Month: May 2019

European Spooky

On By Donna SteeleIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

A lot of traveling by our writers this month –

Spent the first part of May in Europe, vacation and research for the 4thbook in The Conall Clan series. I’ve never been on a vacation like that and we had an incredible time. Could have been a little warmer and drier but hey, it was glorious anyway. Wish we’d had more time in Budapest, where the story I’m writing is set, but we saw a lot.

The old world was a bit of a surprise with the mix of of their solar panels on 300+ year old houses, and wind turbines. I admit it delighted me. We ate at a 900 year old fast food place-literally!-They built it to feed the Romans who were building the stone bridge. Brauts on a roll.

     

I could see lots of inspiration for some spooky stories.

     

      

The “spookiest” story I’ve written is Before You, but now I’m going to have to rethink that…

An Author’s Visit to the 2019 EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival by Dawn Marie Hamilton

On By Dawn Marie HamiltonIn An Authors Life4 Comments
Tinker Magic 2017
From the 2017 festival and my favorite Disney character.

Fantasy and gardens are woven throughout my Highland Gardens romance series. Like many children from the US, my introduction to fantasy was by way of the imagination of Walt Disney and company. I love when a trip to Disney World in Orlando, FL includes time spent at the EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival. The 2019 festival began on March 6th and will end on June 3rd.

 

 

This year, I visited Disney World with my family during the Easter holiday. We had an absolute blast.  My favorite part of the garden festival, besides the great food, is the topiaries. How about I share a few of the wonderful Disney couple character topiaries from this year’s festival…

Mickey and his love 2019

 

Beauty and the Beast 2019

Lady and the Tramp 2019

 

~Dawn Marie

 

Has A Motion Picture Affected Your Life?

On By Nancy Lee BadgerIn An Authors Life, New Release1 Comment

I bet there are several motion pictures that you remember, no matter how long ago you first sat and watched. Thinking of a few of my favorites brings back the aroma of popcorn and the sounds of a room full of people screaming at the same time (think JAWS or EARTHQUAKE) Nudity on the screen used to make me squirm with embarrassment (I actually walked out of HAIR).

Death star

One motion picture that turned a STAR TREK television show aficionado into a lover of something new and exciting was STAR WARS. The opening scene of a small spacecraft being attacked by a huge ship that took up the entire screen turned the theater quiet. We had never seen anything like this. And, who can forget the battle between Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker to blow up the Death Star?

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Writing paranormal romance is similar because I take a world and add something that could happen, but something my readers do not expect. My readers want to be entertained and I do my best to think about STAR WARS and what about that movie entertained me. Twists and turns and a really awful villain helps and I have those and much more in my Warriors in Bronze series.

Book #2 is Heaven-sent Highlander and was released April 24th by Soul Mate Publishing.  Find all Buy Links HERE

and…May the 4th be with you!