Okay. Made it through another year. Only exam days left. I feel like I’ve been run through a ringer.
I made it…
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One More Full Day of School
Just one more day in paradise…. then it’s three exam days, broken up by a three day weekend, and I’m done for the school year. Now I get to be a writer for the next three months. 😀
The Voyage of the Minotaur – A Review is in!
Review by: Timothy Nix on Apr. 29, 2010 : (no rating)
This first book in a new series delivers a rich new world, magic and technology, and exciting well written battles. That would have been enough to pique my interest in this amazing book. However, the complex and fully formed characters brimming with passion, duty, loyalty, and human failings make one care about them and their lives. Toss in a few modern day dinosaurs, and there is something here for everyone. I am now anxiously awaiting the second book in the sseries. I highly recommend this book for fans of all genres.
Bambi Nix
Senta and the Steel Dragon – Illustration
“What are you smiling at?” demanded Iolanthe.
“Nothing, Miss. I would never smile in your presence.”
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Brechalon – Chapter 9 Excerpt
“I wish you didn’t have to leave,” said Iolanthe, as she brushed a stray piece of lint from her brother’s navy blue uniform.
“The army needs me.”
“I know you will do the family proud, and while you are away, you may leave everything in my capable hands.”
“Yes, I know.”
“And as always, come back with your shield…”
“Or on it,” he finished for her.
“Indeed.”
“Could you do one other thing for me, sister?”
“Of course.”
He pulled an envelope from his tunic and held it toward her.
“Would you give this to Yuah after I’ve gone?”
She stared at it for a moment before taking the envelope.
“Of course,” she said.
Terrence kissed her on the cheek and left the room. Iolanthe stepped over to the window and watched as his luggage was loaded onto the back of the steam carriage. Terrence walked out the front door, down the steps and climbed into the passenger side of the vehicle, while Merriman climbed into the driver’s side. Iolanthe watched as the car made its way down the street and around the corner. Terrence never looked back.
Walking to her desk, she used her silver letter opener to slice through the envelope, and then pulled out the single sheet of paper inside. She put away the opener and read through the message as she walked the length of the boudoir. She shook her head and then tossed the letter and the envelope in the fireplace, watching as it burned brightly and then turned to ash.
“Yuah,” she called.
A moment later the dressing maid arrived.
“Yes, Miss?”
“I’ll have my white and yellow day dress.”
“Yes Miss.”
“My brother has gone.” Iolanthe watched her dressing maid’s back stiffen.
“Yes Miss?”
“Did he stop to say goodbye?”
“No Miss.”
“Pity. No doubt he forgot.”
Ruth De Molay
Ruth is one of the four musician characters in Tesla’s Stepdaughters. What was her inspiration?
In as far as the Ladybugs is an alternate world analogy of the Beatles…
Ruth is Ringo. She’s the drummer. She’s written one really famous song, although she sings some written by her bandmates. Everyone thinks she’s nice.
Ruth is a native of the Virgin Islands.
Read about her and the other Ladybugs in Tesla’s Stepdaughters.
Steffie Sin
Steffie Sin is one of the four musician characters in Tesla’s Stepdaughters. What was her inspiration?
In as far as the Ladybugs is an alternate world analogy of the Beatles…
Steffie is a mixture of Harrison and McCartney. Like Harrison, she has her songs pushed aside on albums because of the prolific songwriting of Piffy and Penny. Like McCartney, she can play just about any instrument. She spends her off time in seclusion.
She has a little boy.
Read about her and the other Ladybugs in Tesla’s Stepdaughters.
Penny Dreadful
Penny Dreadful is one of the four musician characters in Tesla’s Stepdaughters. What was her inspiration?
In as far as the Ladybugs is an alternate world analogy of the Beatles…
Penny is a mixture of Lennon and McCartney, with a bit of Harrison. She’s a hard rocker and a large woman, a bit like Ann Wilson of Heart.
She’s the greatest guitar player of all time, and oh yeah, she’s a clone.
Read about her and the other Ladybugs in Tesla’s Stepdaughters.
Ep!phanee (Piffy)
Ep!phanee (pronounced Epiphany) or Piffy is one of the four musician characters in Tesla’s Stepdaughters. What was her inspiration?
In as far as the Ladybugs is an alternate world analogy of the Beatles…
Piffy is a mixture of Lennon and McCartney. Song writing style, she’s more Lennon. Management put her at odds with the other three band members: ala McCartney. And like McCartney, she’s always looking to “do it in the road.”
She’s a wild chick with a bit of Joan Jett in her and stylewise she’s a bit Lady Gaga too.
Read about her and the other Ladybugs in Tesla’s Stepdaughters.
Brechalon – Chapter 8 Excerpt
“What do you have there?” asked Zeah.
“It’s magic glass,” replied Saba, holding up a small square of very dark but very shiny material.
“This conversation sounds like the beginning of a fairy tale. Did you trade your magic beans to get this magic glass?”
“Don’t be silly Mr. Korlann. I didn’t have any magic beans and this cost me 75P.”
“Good heavens. Why would you pay seventy five pfennigs for that?”
“For the eclipse.”
“Eclipse?”
“Sure. There’s an eclipse today. Almost a full one. If we were in the channel it would be full. It would get dark in the middle of the day.”
“Oh, yes yes. It was in the paper. I imagine it will be spectacular enough right here in Brech City. But what is the glass for?”
“Haven’t you ever heard that you shouldn’t stare at an eclipse because you’ll go blind?”
“Of course.”
“I can’t tell you how much that has worried me since I found that out,” said Saba. “I’m always afraid that I might accidentally look at the sun and it would be just my luck that there was an eclipse going on right then and I would go blind.”
“Well, first off, there’s nothing special about an eclipse that is worse on your eyes. Stare at the sun anytime, eclipse or no, and you risk damage to your…”
“Anyway,” the boy interrupted. “I got this glass so I can watch the eclipse. You can stare at it all day through this and not get blinded. Can’t see a bloody thing through it now though.” He tried to look at the head butler through the small pane held to his right eye.
“Let’s hope it really works,” said Zeah skeptically. “I trust you bought it from a reputable dealer.”
“Sure. I got it at the potion shop on Avenue Phoenix. They’re selling loads of them. If it doesn’t work, they’ll be hip deep in angry blind people.”
City of Amathar 