New Blog Interview: Inspiration from Frank Herbert

I have a new author interview over at the Kathleen Valentine's Parlez Moi Blog's Writer On Writer series! Check it out!

I write about one of my favorite authors and his book that helped inspire me - Frank Herbert's magnificent Dune!

Books I'm Reading and Enjoying

As always, I've been reading books and I enjoy sharing them with those that read the blog. This is what I've read and loved so far:

Guardian Cats and the Lost Books of Alexandria by Rahma Krambo, a fantasy story about special cats who guard special magical books and what happens when an evil man tries to get a hold of the most powerful book in the world. it's a wonderful story for both kids and adults!

Devils's Lair by David Wisehart, if you like Ellis Peters's Brother Cadfael series you'll enjoy this. An erudite read of a monk, a poet and a girl who travel with a wounded Templar knight to, well read the synopsis here as I'm not finished but it's an excellent book.

The Last King's Amulet by Chris Northern is a great fantasy novel about a down-on-his-luck, lazy nobleman named Sumto who finds that he has to join the army in order to better his fortunes and regain his family honor and respect but finds that doing so is not nearly so easy as he first thought. Not a children';s book but definitely compelling reading for adults who love fantasy!




of course, there's also Gargantua and Pantagruel by Rabelais a fne and fun read as well but a little difficult unless you enjoy reading Shakespeare!

I'm still going through Gargantua and Pantagruel and Devil's Lair but I am enjoying both books, especially Devil's Lair.

Happy reading!   :o)

Stitched Crosses Audio Drama

I'm thinking of writing a children's book of astronomy some time this summer. I have so many ideas it's crazy! It's also a lot of fun thinking about all of the things I want to do.

I've been listening and enjoying a new audio drama set in during the early crusade era. I suppose you could call it sort of like The Kingdom of Heaven (a film I loved) but from the point of view of the Christians. It's called Stitched Crosses. You can listen to each episode on middle earth network radio every Sunday, 10am and 9pm EST. Excellent story telling and production values. I recommend it.

If you would like to purchase the audio drama you can get it as an audio download at Audio.com or the beautiful three disc set at Amazon.com. I'm springing for the disc set - I love discs like some people love vinyl records -  and it is beautiful. Take a look at the set here.

This audio drama and other wonderful books and comics were created by the folks at Grail Quest Books, a site I'll be blogging about more in the future.