The Girdle of Melian

or the first time since 2017, I’m doing the Blogging from A to Z April Challenge ! In 2017, I collated all my blog posts up till then In 2016, I focused on JRR Tolkien and the Inklings In 2015, I featured books I’d read based on a reading challenge In 2014, I didn’t have a theme !   In 2013, I collated all my Twitter favourites up till then (it was a LOT easier to organize Twitter back then) In 2012, I listed all my favourite books This year I’m going to focus on fellow authors and bloggers !   I’ll cover all the guest posts, blog hops, cover reveals, interviews, and more, that I’ve featured over the years (mostly sorted by surname, with some sorted by title). Please share your favourite blog hops and blogging events and book covers in the comments! Plus a photo (or a few) for each day, taken by my daughter (or of her!) on a visit to the canton of Schwyz (one of the founding cantons of Switzerland, in 1291)! This year's A to Z team is : Arlee Bird (founder) ...

or the first time since 2017, I’m doing the Blogging from A to Z April Challenge ! In 2017, I collated all my blog posts up till then In 2016, I focused on JRR Tolkien and the Inklings In 2015, I featured books I’d read based on a reading challenge In 2014, I didn’t have a theme !   In 2013, I collated all my Twitter favourites up till then (it was a LOT easier to organize Twitter back then) In 2012, I listed all my favourite books This year I’m going to focus on fellow authors and bloggers !   I’ll cover all the guest posts, blog hops, cover reveals, interviews, and more, that I’ve featured over the years (mostly sorted by surname, with some sorted by title). Please share your favourite blog hops and blogging events and book covers in the comments! Plus a photo (or a few) for each day, taken by my daughter (or of her!) on a visit to the canton of Schwyz (one of the founding cantons of Switzerland, in 1291)! This year's A to Z team is : Arlee Bird (founder) ...

or the first time since 2017, I’m doing the Blogging from A to Z April Challenge ! In 2017, I collated all my blog posts up till then In 2016, I focused on JRR Tolkien and the Inklings In 2015, I featured books I’d read based on a reading challenge In 2014, I didn’t have a theme !   In 2013, I collated all my Twitter favourites up till then (it was a LOT easier to organize Twitter back then) In 2012, I listed all my favourite books This year I’m going to focus on fellow authors and bloggers !   I’ll cover all the guest posts, blog hops, cover reveals, interviews, and more, that I’ve featured over the years (mostly sorted by surname, with some sorted by title). Please share your favourite blog hops and blogging events and book covers in the comments! Plus a photo (or a few) for each day, taken by my daughter (or of her!) on a visit to the canton of Schwyz (one of the founding cantons of Switzerland, in 1291)! This year's A to Z team is : Arlee Bird (founder) ...

or the first time since 2017, I’m doing the Blogging from A to Z April Challenge ! In 2017, I collated all my blog posts up till then In 2016, I focused on JRR Tolkien and the Inklings In 2015, I featured books I’d read based on a reading challenge In 2014, I didn’t have a theme !   In 2013, I collated all my Twitter favourites up till then (it was a LOT easier to organize Twitter back then) In 2012, I listed all my favourite books This year I’m going to focus on fellow authors and bloggers !   I’ll cover all the guest posts, blog hops, cover reveals, interviews, and more, that I’ve featured over the years (mostly sorted by surname, with some sorted by title). Please share your favourite blog hops and blogging events and book covers in the comments! Plus a photo (or a few) for each day, taken by my daughter (or of her!) on a visit to the canton of Schwyz (one of the founding cantons of Switzerland, in 1291)! This year's A to Z team is : Arlee Bird (founder) ...

or the first time since 2017, I’m doing the Blogging from A to Z April Challenge ! In 2017, I collated all my blog posts up till then In 2016, I focused on JRR Tolkien and the Inklings In 2015, I featured books I’d read based on a reading challenge In 2014, I didn’t have a theme !   In 2013, I collated all my Twitter favourites up till then (it was a LOT easier to organize Twitter back then) In 2012, I listed all my favourite books This year I’m going to focus on fellow authors and bloggers !   I’ll cover all the guest posts, blog hops, cover reveals, interviews, and more, that I’ve featured over the years (mostly sorted by surname, with some sorted by title). Please share your favourite blog hops and blogging events and book covers in the comments! Plus a photo (or a few) for each day, taken by my daughter (or of her!) on a visit to the canton of Schwyz (one of the founding cantons of Switzerland, in 1291)! This year's A to Z team is : Arlee Bird (founder) ...

