Time for another jam-packed weekly round-up post from Sally Cronin’s Smorgasbord. Check this one out, for sure, and please consider passing it along for others to enjoy, as well. Thanks, and thanks to Sally, as always, for compiling these great round-up posts so we can catch up on everything we may have missed! 🙂 ❤
Miscellaneous News
Week in Review
Check out Joan Hall’s excellent Week in Review post! As always, she’s shared a ton of great links, and I’m so looking forward to spending some time today going through them. Be sure to pass the post along, too, so others can see if they’ve missed anything. Thanks, and thanks, as always, to Joan for doing such a super job of helping us stay up on things we may have missed. 🙂 ❤
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The Evolution of Blogging
Just had to share this very interesting post on the history of blogging from Nicholas Rossis. I do hope you’ll take a few moments to check it out. Amazing stuff! Enjoy, and please don’t forget to pass it along for others to enjoy, as well, thanks. And thanks to Nicholas for this and so many other wonderful and informative posts! 🙂 ❤
I have been online since 1985. I was one of the first members of the BBS (Bulletin Board) scene in Greece back when we connected to a server using landline modems. I still remember my thrill when I finally got my hands on a 9600 bps modem and could download pictures as well as texts.
In 1995, I developed my first website. Even then, I had identified a need for regularly updated content. While some pages were meant to be static, there were news and events to share. Web developers usually met this need by introducing a News page and placing there any related items. As the new millennium approached, we started placing some of these on the home page, too.
Out of these News pages came blogging. Nowadays, 25 years after I developed my first website, most of my living comes through freelance writing for company blogs.
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Thanks for the Welcome & a Brief Introduction
Today is a banner day for me–my first post on Story Empire! No, I will never start neglecting The Write Stuff, but I will always continue to share SE posts when they are focused on topics I think you guys will enjoy. (Or when they’re MINE, of course! 😀 ) Seriously, I do hope you’ll stop by and say hello today. And if you aren’t already following Story Empire, you might want to sign up to do so while there. Then, as always, I hope you’ll share today’s post with the Immediate World. THANKS, and thanks to all the folks at SE for welcoming me into the family! 🙂 ❤
Happy Wodin’s Day Everybody! I’m Marcia, and I’d like to offer my heartfelt thanks for the wonderful welcome I received yesterday from the gang here at Story Empire and from many of their friends and followers! You’ve all made me feel right at home, and I’m looking forward to being a part of this blog for a long time! I don’t have any smiling doggie pics or fireworks today, but I’m very happy to be part of this team, as you can see.
I’d like to start my first post with a wee bit about me, for those I’ve not met on social media yet. I believe I’m the senior citizen of this super group, turning 76 on St. Patrick’s Day, though maybe we can keep that a little secret just between us. 😊 I’m also that rarest of things, a Florida native. (I’ve heard it rumored there’s some guy…
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A Special Announcement from Story Empire
EXCITING NEWS ALERT! Please take a moment to check out today’s post on Story Empire. I’m not going to give away the surprise, but let it be known far and wide that I am doing the Snoopy Dance of Great Joy this morning. I hope you’ll enjoy reading the announcement, and will help me spread the news far and wide! I’d like to let the Immediate World know, so having you guys share would make my morning even better than it’s already starting out to be. THANKS from the bottom of my heart, and another THANK YOU to the Story Empire family! 🙂 ❤
Hello, SEers. Mae here, leading off a splashy announcement. If you’ve followed Story Empire for any length of time, you know we don’t post on Tuesdays. But we have something so exciting to share we simply couldn’t wait for our regular schedule.
Our blog has been growing—thanks to all of our wonderful readers—and as a result, we’re pleased (read: jazzed-Snoopy-dance-crazy-happy) to announce the addition of a new SE member/blogger.
Please roll out the red carpet for Marcia Meara!
Marcia is a talented writer, a phenomenal supporter of others, and a dedicated blogger. She’s been blessed with a wonderful sense of humor that routinely shows up in her posts, a zest for life, and a passionate devotion to the craft of writing. I am so pleased to call her a friend, and now an SE colleague. Please join us in welcoming her to Story Empire. Her first post goes live tomorrow…
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#BookReview – HARBINGER – WAKE-ROBIN RIDGE #3 by Marcia Meara #supernatural
What a lucky day this cloudy, gray Monday has turned out to be! Just found another wonderful review for one of my Wake-Robin Ridge books. Deborah Jay has some lovely things to say about Harbinger, the 3rd book in the series, and I do hope you’ll check out her post, then pass it along far and wide. Thanks so much, and my grateful thanks to Debby for sharing her thoughts on this tale of the Black Dog. Big Hugs! 🙂 ❤
Back to Marcia’s Wake-Robin Ridge series, and my next review following my binge read of the series so far.
