Author: Marcia Meara

What About the Voices that Come from Others?

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A very interesting and informative post today from Charles Yallowitz. Check it out! (And as always, don’t forget to pass it along.) Really enjoyed this one, Charles.

Charles Yallowitz's avatarLegends of Windemere

Avengers #4

To example the picture, Captain America wasn’t created by Stan Lee.  He was added to the Avengers, which was a Stan Lee/Jack Kirby creation.  I’ve noticed that many people think every Marvel superhero was made by Stan Lee, but that isn’t true.  There are some that he gained from those who came before him or his peers.  What does this have to do with the weekly topic?

With many of my books being based on role-playing games that I did in college, a lot of my characters were created and played by others.  In Legends of Windemere, I was only Luke Callindor while the other champions were in the heads of other players.  For example, Nimby was my friend Dave and Timoran Wrath started as an NPC then was handed to a guy named Mark.  You can see a long list in the back of the final…

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Updated Event Schedule for 2019

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For anyone in the central Florida area who might have been planning to come to one of my nature programs or other events, I’ve had to make a couple of schedule changes. I apologize for any inconvenince, but some ongoing issues with my STOOPIT skin cancer problems have left me looking very, erm, shall we say . . . unappealing . . . for a few more weeks. Trust me on this. You’ll enjoy the slide presentations much better if you aren’t distracted by my various facial issues. When all of these places heal, I’ll be back to looking more like a typical granny, and less like an extra from the cast of the Walking Dead.

With that in mind, here are the new dates for my public events through March:

Feb 9 – 11:00 – Tea and Luncheon at DeBary Hall, $25.00 to include catered lunch, custom blended teas, a reading and Q&A session with me, and your choice of one of my books, signed. Reservations required: 386-668-3840  Yummy & fun!

Feb 16 – 1:00pm – Enterprise Museum: Central Florida’s Fabulous Wildlife #8, Backyard Birds Part 1: The Usual Suspects. Slideshow on identifying & attracting wild birds. Free, no reservations required.

March 9 – 1:00 – Enterprise Museum: Central Florida’s Fabulous Wildlife #9,  title to be announced. Free, no Reservations Required.

March 23 – 1:00 – Enterprise Museum: Central Florida’s Fabulous Wildlife #10,  title to be announced. Free, no reservations required.

Hope to see some of you there! Thanks. Now back to your regularly scheduled programming. 😀

 

 

Fantasy Sub-Genres

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For you folks who write any kind of fantasy at all, Nicholas Rossis has posted a great list to help you determine which fantasy genre is applicable to your work. Check it out! You may be able to use several of these sub-categories to get more eyes on your books. Thanks, Nicholas!

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Fantasy magic book | From the blog of Nicholas C. Rossis, author of science fiction, the Pearseus epic fantasy series and children's books Image: Pixabay

When I finished my first book in the Pearseus universe, I was faced with an unexpected problem: everyone kept saying that identifying your genre was important. But my book crossed many genres. It was, essentially, a fantasy tale taking place in the future, with technology and a tiny bit of crystal magic. So, how the heck do you find a genre to shoehorn this kind of book into?

After several unsuccessful attempts to do so, I now describe it as science fiction fantasy (aka science fantasy) but wish I had come across this handy guide from Thoughts on Fantasy before I spent so many hours researching fantasy subgenres!

From Tolkienesque High Fantasy to Paranormal Romance, this is the ultimate guide for all things fantasy. Just click on a link below for a brief description of that subgenre, examples of books written in it, and typical elements that characterize…

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It’s Release Day! End of Day by Mae Clair #SupernaturalSuspense #Mystery #Thriller

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The lovely and talented Mae Clair’s latest book is now available! I pre-ordered this one, so my copy is already on my Kindle, ready when I am. Let’s help Mae get this one off to a great start by sharing far and wide. And don’t forget to grab a copy for yourself (along with Book 1 of the series, if you haven’t already read it.) Congratulations, Mae!