inja Captain Alex is visiting today! Welcome, Alex! Finding Movie Inspirations for CassaDark   Most know that I am a big movie buff, especially science fiction and fantasy films. I find them inspiring, fueling my imagination, and they spark ideas for stories. The main character in my book is coaxed into answering a call for help on a distant planet. He and two others sneak about a garbage ship and are dumped in a hostile world with few chances for escape. I drew upon my memory of several movies when creating CassaDark , particularly the setting of the desert planet of Ugar. Screamers , 1996 Starring Peter Weller and based on a short story by Philip K. Dick A military commander stationed off planet during an interplanetary war travels through the devastated landscape to negotiate a peace treaty, but discovers that the primitive robots they built to kill enemy combatants have gained sentience. The desert setting and piles of refuge definitely inspired Ugar's setting, wi...

or the first time since 2017, I’m doing the Blogging from A to Z April Challenge ! In 2017, I collated all my blog posts up till then In 2016, I focused on JRR Tolkien and the Inklings In 2015, I featured books I’d read based on a reading challenge In 2014, I didn’t have a theme !   In 2013, I collated all my Twitter favourites up till then (it was a LOT easier to organize Twitter back then) In 2012, I listed all my favourite books This year I’m going to focus on fellow authors and bloggers !   I’ll cover all the guest posts, blog hops, cover reveals, interviews, and more, that I’ve featured over the years (mostly sorted by surname, with some sorted by title). Please share your favourite blog hops and blogging events and book covers in the comments! Plus a photo (or a few) for each day, taken by my daughter (or of her!) on a visit to the canton of Schwyz (one of the founding cantons of Switzerland, in 1291)! This year's A to Z team is : Arlee Bird (founder) ...

or the first time since 2017, I’m doing the Blogging from A to Z April Challenge ! In 2017, I collated all my blog posts up till then In 2016, I focused on JRR Tolkien and the Inklings In 2015, I featured books I’d read based on a reading challenge In 2014, I didn’t have a theme !   In 2013, I collated all my Twitter favourites up till then (it was a LOT easier to organize Twitter back then) In 2012, I listed all my favourite books This year I’m going to focus on fellow authors and bloggers !   I’ll cover all the guest posts, blog hops, cover reveals, interviews, and more, that I’ve featured over the years (mostly sorted by surname, with some sorted by title). Please share your favourite blog hops and blogging events and book covers in the comments! Plus a photo (or a few) for each day, taken by my daughter (or of her!) on a visit to the canton of Schwyz (one of the founding cantons of Switzerland, in 1291)! This year's A to Z team is : Arlee Bird (founder) ...

or the first time since 2017, I’m doing the Blogging from A to Z April Challenge ! In 2017, I collated all my blog posts up till then In 2016, I focused on JRR Tolkien and the Inklings In 2015, I featured books I’d read based on a reading challenge In 2014, I didn’t have a theme !   In 2013, I collated all my Twitter favourites up till then (it was a LOT easier to organize Twitter back then) In 2012, I listed all my favourite books This year I’m going to focus on fellow authors and bloggers !   I’ll cover all the guest posts, blog hops, cover reveals, interviews, and more, that I’ve featured over the years (mostly sorted by surname, with some sorted by title). Please share your favourite blog hops and blogging events and book covers in the comments! Plus a photo (or a few) for each day, taken by my daughter (or of her!) on a visit to the canton of Schwyz (one of the founding cantons of Switzerland, in 1291)! This year's A to Z team is : Arlee Bird (founder) ...

or the first time since 2017, I’m doing the Blogging from A to Z April Challenge ! In 2017, I collated all my blog posts up till then In 2016, I focused on JRR Tolkien and the Inklings In 2015, I featured books I’d read based on a reading challenge In 2014, I didn’t have a theme !   In 2013, I collated all my Twitter favourites up till then (it was a LOT easier to organize Twitter back then) In 2012, I listed all my favourite books This year I’m going to focus on fellow authors and bloggers !   I’ll cover all the guest posts, blog hops, cover reveals, interviews, and more, that I’ve featured over the years (mostly sorted by surname, with some sorted by title). Please share your favourite blog hops and blogging events and book covers in the comments! Plus a photo (or a few) for each day, taken by my daughter (or of her!) on a visit to the canton of Schwyz (one of the founding cantons of Switzerland, in 1291)! This year's A to Z team is : Arlee Bird (founder) ...

or the first time since 2017, I’m doing the Blogging from A to Z April Challenge ! In 2017, I collated all my blog posts up till then In 2016, I focused on JRR Tolkien and the Inklings In 2015, I featured books I’d read based on a reading challenge In 2014, I didn’t have a theme !   In 2013, I collated all my Twitter favourites up till then (it was a LOT easier to organize Twitter back then) In 2012, I listed all my favourite books This year I’m going to focus on fellow authors and bloggers !   I’ll cover all the guest posts, blog hops, cover reveals, interviews, and more, that I’ve featured over the years (mostly sorted by surname, with some sorted by title). Please share your favourite blog hops and blogging events and book covers in the comments! Plus a photo (or a few) for each day, taken by my daughter (or of her!) on a visit to the canton of Schwyz (one of the founding cantons of Switzerland, in 1291)! This year's A to Z team is : Arlee Bird (founder) ...