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Saturday 7: Seven Times the Movies Got it Right (Or Close Enough) 7 comments

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Saturday Seven is a nifty little blog hop with lists galore. Check out the rest of the Saturday Seven offerings at Long and Short Reviews. I can guarantee the movie/TV version of a good book will be disappointing. From beloved little bits they leave out to inconceivable plot deviations –Why do some directors feel they can take a book that has been a classic for decades and rewrite it?—the movie and tv versions never live up to expectations. I hesitate […]

Groundhog Day’s Pagan Roots: Celebrating the Return of the Light 1 comment

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Happy Groundhog’s Day!  via GIPHY I always thought Groundhog’s Day to be a fairly bland holiday–no presents, after all–but Groundhog’s Day has a Pagan history. You have to hand it to the Pagans–their calendar is jam packed with party days. Called Imbolc, Oimelc (Ewe’s Milk), St. Brigit’s Day (Brighid, Brigitte, etc), Candlemas, the first day or two of February celebrate the return of light with bonfires, candle making, and illumination of every kind. It’s a celebration of renewal, regeneration, creativity, […]

Seven Authors Who’ve Kept Me Off Death Row 10 comments

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Winter is not my favorite season. When I tell people I get depressed in the winter, they ask if I get suicidal and are uncertain how to react when I tell them homicidal may be the word they’re looking for. When days are short, the biting satire and sarcastic humor of these seven authors has—more than once—saved lives. Here’s a sample of what I like about them. ONE: P.G. Wodehouse “And she’s got brains enough for two, which is the […]

Blue Moon

Blue Moon–It May Not Mean What You Think it Means 2 comments

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The Moon is Center Stage in January and March! The phrase “Blue Moon” has been used for over 500 years to indicate something unlikely or downright false. In 1528 a group of surly friars used the phrase  in a pamphlet criticizing Cardinal Thomas Wolsey-. “O churche men are wyly foxes… Yf they say the mone is blewe, We must beleve that it is true.“ That’s the first written record and, given the times, I’m assuming those friars were burnt at the […]

Welcome to the Vortex–The Tourist Trap that Inspired a Paranormal Romance 14 comments

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Novel Magic guest and Paranormal romance author, Anna Durand, lets us peek inside her mind as she shares a source of inspiration for her latest book-The Mortal Fires. The Tourist Trap that Inspired a Paranormal Romance A common question every writer gets asked is where story ideas originate. The simplistic answer is “in my imagination.” The more complicated truth involves sexy stuff like research. I’ve had a long-time fascination with the paranormal, ancient history, mythology, and science. These may sound […]

The Mortal Fires by Anna Durand

7 Wicked Witches of Winter 9 comments

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My Saturday 7 this week is  near and dear to my shriveled, blackened heart!  If you visit Sorchia’s Universe regularly, you knew this was coming. We love witches here. Long and Short Reviews started this madness and now I can’t seem to stop! Be sure to visit the center of this vortex at Long and Short Reviews to find a list of lists–links to a scintillating selection of Saturday Sevens. At a tender age, I developed an abiding distaste for the Disneyfied heroines who […]