Friday Feature and Follow February 24, 2012

I sure don't know why the new code gives me the same old picture.

Q: Activity!!! Take a picture or describe where you love to read the most...

My Answer: I like to read just about anywhere.  On the couch at home, at the library, at a bookstore, in a coffee shop.  I have even been known to read walking down the street!  Can't get my nose out of those books!

Now for a description:  My couch is next to my grow light garden, where I have bottle gardens, plants and seedlings sending out new life all the time.  Behind the couch is a big table also full of plants that live in my double window.  A lot of plants make the air better in the house, plus the window opens on the ocean air of Virginia Beach.  I have lots of pillows and two silky yarn throw blankets on the couch that keep the cool air from giving me a chill as I read.  

FRIDAY FEATURE AND FOLLOW FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Q: BeefcakeandBabes Asks: I like unique names for characters and am looking forward to coming up with some when I start writing. What’s the most unique character name you’ve come across?

My Answer: I have always thought Fagin from Dickens' Oliver Twist had a very expressive name. But after another day's thought, I'm going to go with GORMLAITH, who is the LUSTY fiery-tempered red-headed Celtic queen of Brian Boru in "Lion of Ireland". This is a great historical novel by Morgan Lywellyn that got me on a whole kick of reading Celtic subjects involving pre-Christian paganism. Though Brian's court was Christian, his reign was at a transition time when Ireland was still partly pagan. I have read the book several times along with it's sequel, "Pride of Lions"

MYSTOINNA  from "Shangri-La Trailer Park" by John Zunski, is also a pretty unusual name.  I appreciated the author giving the correct pronunciation early in the story so I could get used to saying it.  (My Stweena)
Shangri-La Trailer Park might be a little too raw for some people, so BEWARE