Noms de Plume, what’s in a name.

Welcome back to another blog hop, with #OpenBook. Here’s this week’s prompt. Don’t forget to click the purple button to see what everyone else has to say. Did you write under a pseudonym? Why? Yes, I do. Even though my … Continued

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Ploughing the fields. Gardener’s Worlds.

Welcome back to another blog hop, with #OpenBook. Here’s this week’s prompt. Don’t forget to click the purple button to see what everyone else has to say. Do any of your characters garden? Or keep houseplants? How about you? What … Continued

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Anyone for space tennis?

Welcome back to another blog hop, with #OpenBook. Here’s this week’s prompt. Don’t forget to click the purple button to see what everyone else has to say. Are any of your characters fans of a particular sports team? Once again, … Continued

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To be read, the long and winding list

Welcome back to another blog hop, with #OpenBook. Here’s this week’s prompt. Don’t forget to click the purple button to see what everyone else has to say. What’s on your “TBR” (to be read) list? Back in the days when … Continued

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To show; or perhaps to tell?

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When two (or more) genres collide.

Welcome back to another blog hop, with #OpenBook. Here’s this week’s prompt. When you’ve read this post, please click the purple button to see what everyone else has to say. Have you experienced or witnessed genre shaming, where readers/authors degrade … Continued

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Better left unsaid? Inappropriate language.

Welcome back to another blog hop, with #OpenBook. Here’s this week’s prompt. How do you feel about the use of profanity, either in your stories or in what you read? After forty years at sea, I don’t think there’s a … Continued

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