I’m working on releasing Dimensional Shift, a time-travel fantasy novel that is currently with the formatter. The story begins in the Bermuda Triangle of Romania, deep in the Hoia Baciu Forest, where Aria Chandler is swept into another dimension and taken to a strange land where people worship the goddess Ayahuasca and where female abduction has become […]
In many of my Regency books, my characters find themselves at parties where gambling and card-playing is a part of the entertainment. The Chinese invented playing cards around the 9th century, and cards made their way to Europe via Islamic merchants from Egypt around 1360. At this time, playing cards were made by hand and carefully
In my new Regency Historical, A Courtesan’s Advice, the hero searches for his missing brother, rumored to be held on a prison hulk. A prison hulk was a former vessel modified for convicts. The hulk is afloat but incapable of going to sea, whereas a convict ship is afloat and seaworthy and used to transport convicted
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John Nash is one of England’s most infamous architects. Nash was commissioned by the Prince Regent, later King George IV, to design many buildings and gardens in England. Among those commissioned was the Royal Pavilion, located in Brighton’s seaside town on England’s southern coast. The Pavilion is a magnificent structure, and if you aren’t aware
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Kundalini in Hinduism is a form of divine feminine energy located at the base of the spine at the root chakra. This energy is present in many esoteric traditions. The word Kundalini is a Sanskrit term from ancient India, meaning a coiled snake. Kundalini is rising energy and consciousness. It is the source of the
I haven’t done a personal blog for a while and I thought I’d give an update as to what I’ve been working on. Lately, I have been playing with cover designs for my new novel Dimensional Shift. The rough draft is below. I like it, but my twenty-year-old son doesn’t, so it continues to be a
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I’m working on a time travel story that has a daughter searching the time stream for her abducted mother. The mother entered the past to prevent governments from using the Voice of God Technology on their people, but she was taken by those set on depopulation. In my new book, the Voice of God Technology
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Sugar cane was likely used in prehistory, but the first domestic use of sugar cane happened around 8000 BC when the indigenous people of New Guinea chewed on it in raw form. Sea traders spread the cultivation practices of sugar cane throughout Southeast Asia, China, and India. Sugar was first refined in India; a sugar
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In my Witches of Griffin series, the sisters mention that we are entering the Age of Aquarius. The Age of Aquarius (air sign) begins when the March equinox point moves out of the constellation of Pisces and into the constellation of Aquarius. It is not a part of astronomy, but an astrological age that occurs as the
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In Higher Resonance, the third book my Witches of Griffin series, the sisters are forced to battle with reptilian aliens as they try to reinforce Earth’s crystalline protection grid. These beings are said to use monatomic gold to boost their nervous systems and to seed the atmosphere of their home planet. The aliens want Earth’s reserves of monatomic gold
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