Monthly Archives: December 2015

Obligatory End of Year 2015 Post

My social media feeds are full of the obligatory end-of-year-round-up posts. Regular readers will have read what I have done through the year (here is a list of events I have attended). The best part was meeting some of you at these events. Thank you for your support, your comments. I really appreciate you taking…

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Tea & Tidings Newsletter Sent

This month’s newsletter is on its way to subscribers, a few days late due to the silly season and two heatwaves. My apologies. For new subscribers and readers, it is usually sent to you around the 20th of each month. If you want to know the news first up, sign up today!

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Brazen Shark Cover Reveal

Originally posted on David Lee Summers' Web Journal:
It’s now official, I have a cover and a release date for the third novel in my Clockwork Legion steampunk series. The Brazen Shark is scheduled for release on February 1, 2016.…

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Excellent end to a chaotic week.

Yep, this blog is a few hours late. I blame the heatwave – and those hateful north winds that carry down dust storms and trigger my allergies. Our air conditioner died Monday, was fixed Wednesday evening. We thought we were safe. Not so. We swealtered through Saturday morning after a local power outage. We celebrated with…

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New website address

Finally! The battle, with electronics hellbent on making me feel like an idiot, is won. And by me. (Well, by my Dearheart actually.) There was much nashing of teeth and utterances of certain words – some of which were in French. So pardon mine. The absconding costume post has now been reblogged. If you have bookmarked…

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Costume Upcycling (reposted)

One thing I love about costuming is the challenge of creating something from materials already in my cupboard or, even better, upcycling something to make it useful again. A few years ago I discovered ‘pocket belts’, made from old jeans. A great idea – especially if I could steampunk it up. I prefer carrying things…

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Website Updates

The site is transferring hosts this week. Apologies for any downtime or inconvenience. (Looks like Sunday’s post has disappeared. Trying to remedy this)

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Costume Upcycling

One thing I love about costuming is the challenge of creating something from materials already in my cupboard or, even better, upcycling something to make it useful again. A few years ago I discovered ‘pocket belts’, made from old jeans. A great idea – especially if I could steampunk it up. I prefer carrying things…

Costume Upcycling was originally published on karen j carlisle

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NaNoWriMo Wrap Up: Viola’s Second Journal Unfolds.

A few years ago, when I first decided to tackle a writing career, my dear hubby bought me a t-shirt. Emblazoned across its perfect purpleness was the word: WRITER. It was modeled on the ‘Writer’ flack jacket worn by Nathan Fillion in the television series Castle. Being a Castle (and Nathan FIllion) fan, I was stoked. And,…

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