Category: My writing

The Travelling City : A Fantasy Action Adventure by Adrienne Miller

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


The idea of a floating city created by people’s thoughts is both fascinating and terrifying. What is real and what an illusion? Adrienne Miller weaves an intricate tale of created people who are more human than some of the humans they serve. They live in a city of illusions and danger where those with power to manifest illusions are the only people who matter.
The main characters are flawed, wonderful beings; one a human with immense powers and the other a servant, created by hidden aliens for the good of the human inhabitants. I loved both of them, because their struggles felt so real and relatable despite being in a fantasy world.
I was completely immersed in this fantasy, a rarity for me. I am looking forward to Book 2!



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Lots of authors worry about the number of words they write per day. Some even post the tally on Facebook or Twitter as if they’re in some kind of competition. And if they’re not writing at least 500 or 1200 or 2000 words or whatever quota they’ve set, they feel miserable. Why aren’t they working […]

Is Writing a “Muscle”? Should You Write Every Day?

After hearing SO many people claim that ‘real” writers write every day, it’s refreshing to hear an alternate approach.

True confession: I don’t write every day (gasp!) but even the days when I am not writing, I am thinking, planning, researching, editing, etc., my stories.

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This is a really fun (and droolworthy) post on Jamaican fruit. Fruit seasons!

I’m working on final (?) edits to my next book, The Cultist’s Wife whichgv is set in the Bahamas and fruit is a big deal for the children in the book. They are English and the fruit they encounter on Andros Island is like nothing they’ve ever experienced.

I did a lot of research on native Bahamaian fruit like guavas and sapodillas to make their experience more real. I’ve never had sapodilla so didn’t know what it tasted like. Ripe sapodilla is described as exceptionally sweet and malty, almost like caramel. Yum! I obviously need to visit the Bahamas again, this time to try the native fruit!

I love bookstores. There’s nothing quite so thrilling as entering a new bookstore to see what I can discover, to find the treasures displayed on the shelves, and peruse real paper books. Sadly, my life (and probably yours too) doesn’t always allow me to wander the aisles of my local independent bookstore. It’s so easy to just buy that book you know you want online and have it shipped to you. But that would take away business from those cool little local bookstores. So here’s a solution to that. Bookshop.org is a socially-conscious way to buy books online. They dedicate most of their profits to supporting local, independent bookstores, authors, and publications that cover books.

You’ll see purchase links for my books that direct to Bookshop.org because I really want to support MY local bookstore and hope to encourage you to support YOUR local bookstores.

Thanks, folks.

“Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it’s a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope.”― Dr. Seuss

Quote for the Day 5-20-2023 — A Writer’s Life

I’m going to extrapolate from that quote and say that historical fantasy is looking at history through the wrong end of a telescope. Except the telescope has an iridescent lens so it all looks magical.