Crone Club exemplifies the genre. A
There was a phrase invented a while ago – ‘life-long learning’. I’m not sure whether it was to help older people keep learning things, keeping their brain active, to help stave off numerous age-related problems, or whether it was to
Fred sits casually at one side of the sofa, watching me carefully, occasionally chewing on something as if he’s concentrating very hard. Is this what he does when he’s Thinking, I wonder? “I’ve never been interviewed before,” he explains. “Thank