"Mystery interwined in a pioneering supernatural world. It can easily make a fantastic bestseller."
Recent reader's words
"As I reach the edge of the opening, my blood pressure is rising. Never have I seen something like this before."
Marquise Gertain, THE HIDDEN FACE by M. I. Verras
Finished reading one short novel from Stephan Zweig's book: "Buchmendel" (Mendel The Book Dealer).
I love the story and wish to be at that café and have a conversation with someone like Mendel. #StefanZweig#Mendel#ClassicLiterature#Books#1920s#BookLovers
Beth takes vintage books, hollows them out, and adds whimsical collage art from old-time magazines. I have several of my own, and they're always conversation starters. Great for gifts, too.
I’m not quite done with it yet but “Several short sentences about writing” by Verlyn Klinkenborg is already one of the best books about writing I’ve ever read.
@bookstodon@writing (one of those books where every few pages you’ll find an idea that’s so simple and true and soul-rattling to hear it perfectly articulated that you have to just put it down and take a walk to decompress)
I'm thinking about the recent romantasy turn in fantasy/romance novels and how the Cantata books may have fit, say, 10 years ago. But in that time I grew old and then decided I didn't want to force spiciness onto my novels and removed most of it.
I still think one of the spiciest scenes is when they are reading books together and...not a single piece of clothing was discarded. 😉
Slow burn indeed. Mind you, I enjoy reading #romantasy every now and again. I'm just not sure I'm the right person to be writing it. Spiciness is just too much work and I'd rather be focusing on other things!
There's a fair bit of romance in Cantata of the Fourfold Realms but most of it is low-key and organically building up.
You know this is an activist home - seeing my LFL & my protect old growth yard sign. I usually put up other items - at different times to support causes/movements that I believe & am active with. Our front yard is most photographed by strangers passing by 😊