There are many romantasy series to choose from. But, what if you’re looking for a wholesome, standalone fantasy series that is about finding love that feeds the heart, not the libido? Your heart beats fast not because there’s a racy scene, but because you feel the love is based in appreciation, respect, understanding, and emotional…
So you’re looking for romantasy alternatives to Fourth Wing of the Empyrean series, and you’re feeling particular. You want dragons, action, found family, and progression. One or more of these 8 fantasies might just be for you. In the New Adult category, consider Carissa Broadbent’s The Serpent & the Wings at Night. Somewhat spicy, dragon…
Delivering a Shower Stall Takes Coordination and More Than One Good Neighbor. We built our home over a period of years (okay, close to ten years, with a two-year lapse. We were doing it ourselves.). The picture is from several years ago. We were at the point that we needed to gather toilets, shower stalls,…
I’m about halfway through drafting the first book in my new dragon series. As this story unfolded, I realized something about my writing. It’s driven by secrets. I find things out at the same time as you do. Sure, there are some things I know before any character does, but much of it, I don’t….
I can’t deny it. Purple martin swallows are my obsession. I love the look of them: they make me think of Toothless from the movie How to Train Your Dragon. They look like feathered dragons, don’t they? As similar as martins are to dragons — look at their heads straight on. They’re oblong on the…
Or amusing. Last week, a pair inspected the purple martin house. The male was partial to the second-floor accommodations facing the lake. The female settled on the first floor, lower left compartment overlooking our house. I’ve named them Fred and Wilma (from the Flintstone cartoon of yesteryear). Nothing Fred could do, not singing, not calling,…
I’ve mentioned in past newsletters how my mother died when I was an infant. I was told stories about her and had lots of pictures of her, but until I entered my thirties, I didn’t think of her as a real person. Someone who once lived a life. She was always a ghost in the…
I’ve been hoping to host purple martins in my backyard, but though males have visited, they haven’t convinced any females to move in. I have learned there is a colony three properties upriver from our house. I’m keeping the martin house up, hoping maturing males later in the season will want to stretch their wings…
