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Whimsical Words

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Whimsical Words · 2d ago

Free eBook to Celebrate Balticon

Balticon, the wonderful science fiction and fantasy conference sponsored by the Baltimore Science Fiction Society, begins tomorrow. Now held at the Hunt Valley Marriot (Hunt Valley, MD), Balticon is always interesting. I usually attend a few writing, publishing, and art focused programs I’m not invo

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Whimsical Words · 3W ago

May the Fourth be with you!

Older, but no wiser than the last time I blogged, I wish each of you a Happy Star Wars Day! As for me, I fell in love with George Lucas’s saga from the opening frame of Episode IV, and have over the years read most of the Star Wars books and watched (multiple times) all [...]

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Whimsical Words · 1M ago

Owl Notes

I’m hard at work putting together Owl Light, my next collection of speculative short stories. Owls and darkness play a role in each tale. And as in my 1st collection, The Greener Forest, I’ll be using a few poems and illustrations for transitions between the stories. While researching owls and owl f

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Whimsical Words · 2M ago

Home from Laurel Springs

I’ve just returned home from a visit to my uncle in Laurel Springs. The journey back and forth to the North Carolina mountains was long, but the time spent with him was wonderful. And even in the most normal day-to-day activities, writing and art inspirations were present. On the drive south (and on

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Whimsical Words · 3M ago

Angels Everywhere

Angels aren’t confined to heavenly choirs and altar paintings. I believe their enchanting presence can be felt everywhere. And that’s how I present angels when I include them in my writing. The angels in the 10th story in The Greener Forest sing in the trees. They also tell a wood-carver named Porte

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Whimsical Words · 3M ago

Free eBook

I love my readers, and so does my publisher. So, for a limited time, Cold Moon Press is offering its readers one of my stories, Blame it on the Trees, as a FREE eBook. You can download it for Kindle here: http://tinyurl.com/vonnies-blame-trees-story Now, let me tell you how this eBook came to be… La

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Whimsical Words · 3M ago

The Re-animated Dead

A month ago, I spoke at the Library of Congress along with Katie Hartlove, editor at Cold Moon Press, and Michelle D. Sonnier, a fellow Cold Moon Press author. Wow, is the only word I have for the marvelous building, helpful staff, and receptive audience. For those who’ve never taken a tour of the b

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Whimsical Words · 3M ago

Happy Groundhog Day

It’s February 2nd, and that means Punxsutawney Phil and a plethora of other groundhogs have looked for their shadows. Some of the critters have seen their shadow when they crawled or were hauled out of their burrows – thus predicting 6 more weeks of winters. Other groundhogs (or in the case of Alask

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Whimsical Words · 4M ago

Happy Chinese New Year!

Happy Chinese New Year to each of you. 2012 is a Year of the Dragon — a most auspicious year indeed! I was born in the Year of the Dragon, several dragons ago, and I think that was the genesis of my life-long fascination with mythical beasts and magical stories. In celebration, I’m working on a [...

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Whimsical Words · 4M ago

Zombies & Angels & Boogeymen…Oh, My!

2012 has started off with a bang! Tomorrow, I’ll be part of a Cold Moon Press presentation at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC at 12 noon. Besides reading an excerpt from my zombie love story, I’ll be discussing how to use traditional creatures/ characters from myths & folklore in creative

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