Beth Alvarez - Author of Epic Fantasy

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  • Friday Photo Break, vol. 16

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    Bradford pear blossoms at my family’s estate.… Read the rest…

  • Friday Photo Break, vol. 15

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    Grape hyacinths, discovered in my front lawn.… Read the rest…

  • Friday Photo Break, vol. 14

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    Since I mentioned last week that the pink hyacinths planted out front always bloom a week later than the blue ones, I thought it fitting to post a picture of the pink ones a week later, as well. Of the two colors, I prefer these, but they never put on… Read the rest…

  • Exploring Influences: Record of Lodoss War

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    Continuing the topic of influences, this week we’re looking at Record of Lodoss War. Unlike the rest of the series we’ve looked at thus far, Record of Lodoss War is an anime series, not a book. Lodoss War is deliciously cliché, with the headstrong but inexperienced leader of the… Read the rest…

  • Caturday no. 6

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    I really, really wanted Noodle to wear a collar. I think cats with belled collars are the cutest thing. So we got her an adorable pink collar (Pink since not everyone knows that tortoiseshell cats are almost always female) and put it on her.Sadly, Noodle did not share our sentiment,… Read the rest…

  • Friday Photo Break, vol. 13

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    I love the idea of gardening, but gardens don’t love me. My mother, grandmother and great-grandmother’s gardens were always beautiful, but I think my sisters were the ones who inherited their green thumb. I certainly didn’t!Despite my shortcomings as a gardener, though, the hyacinths I planted when my husband and… Read the rest…

  • Exploring Influences: The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

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    Continuing on the topic of influences, this week we’re looking at The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien. If I had to say there was any one thing that made me want to write, it must be that I had access to these books. At an early age, I… Read the rest…