“I’m addicted to audiobooks.” Like the millions of people who listen to audiobooks, I love the oral storytelling tradition. My habit may have caused me to lose friends when I refused to remove my earbuds or preferred to drive alone to continue listening to a book. Here, in Part 1 I’m reviewing a quick history…
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Audiobook Addiction – Part 2 – Audiobook Author
As an audiobook addict (See Part 1), when I became a published author I loved to imagine my books in audio. My original publishers weren’t bringing out audio editions – so I tried not to obsess. Before I wrote novels I published a relaxation CD. I recorded my narration in a local studio. I loved…
Where did the Laughing Dolphins journey begin ?
Readers sometimes wonder how a book came to be. One early editor compared the manuscript of Laughing Dolphins to Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City. I was flattered but I’d call it more Tales of City, without the sex and drugs, stretched over twenty years, many cities, and thousands of miles. Actually, what eventually became…
Cleopatra, Mayans, and Chocolate Addictions …Plus an Excerpt
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On a long ago vacation in Cozumel I attended one of those dinner and a show tourist events – a banquet with performances depicting Mexico’s history. I enjoyed the dancers with antlers and loved the hot chocolate. Returning home I tried to recreate the drink I tried a combination of chocolate, cinnamon, and coffee. Hint:…
Poverty Point Rings – No Longer Secret
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Artists conception of the Poverty Point archaeological site near Epps, Louisiana at it’s height. The site was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the spring of 2014, only the 22nd in the United States to be added to the World Heritage List and the first in Louisiana. Oil painting, 24″ x 36″, 2014. Poverty…
Cleopatra in Arizona – Pre-Columbian Travel in the Americas
What if Cleopatra faked her death and escaped on a pirate ship? While her sister sailed for Wales with the most valuable ancient books from her Library of Alexandria? And they both landed in an imagined new world filled with crypto-creatures and historical humans? Trekking to the desert of 1st century New Mexico, Cleo from…
Father’s Day – A Glass of Everything Wine
Scavenging up a new hobby Everything Wine I’d never seen my father drink a glass of wine — until he became a winemaker. He retired from a full-time sales career and besides golf, gardening, and a part-time job selling men’s suits, he took up winemaking. When I asked why a salesman would pick such an…
What If Cleopatra Faked Her Death? Excerpt
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The Pharaoh and the Librarian is a work of fiction. Alternative fiction. “What if” fiction. Everyone thinks they know the historic Cleopatra. They’ve seen the movies, read the books, and heard of her in history classes, yet much is based on writings of Roman historians. Cleo grew up privileged, had her food tasted, participated in…
Chupacabra: Creatures of “The Pharaoh & the Librarian”
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The Pharaoh and the Librarian is a work of fiction. Alternative fiction. “What if” fiction. Most of the places Alex and Cleo visit are real – or what they might have been if I’d been there to do feet-on-the-ground research. Therefore, settings are as real as my imagination can make them. And the creatures they…
Journey of “The Pharaoh & the Librarian” Creatures: Unicorn Rescue Sanctuaries
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The Pharaoh and the Librarian is a work of fiction. Alternative fiction. “What if” fiction. Most of the places Alex and Cleo visit are real – or what they might have been if I’d been there to do feet-on-the-ground research. Therefore, settings are as real as my imagination can make them. And the creatures they…
Journey of “The Pharaoh & the Librarian” Creatures: Cryptids and Cryptozoology
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The Pharaoh and the Librarian is a work of fiction. Alternative fiction. “What if” fiction. Most of the places Alex and Cleo visit are real – or what they might have been if I’d been there to do feet-on-the-ground research. Therefore, settings are as real as my imagination can make them. And the creatures they…
Journey of “The Pharaoh & the Librarian” – Druids, Stonehenge, & Mistletoe Tea
“The Pharaoh and the Librarian” is a work of fiction. Most of the places Alex and Cleo visit are real – or what they might have been if I’d been there to do feet-on-the-ground research. When Alexandria, the Librarian of the Library of Alexandria and sister of Cleopatra, arrives on Anglesey Island—she finds Druids. We…