MinddogTV interview

Mark your calendar Monday, February 8, 1:00 PM ET, I’ll be a guest at MinddogTV. Matt Napo will be interviewing me about my latest novel, The Rose Guardian. MinddogTV is a podcast that encourages independent free thinking. They seek to open the doors to provocative subjects and bring fresh ideas and perspectives to light. MinddogTV discusses topics that inspire different points of view. The channel also includes videos from Matt Napo’s music and blog. Based…

And just like that…

…there’s a new world Eight weeks after taking on elder care, it seems it’s over. After an explosive and dramatic Friday, during which our in-laws staged a clandestine flit, the Old Stone House has returned to quietude and harmony. Remember what I wrote earlier about sometimes people don’t want a rescue, can’t accept help? Seems that’s very true. And so it’s just Gary and me once again in this pile of stone. I’ve gone from…

For your isolation reading

We’re offering all our captive (as in isolated) readers worldwide two free ebooks to fill your days, even nights, all as our way of helping you cope with these extraordinary circumstances. Allow us to introduce you to the first novel, Kingmaker’s Sword, in Ann Marston’s wonderful fantasy series, The Rune Blades of Celi. This is epic, Celtic-inspired fantasy at its best, beautifully written, completely captivating. Ann creates a believable world, with believable characters. We think Kingmaker’s Sword is a perfect…

5 stars for The Rose Guardian

LibraryThing Early Reviewers Gives 5 stars to The Rose Guardian This is a journey of relationships and relativity as told though the eyes of an artist (and authored by an artist of both color and words). It touches on the relationship of the mother to her children and how her pain attacks them, leaving them marked for life also. It reflects upon the influence of childhood on the adults they become and it allows for a…

A new novel from Lorina Stephens

Now available for pre-order Lorina Stephens‘ new magic realism novel, The Rose Guardian, is now available for pre-order in trade paperback and ebook. What’s it about? Here’s the book blurb: There is a conversation that should have happened between Vi Cotter and her mother. Now it’s too late. But sometimes the dead speak through the legacy they leave, and in this case Vi’s mother bequeaths her, among other things, her journals. Do we sometimes seek absolution from…