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Final Snippet Post Before Publishing!!
Those of you following my updates on Facebook already know the book will likely be published in September. Several people have told me...
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Aug 19, 20152 min read


Building Atlantis: The Watchmen
This little drabble is a continuation of the world building posts that describe places and people both in and around Atlantis, related to...
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Feb 25, 20152 min read


Adventures at the Ancient Mayan City of Uxmal
Ancient cities and cultures fascinate me. Exactly why I chose to write stories about Atlantis. Trekking through a jungle on the Yucatan...
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Jan 29, 20153 min read


Meet the Characters: ???
Fire and blood. I love the smell of destruction first thing in the morning. The world fears us, and rightly so. See how they tremble, how...
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Dec 23, 20141 min read


Angry Bee Mead, or How Bees Defeated the Roman Legions
Deliciously deceptive, mead is a drink for which I've come to regard with respect. Like champagne, it tastes like you're drinking stars,...
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Dec 16, 20142 min read


Meet the Characters: Kenda Ptah, Atlantean Captain
Hello again, everyone! Well, I only updated once in November. You can thank NaNoWriMo and Thanksgiving for that. But for those of you who...
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Dec 2, 20143 min read


Meet the Characters: Marcus Duilius
It's been a while since I've posted. So sorry to my readers for the delay! Between my grandmother's death and moving (and not to FL,...
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Nov 6, 20143 min read


NaNoWriMo 2014
Samuel L. Jackson sure gets some great lines. With the first draft of book 1 nearly finished, I'm looking ahead to the next step. Before...
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Oct 9, 20142 min read


Meet the Characters: The Princess
She padded down the steps leading to the great hall. As she neared the bottom landing, she heard raised voices. Peering through the...
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Sep 30, 20142 min read


Where Do Writers Find Inspiration?
Many, many places. Travel, of course, is a wonderful and fun way to broaden the mind. My husband and I did just that this past weekend,...
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Sep 26, 20142 min read


Random Thoughts: How To Tell When Your Story Comes To Life
The enemy forces loomed closer, their massive elephants kicking up clouds of dust. Marcus grasped his sword. “Steady...” he commanded his...
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Sep 22, 20142 min read


Building Atlantis: Storyweaver
This is the first of a series of short story posts describing the world and people both in and around Atlantis, related to the "Meet the...
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Sep 17, 20142 min read


7-7-7 Challenge
Lots of challenges floating around cyberspace these days! An Indie authoress of my acquaintance, Madhuri Blaylock (see the link to her...
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Sep 12, 20141 min read


Did you know? Atlantis and the Occult
Belief in the Occult was very popular in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Notable personalities from Adolf Hitler to Sir Arthur Conan...
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Sep 11, 20142 min read


Jane Austen is my heroine!
The tremendous impact she has made on our ideas of love and romance is simply amazing! Let's face it, every woman loves Mr. Darcy (though...
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Sep 10, 20141 min read


Did You Know? Lost Mayan Cities Discovered in Campeche
Lost cities are still out there waiting for discovery, folks! We tend to think we've already mapped out every square inch of the earth....
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Sep 9, 20141 min read


Did You Know? Some Myths Turn Out to Be True
Is the idea of Atlantis' existence really that far-fetched? Amateur archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann, along with others, located the...
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Sep 8, 20141 min read


Meet the Characters: Finn Stigandr
On the doorstep of a peat and stone house, high above the fjords, a boy sat waiting for the moon to rise. While his mother boiled a...
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Aug 6, 20143 min read


Plato's account of Atlantis
In order to discover the fate of Atlantis, let us look to Plato's Dialogue of Critias, where the legend is first mentioned: ... nine...
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Aug 1, 20142 min read


Did You Know...? Santorini (Thera)
Of the more than 200 sites on earth claiming to be the location of Atlantis, Santorini (known as Thera in antiquity) is believed by many...
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Jul 31, 20141 min read
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