The questions look interesting, especially since I’ve been doing some serious purchasing of pop culture recently while we have been reorganizing our television options. So why not? Question with my honest answers as of today. I can’t promise that I’ll… Read More ›
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INTERVIEW WITH SOLSTICE HIGH AUTHOR ARDASH VARTPARONIAN
Ardash Vartparonian The author of Solstice High discusses this and future books! Publisher: Strategic Book Group Urban Fantasy/Sci Fi/Young Adult 360 Pages An interview with Ardash Vartparonian, author of SOLSTICE HIGH Serendipity: I felt like I was reading the first… Read More ›
WORLD SHARING AND IT’S ALREADY JULY! – Marilyn Armstrong
Share Your World 7-8-2020 Questions: In your opinion, what’s the closest thing to real magic? Software. I know how it is written. I have written some myself. Nothing fancy, but enough to get a grip on how it is done…. Read More ›
HOUSEKEEPING BY MAGIC – Marilyn Armstrong
One night, I explained to Garry about house-elves. He isn’t a big reader of fantasy, so some of this stuff was news to him. I told him if we left milk and cookies out, the little folk would come to our… Read More ›
MYTH, MAGIC, AND HOUSEKEEPING – Marilyn Armstrong
Last night, I explained to Garry about house-elves. He isn’t a big reader of fantasy, as I am, so some of this stuff hasn’t gnawed at the edges of his consciousness. I told him if we were to leave milk and… Read More ›
THE SECRET BUCKET LIST – Marilyn Armstrong
I don’t have a bucket list. Until I saw the movie of the same name, the concept had never occurred to me. Most of the things I wanted to do, I’ve done. Except for the things no one can do… Read More ›
AN ILLUSION OF THIEVES by CATE GLASS – Marilyn Armstrong
This is a world where magic has been banned. Anyone displaying signs of ability to perform it is drowned, murdered … or worse (yes, there IS worse). Amidst the terror, a group of secret magic users discovers one another. Collectively,… Read More ›
SONG OF THE BEAST By CAROL BERG – Marilyn Armstsrong
“Song of the Beast” is available on Kindle and Audible.com. After years of waiting, the book finally came available as an Audiobook. Since I have the book on Kindle, Audible.com let me buy the audiobook for just $4.49 I was… Read More ›
BACK TO THE DRESDEN WORLD: READING THE SERIES AGAIN – Marilyn Armstrong
I really missed Jim Butcher and Harry Dresden. I missed Harry, the only wizard listed in Chicago’s telephone book. I miss his huge furry dog Mouse. And his gigantic cat. I miss his magical Chicago and the strange island in… Read More ›
READY TO LAUNCH?
LAUNCH THE SHUTTLECRAFT! “Captain,” as Tuvok stood tall and saluted Janeway. The tips of his pointy ears twitched slightly, one of the few tells of how intense his feelings were at this moment in time. “Are the rest of the… Read More ›
ROBERT HEINLEIN – WALDO AND MAGIC, INC.
I’m always surprise at how many people have not read these two novellas at all, or read them, but completely missed the point. Some readers apparently can’t see any connection between the two stories. They apparently believe the two novellas are in one volume “to fill up space.”… Read More ›
MAGIC IS LOOSE IN THE WORLD
“Nothing is certain anymore. Nothing. Chaos is king and magic is loose in the world.” That was the conclusion Robert A. Heinlein drew at the end of his two novellas, “Waldo” and “Magic, Incorporated.” I have always wanted magic to be… Read More ›