Can anyone help me with research into 18th Century Rio de Janeiro? Specifically things like a map of the city with actual names on, and anything about the culture/food of the place. Or the names of good books on the subject? I’m getting very little useful information by Googling, but surely it must be out there somewhere!
Sandra and I go way back to the days when we were both hanging out on Livejournal together. She cheered me through the submission of the book that became Captain’s Surrender to its first publisher. So I am extremely happy to be able to hand over my blog to her for a guest post about…
Hee! Well, my nervous trepidation over what the cover art for Shining in the Sun would be like is over, and I have to say I am thrilled 🙂 It makes such a difference, when you know that the novel you’ve angsted over and spent so long on, polishing every word, will be going out…
and I’m still rolling along! Or at least, I’m celebrating having passed the 90,000 word mark on UtH. Admittedly it’s only 60% done, but things have started rolling a little and developing some momentum, and I’m feeling positive about it again. I’m also getting things clearer in my mind for what needs to be changed…
Well, my e-reader arrived! Naturally I would have preferred an iPAD, but I can’t justify spending that much on any kind of electronic device. I was going to buy a Sony e-reader, but when I puttered about Amazon looking for one, I came across a special offer for the Cybook 3 Gen, which cost less…
Bad puns aside, I got a package through the door on Monday, and it was 8 little ‘imps’ of Black Phoenix Alchemical Laboratory (BPAL) perfumes and one full bottle of the like. Courtesy of Snakey who was selling his stash to finance a trip to the USA. I’ve heard so much about BPAL, and the…
Writers hate writing synopses, am I right? I think I am. So now imagine my plight – I have four of the damn things to write at once. I suppose, technically, that only one of them is a synopsis and the others are plot plans, but that’s not making things better. The situation is that…
