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The Egyptians worshiped them. Noah prayed for them, but Pope Innocent VIII declared them to be evil. During the Middle Ages, they became associated with witches, and some were even burned. A group of them can be called a destruction, or you could call a group of them a cuddle. Egyptians and Their CatsAncient Egyptians…
There is no need to make up a creepy town name for your Halloween tale when there are so many already in existence. One or two of these unusual names belong to a county instead of a city. The states that have cities with Halloween related names are listed in alphabetical order, as are the…
The world can be full of scary things. What is out there that would scare a writer? Since there is a phobia for just about everything, it wasn’t hard to find specific phobias that would hinder a writer’s success. Some may even keep him from writing at all. If the thought of having one of…
What was her inspiration for this book? What made her think to have one character be both an angel and a demon? How much research did she have to do for this book? How many other books has she written? What are her thoughts on self-publishing? Where can her fans find her on the internet?…
Do you believe in angels? Do you believe in demons? Do you believe that one being could be both? Vivien is a reporter that lives in Crescent City. Working on the story about Hurricane Katrina left her feeling burnt out. Then something happens that reinvigorates the investigative journalist in her. After digging deep into the…
Imagine having a very rare type of blood flowing through your veins. Now imagine that someone very high up is in need of what you have. How smart would you be to put yourself on an organ donor list? The title of this book puzzled me. I had never heard of Bombay blood, a blood…
Could a land be so haunted that the residents of any houses or apartments built on that land are doomed? We’ve all heard about the possessed house in Amityville, but are you ready for the horrors of Hubertson? The supernatural occurrences at Hubertson and the land it is built on are subtle, but that doesn’t…
Have you ever had your own home-based business? Did you have the faith that you could make it a success even if no one else believed you could? Nikki is a single mom who was taught to believe that she could never succeed at anything. She left her rich husband to prove that she could…
Originally, I’d intended to call the book After the Fall. However, that is the title of a play by Arthur Miller and more than one other novel. My publisher advised me to go for a unique title. But why Escape to Redemption? The “escape” part is straightforward. After committing a crime, Josie flees to Poland.…
Escape to Redemption takes you inside the minds of two people who have each killed another person. We see their nightmares, their lies, the way each tries to escape what has been done. Once I started this book, it was hard for me to take a break from reading it. Set in England and Poland,…
Did you know that there are people who are deathly afraid of cows and horses? Goats, sheep, and pigs fill others with terror. Remember, each time a person with a phobia is confronted by what he or she fears, there are physical reactions. Dread, nausea, or breathlessness overcomes him. He sweats excessively and possibly loses…
According to the dictionary, a clown is a comic performer, usually in a circus, who dresses up in outlandish costumes and make-up. He pantomimes common situations or actions in an exaggerated or ridiculous way. A clown can also be a coarse, ill-bred person or a boor. The English word “clown” is thought to have perhaps come…
How does he think William Shakespeare would react to his book? What made him decide to combine Shakespeare and Star Wars? What is iambic pentameter? What kind of books does he like to read? Who has been his greatest inspiration? What do you think William Shakespeare’s reaction would be to your book? He would probably…
Ian Doescher has brought new life to Shakespeare with William Shakespeare’s Star Wars. When I first heard the title of the book, I was convinced I had misunderstood something. Shakespeare and Star Wars together? How could the famous science fiction/fantasy tale be told in the iambic pentameter used by the Bard of Avon? Would it…
Do you groan or grown when you are in pain? Is the person who owns a grocery store a grocer or a grosser? Is someone who comes to visit you a guest or a guessed? Would you play a guitar or a catarrh? groan, grown A groan is a low, mournful sound uttered in pain…
A thunderstorm produces heavy rain and is accompanied by thunder and lightning. Sometimes it also produces hail and heavy damaging winds. They are a natural hazard, and when conditions are right, they unleash their fury. Unstable air, or air that is heavy with water, will be picked up from the ground by wind and rise into…
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but it is up to the author to write those thousand words. (Richard Petracca) Do you remember the rumor that the world would end on December 21, 2012? Did you believe everything would end on that specific date? No matter what you believed would happen, you…
What was the inspiration for this book? Are dragons a hobby of his? Did writing the torture scenes ever make him cringe? How much research did he have to do? What are his thoughts on self-publishing? What was your inspiration for this book? I have an unhealthy interest in cryptozoology and have studied it extensively,…
Dragons. Do you believe they exist? There are Komodo dragons, but I’m not talking about them. I’m talking about huge winged reptiles that can fly through the air and breathe fire. The setting is Vietnam, 1968. I’m not much into reading books that center on the soldiers in a war. One word in the title…
How much pain would you be willing to endure to be thought of as beautiful? Do you think scars are attractive? To me, scars show painful events that you have gone through. The huge scar on my abdomen is the result of a near fatal car wreck that I survived, but it isn’t something that…
During a banquet, the lights go out. A parrot’s screams are heard as it is strangled, and a dead man is discovered close by. Who was the intended victim? Lord and Lady Faversham were holding a banquet to honor the new Prime Minister. They weren’t holding it out of their own desire, but they had…
Do sheep and goats grays or graze in the fields? Are greaves or grieves more than one piece of medieval leg armor? If you are displeased with the service you receive in a restaurant, do you grip, gripe, or grippe? grays, graze Grays are colors between black and white. Grays also means matures or ages. As…
Homonyms are confusing enough, but there is another category of confusing words: contronyms. Contronyms—also spelled contranyms—are also known as auto-antonyms, antagonyms, enantiodromes, self-antonyms, antilogies, and Janus words. Janus was the Roman god of beginnings and endings. He is often depicted with two faces looking in opposite directions. dabster A dabster is one who is…
How devious can one be? Is it worth it to blackmail someone for a crime they’ve committed, or should you inform the police? Should you stick with family even when they are breaking the law? What if they are involved in the human trafficking of young girls? Tisha is a prisoner when the book opens.…