Mae Clair's avatarFrom the Pen of Mae Clair

Today is the book birthday for End of Day, book 2 of my Hode’s Hill trilogy.  If you enjoyed book 1, Cusp of Night, you’ll find this one in the same vein. Once again, I’m visiting the small Pennsylvania town of Hode’s Hill, but with a plot whose tentacles reach back to the town’s founding. As in Cusp of Night, I’ve spun two mysteries—one in the the past (taking place in the year 1799) and one in the present. You get two separate mysteries that tie together at the end.

Book cover for End of Day, mystery/suspense novel by Mae Clair shows old dilapidated church with bell tower and a cemetery in the background overgrown with weedsThe past is never truly buried…  

Generations of Jillian Cley’s family have been tasked with a strange duty—tending the burial plot of Gabriel Vane, whose body was the first to be interred in the Hode’s Hill cemetery. Jillian faithfully continues the long-standing tradition—until one October night, Vane’s body is stolen from its resting place. Is…

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Smorgasbord Blog Magazine – Weekly Round Up – Who is referring others to your blog? Guests, music and laughter

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And here’s Sally Cronin’s Smorgasbord Weekly RoundUp, too! SO many good things, here. (Happy to see a review of The Emissary 2: To Love Sombody included, too.) 🙂 Take a look. You’re sure to find something you’ll be glad you didn’t miss out on! And as always, don’t forget to share! 🙂 Thanks!

Author Inspiration and This Week’s Writing Links

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Staci Troilo’s “Author Inspiration and This Week’s Writing Links” is a great way to help us catch up on things we may have missed. Hope you’ll check it out, and help spread the word. Thanks!

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Ciao, amici! My holiday break officially ended last week, and for the past five days, I’ve been busy working and collecting links for you. I’ve also been spending every last second I could with my daughter, who leaves this morning to return to school. I have to admit, I have mixed feelings about that. On one hand, I miss her terribly when she isn’t here. On the other, she needs to be free to pursue her hopes and dreams. She’s an amazing person― smart, talented, hard-working, funny, and (not that it matters) beautiful. I know she’s going to accomplish great things, and I can’t wait to see what they are. So I have to let her go.

I’m blessed that I have two extraordinary children (my son is every bit as exceptional as my daughter). Doubly blessed that my son goes to college locally, so I don’t have to say goodbye to…

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Sally’s Cafe and Bookstore – Author Update #Reviews – Don Massenzio, Marcia Meara and Teri Polen

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So happy to start the New Year as part of Sally Cronin’s Author Update & Reviews series. I was tickled to find DGKaye’s review of my second Emissary novella, To Love Somebody, featured alongside the work (and reviews) of Don Massenzio and Teri Polen. Hope you’ll check this post out! (And I’m pretty sure it wouldn’t hurt any of our feelings if you shared it far and wide, too.) Thanks! 😀 ❤

Smorgasbord Blog Magazine – Sunday Interview – Getting to Know You 2019

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Sally Cronin is running her popular Getting to Know You series of interviews. It’s a great way to introduce yourself to new readers and have a lot of fun at the same time. Check out this post to learn more! 🙂

I’m Back. Mostly.

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As you can tell, Rhy is totally overcome with excitement at the
thought of life returning to normal around here.
😀

The great thing about taking a break from the computer for a week or two is relaxing with family and friends and maybe doing a wee bit of reading. The not-so-great thing is returning to an overflowing Inbox and a stack of work to catch up on. But nothing in this world is free, no matter what anyone tells you. The hidden costs are always there somewhere. In this case, I’m almost sure the break was worth it. 😉

Yep, I’m back online again and working my way through hundreds of emails. Literally. I’ve had to do a mass deletion of older ones, since there was no way to catch up on all of those, but I’ll do my best with the more recent ones. I’ve missed all of you and am looking forward to checking in with all my favorite blogs. This weekend is a bit booked, but I’ll do my best, and next week, it’s life as usual!

Hope all of you had holidays as wonderful as mine and are ready for forge ahead with your 2019 projects, whatever they may be.  Good to be back!


Hmmm. Reya seems to be overcome with excitement about something,
too, though I’m not sure what it is.
😀