Thank you Dear Mandy, for having me as a guest blogger, it’s always an honour! I’d like to introduce you and your readers to my fourth novel, a very new release, titled The Witchdoctor’s Bones. I generally like to set fiction in the current day but in the case of The...
Nocturnal - definition: of, pertaining to, or active at night There are numerous animals that roam in the night, adapted to life in the dark. One of my favorites is the bushbaby not just because it is the sweetest little bundle of fur but also because my parents...
Sacrosanct - definition: highly sacred or holy I was taken back to my early childhood by this word. My first school was actually within a convent and we were taught by nuns. Even all these years later, I can conjure up the feel and smell of the nun's habit. When they...
Iota - definition: a tiny amount I have been nominated for the ABC Blog Award by http://eyedancers.wordpress.com/ - thank you! So as the rules dictate I use every letter of the alphabet - eeek! - I am sharing iota's of things that mean something to me. Here goes: a -...
Cascade - definition: a steep usually small waterfall - a downward flow of something I have always found flowing water an irresistible draw. Standing on a bridge I find myself leaning forward, wanting to flow with the river or stream. However, waterfalls are my true...
Oh this was heaven sent for today's word- pun entirely intended! Azure - definition: the blue color of the clear sky. I had begun to write a poem for it : I got this far. Color of a summer’s day Bright and beautiful Azure you lighten the eye Not cyan nor blue A...
We are all unique as people and writers alike. Our likes and dislikes as well as our ‘life experience’ influences how and what we write. As we learn our art, we ‘grow’ as a writer drawing from new skills, acquired knowledge and through practice. What makes you unique?...