If you haven’t seen them yet, take a look at my reviews of book #1 and book #2
So here’s my review of book #3 – yet another 5*
Harbinger by Marcia Meara
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
A little girl goes into the woods with someone she trusts – but never comes out again.
20 years later, Sheriff Wardell asks if Mac and his adopted son, Rabbit, will consider reviewing the unsolved cold case in the hope that maybe Rabbit’s gift of the Sight might bring something new to light where conventional methods failed.
Rabbit is keen to help bring closure to a family torn apart by the girl’s disappearance, and Mac, along with a less than keen Sarah, agree to support him as he learns more about how…
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The Light (Wake-Robin Ridge #4) by @MarciaMeara #Mystery with a touch of the #Paranormal #BookReview
Woke up to find a wonderful review of my latest Wake-Robin Ridge book, The Light, on Cathy Ryan’s lovely Between the Lines blog. Hope you’ll take a moment to see what Cathy has to say about this one, and will pass it along on all your favorite social media sites. And oh, yeah–maybe grab a copy for yourself, if you haven’t gotten yours! 😀 Thanks, and my heartfelt thanks to Cathy, too, for this terrific review! 🙂 ❤
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Week in Review
Time once again for Joan Hall’s Week in Review post, and as always, her collection of links is fantastic. Hope you’ll check out this post (including the gorgeous photo) and will discover some articles you’ll want to read, as well. And it goes without saying–though I’m saying it, anyway–please pass these along so others can enjoy them, too, thanks. And thanks, Joan, for another great recap! 🙂 ❤
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Friday – New Book Launch – Grinders – By C.S. Boyack
A terrific post over on John W. Howell’s Fiction Favorites blog today, featuring C. S. Boyack and his newest release, Grinders. Just reading about this imaginative world Craig has created makes me want to bump the book to the top of my TBR pile immediately. Check it out, and then pass it along to the Immediate World, if you would, thanks. And thanks to John for featuring Craig today. Great post all around! 🙂
Friday’s for JohnKu
Today’s a little different…
Craig’s in the house.
I usually have a John Ku and also some thoughts about the week on Friday. Today is a little different. I couldn’t help but do a JohnKu, but the musings will have to wait.
I am delighted to be joined by Craig Boyack, who is launching a new book. I always enjoy Craig’s books and am looking forward to this one. So without any delay, Here’s Craig.
Thanks for inviting me back, John. I’m here to talk about my newest book, Grinders. Grinders is a cyberpunk story, and many of you might be wondering what that is. Maybe my best way to start off is by telling you what it isn’t.
Science Fiction is a huge category. You can divide it up by thinking about space opera and anything with aliens, then everything else. Cyberpunk falls in the everything…
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5* Review for The Light by Marcia Meara~#UrbanFantasy @MarciaMeara
Anita Dawes and Jaye Marie posted a wonderful review of The Light on their Books, Bonsai & Poetry blog. I love it, Rabbit loves it, and I hope you’ll love it, too. Check it out, and pass it along, if you would. Rabbit and I thank you for helping us get the word out, and we thank Anita & Jaye for saying such lovely things about this latest story from the Ridge, where things still go bump in the night. BIG HUGS, Ladies!! 🙂 ❤
The Magic is Back!
For Robert MacKenzie Cole—or Rabbit, as he’s known to all—the chance to accompany his family to see North Carolina’s infamous Brown Mountain Lights has him nearly dizzy with excitement. And what better night to watch this unexplained phenomenon unfold than Halloween?
But when the entrancing, unpredictable lights show up, Rabbit gets far more than he bargained for. He’s gifted with what folks in the Appalachians call “the Sight,” and it’s this extrasensory perception that enables him to spot the one light different from all the rest.
In his biggest challenge to date, Rabbit—aided by his daddy and his newest friend, Austin Dupree— begins a quest to learn more about the mysterious light. Their investigation unveils a web of cons and corruption none of them expected and exposes a brutal murder along the way.
Throughout all, Rabbit is unfaltering in his commitment to do whatever it takes…
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