Insects are all around us, from spiders living in your hard drive and the corners of the room, silverfish eating your precious books, beetles clicking, butterflies fluttering…you get the idea, I don’t have to get all poetic. Insects outweigh us
Today I welcome SC Mitchell, a fellow Soul Mate author. Steve has an upcoming book ‘Between Venus and Mars’ which is part of the popular Soul Mate tree series. His books are scifi romance, and promise “An intergalactic adventure filled with
Reading is easy. We sit in a comfortable chair, perhaps by a warm heater with cat on lap/dog at feet and a hot drink. That’s often why we read, to share vicariously the bad times and good with characters while
Today I introduce E.M. Swift-Hook, a British writer from the North-East of England and author of the Fortune’s Fools series of space opera books. Her first trilogy of the series, ‘Transgressor’ came out last year. E.M. is also one of
Herbs have a long history of use, from pre written word days right up to the internet. They can add flavour, lifting a simple dish into one fit for royalty. So it is only fair to include them in your
I have recently had a flash fiction short story accepted by Underground Writers for their Issue 17, on the theme of travelling or hitch hiking. Click Here to go to the pdf. The entire issue is free to download, and there
Making bread is a labour intensive process, and your average travelling barbarian or quest obsessed elves and dwarves have other things on their minds. Today we are in the same mindset, for buying a loaf of bread ignores the efforts
This might turn into a series, as food is a subject dear to my congested arteries. Many fantasy novels do have a bit of a focus on food, with hungry Bilbo drooling over the elven feasts and all the hobbit
Spiders are some of the most formidable predators in the insect world, and have been living with mankind since we were walking through their webs to get out of the cave. Despite the majority being harmless to humans, the horror
I was fortunate enough recently to be a part of Madwomen Monologues, a stage presentation of short stories or monologues. All proceeds go to a women’s charity each year, and it is a fantastic night. If you are in Melbourne,