Tweet Wikimedia Commons Hippolyta and her Magic Girdle There are several versions of Hercules’ ninth labor, mostly surrounding Hippolyta’s death, so I’ll give you the most common one. Hippolyta was the Amazonian queen and possessed a magic girdle, given to her by her father Ares, the god of war. Eurystheus wanted this girdle for his [...]
Archive for July, 2012
Tweet The Backworlds Book 2 by M. Pax is Out! The sequel to The Backworlds is now available. Craze and his friends continue their adventures in Stopover at the Backworlds’ Edge. See what role chocolate plays in the galaxy this time. The interstellar portal opens, bringing in a ship that should no longer exist. A [...]
Tweet Prizes, giveaways and fun! Join 70+ authors and enter to win loot enough to make a pirate drool. Each site will have their own contests and prizes so be sure to visit them all. The Summer Splash Blog Hop central site will also be giving away Grand Prizes, including Kindle Fires and gift cards, so [...]
Tweet Wikimedia Commons Mares of Diomedes Beautiful, deadly, and out of control, the four man-eating mares belonged to Diomedes, the king of Thrace. They even had names: Podagros (the fast), Lampon (the shining), Xanthos (the blond), and Deinos (the terrible). For his eighth labor, Hercules set out to steal the mares. In one version, Hercules [...]
Tweet Cretan bull For the seventh labor, Eurystheus sent Hercules to capture the Cretan Bull. This poor bull has a sad history. Poseidon sent a beautiful white bull to Minos, the King of Crete, to sacrifice but Minos kept him instead. Poseidon threw a fit and caused the king’s wife to fall in love with [...]
Tweet I just love that tag line… Today is release day for Carol Kilgore’s In Name Only so break out the bubbly! No Home. No Family. No Place to Hide. For Summer Newcombe, that’s only the beginning. The night Summer escapes from a burning Padre Island eatery and discovers the arsonist is stalking her, is [...]
Tweet Stymphalian Birds Eurystheus sent Hercules to kill the Stymphalian birds for his sixth labor. They were some seriously nasty birds – man-eating, beaks of bronze, sharp metallic feathers they could launch at their victims, and their dung was highly toxic. And if that wasn’t enough to keep someone away, they were also sacred to [...]
Tweet I’m going to mention another recent post by K.M. Weiland today, in which she asks the question “Why do bad books get published?” Bottom line – if a book appeals to someone, then it isn’t bad. Everyone has different tastes. What may annoy you or me isn’t necessarily a problem to others. What really [...]
