Category Archives: Recommended Books

For the Love of…Writing Resources, Part 3

Posted on May 7, 2020 by Leslie Bird Nuccio

by Artemis Crow I hope you and yours are well and staying sane in these crazy times! Here we are with my third installment of writing resources. I hope you aren’t tiring of these posts because there are many books … Continue reading →

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For the Love of…Writing Resources, Part 1

Posted on February 20, 2020 by Leslie Bird Nuccio

I am a serious book nerd. There, I said it. Whew, it’s good to have that out in the ether. I have hundreds of fiction paperbacks in all kinds of genres. I probably have a hundred reference books about writing, … Continue reading →

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Author Treat: Jennifer Lowery

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Toni Kelly

Hi All! Today we have a very special treat. Jennifer Lowery, author of contemporary romance Hard Core is here today to talk to us about herself and her book.  I first have to start off by saying that read and absolutely loved … Continue reading →

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Speaking Erotically

Posted on February 19, 2012 by C. Margery Kempe

A colleague invited me to speak on campus at NUIG for Shag Week. Or rather she suggested to the English Society, a student organisation, that they invite me — and they did! I thought this was rather nice. Of course they … Continue reading →

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Interview with author Kit Marlowe

Posted on December 18, 2011 by C. Margery Kempe

C. Margery Kempe here: Today I’m in Dundee to interview the historical romance writer, Kit Marlowe author of The Mangrove Legacy [now on Kindle!], The Big Splash and the on-going serial novel, Airships & Alchemy. Hello, Kit — and happy birthday … Continue reading →

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Cover Artist S. L. Johnson

Posted on October 16, 2011 by C. Margery Kempe

by C. Margery Kempe I am so happy to have as a guest today the fabulous artist S. L. Johnson, whom I know from way too many nights drinking at the Aloha Alcohula, dancing in various dives around Connecticut, tippling … Continue reading →

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I Think I Have a Bad Case of “Whatchamacallit” by Debralee Mede

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Susan Hanniford Crowley

Imagine this:  A most evil, malignant and immortal wizard who throughout his villainous reign has plagued some with fear by acting like a “raging psychopath and sadist deriving pure amusement by inflicting pain on others.”  He does so without remorse: … Continue reading →

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Alt.Fiction

Posted on June 26, 2011 by C. Margery Kempe

C. Margery Kempe here. This is where I am this weekend! Tuesday I’ll be reading with Lucy Felthouse at the Leicester Library, 6pm. Alt.Fiction Festival 2011 25th-26th June QUAD, Market Place, Derby Saturday 25th June, 10am – Midnight Sunday 26th … Continue reading →

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Beatrice & Benedick

Posted on June 19, 2011 by C. Margery Kempe

What we really need isn’t a summer blockbuster, but a summer fling. The Wyndham‘s lively 80s-themed production of Shakespeare’s most popular comedy, Much Ado About Nothing, as directed by Josie Rourke offers a sunnily irresistible brightness. Despite its self-deprecating title, this … Continue reading →

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Wakeful London Dawn

Posted on June 12, 2011 by C. Margery Kempe

I have found some interesting things in my research at the British Library, among them the lost notebook of Lady Caroline Whitcombe. She had been on the fringes of the Bloomsbury group, but never an accepted member of the coterie … Continue reading →

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