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Friday’s Five Favs ~ Fun Weekend Reads!
Dark Desire by Christine Feehan~ They were masters of the darkness, searching through eternity for a mistress of the light . . . The stranger silently summoned her from across the continents, across the seas, whispering of eternal torment, of endless hunger . . . of dark, dangerous desires. And somehow American surgeon Shea O’Halloran could feel his anguish, […]
Setting & Your Story
Setting is one of a writer’s most useful tools. It can help set moods, show glimpses into the viewpoint character and help solidify their lifestyle, their beliefs and their priorities. To create vivid settings Lain and fall back on our standard – research and world building. Plus some additions of deeply knowing our characters and the art of observation. […]
Grave Preparations
The soil in the cemetery area, with the exception of the last two graves which were outside of the contractors work area, was just as poor as Eastern border. Even though we planned on making the graves raised – essentially functioning as tapered raised beds – slapping top soil on top of poor soil would have just soured the […]
Movie Review ~ The Woman in Black
Title: The Woman in Black Director: James Watkins Genre: Horror/Supernatural suspense Rating: 5 bats Kudos to Director James Watkins for putting out a stellar supernatural suspense! I was a bit leery going in to this movie because of Daniel Radcliff as the lead – he just doesn’t do it for me. I watched it anyway, drawn to […]
Friday’s Five Favs ~ Drinks to Sauce Up the Weekend!
Bad pun 🙂 We’re getting a bit of freedom from the kids and so I’m in party mode! Cheers! The Martini! ~ The classic sort, made with gin of course! I rinse my olives really well for these because I don’t like the salty taste. I recently received a tip from a fellow martini lover who said to […]