Eric d'Ebrur -- Heartstone

The following takes place prior to the opening of Heartstone. "I'll fight the Gawan with sword or blaster, fang or claw," Eric...

Hanging Out in the Outer Sphere

Well, hopefully, you aren't checking in to see Xandra's thoughts on RWA National...because I'm not there. ToT (is there an emot...

Let's Blog About It!

Hi Everyone! I'm here in Alanta right underneath the place to meet & greet the upper echelon of publishing--AKA the bar. Have to say...

Greetings from Atlanta!

I got here yesterday morning and though the conference wasn't in full swing, the place is full of 'alive' with industry professi...

World Building

How do you build a world? That’s a question I get asked a lot as a writer of science fiction, fantasy and paranormal romance. All right – I’...

Thank You Patti!

It's been a great week with Patti here to blog with us. I, as I'm sure everyone else has, enjoyed your posts and insights on futuris...

Question for Patti--From Skylar

Morning Patti! I recently read Stephen King's fabulous (almost autobiography) ON WRITING. In it he says one of the most important aspect...

Question for Patti - From Xandra

Hi Patti! Thanks for blogging with us here at Star-Crossed! Hope you're enjoying your stay! My question is one of those odd ones, and...

Question for Patti -- From Lynda

I think your Through a Crimson Veil was a 'hotter' book than your previous ones (though they weren't shabby in terms of heat ei...

Question for Patti -- From Skylar

Hi Patti! The boss is away for a few so... Skylar had a couple of other great questions that I don't see listed. *Got any exciting vacat...

Question for Patti--From Skylar

Hi Patti, Was wondering if you'd tell us how you got "discovered". I've heard people say they got an in through contests, ...

Question for Patti -- From Lynda

Hi Patti! Let's get a little personal ;-) I know you're a 'reader' like the rest of us. What are some of your favorite book...

Question for Patti -- From Skylar

Skylar had some great questions that I'm going to take the liberty of putting out here. *Would you rather write youer own books or do yo...

Futuristic Romance Heroes

What makes a good futuristic romance hero? In my opinion, the exact same things that make a good romance hero, period. Of course, these ar...

Patti -- Cover Art

Patti, you've gotten some great cover art on your books (Dorchester does a fabulous job). I hear complaints all the time about covers. S...

Why I Think Futuristic Romance Rocks

Before I get started, I'd like to thank the Star-Crossed Romance authors for inviting me to be a guest blogger. I appreciate it! Lynda a...

Star-Crossed Romance

Star-Crossed Romance Awesome! I was going to try this text in different colours...mainly because I LIKE different colours!LOL But I better b...

Recycled Heroes

Have you ever noticed that all your favorite actors from sci-fi series seem to get recycled on other sci-fi shows? I'm watching Stargate...

Alien TV/Libraries - Part 2

When love flourished in M for medical textbooks Two weeks ago, Rachel Cooke sparked a nationwide debate by standing up for libraries under t...

Alien TV/Libraries Part 2

When I was a child, we had book mobiles that came around to the neighborhood. I was always ready to climb up the steps, to surge into the da...

Alien TV Part 1

We know our astronomers have searched for radio signals from other worlds. It's only reasonable to assume that comparable alien civiliza...

Guest Blogger: Patti O'Shea

Next week Patti O'Shea, author of Ravyn's Flight, The Power of Two, Through a Crimson Veil and, coming next month, Eternal Nights wi...

Infinities of Potential

Jennifer asked what drives us to Science Fiction a few posts below. I thought that was a good enough question to wax philosophical. It'...

Walk the Gangplank!

Warning: Spoilers for Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl! Ahoy Mateys! Today's the day! Dead Man's Chest is official...

Gender Wars

At the risk of sounding like a raging feminist seeing as I've posted on this subject before , I have to admit that the subject of 'a...

Why Sci-Fi?

Although I often write about vampires, werewolves, Fae and witches, not to mention on rare occasion, just regular people who don’t live in m...

Reading--Pleasure or pain?

I've been a reader since...well...since forever {g} On a good week, I can devour 3 or 4 books. Unfortunately I haven't had a *good* ...

Seeds I Can Borrow

Every idea, great or small starts with a seed. Sometimes it’s a comment, other times it can be something you’re witness to. That little spec...

You'll Go Blind...

In the course of researching my new novella (which is now, praise all gods and little fishes, done), I came across an interesting tidbit he...

HEXED?

Last night I was finally able to catch an episode of the new series Hex, which appears on the BBC America channel. It was some of what I exp...

Clones

I've had my fill of clones lately. Not only did we have Attack of the Clones a few years ago, but I just finished reading SL Viehl's...

George Lucas Always Wears Plaid

As I was busy doing dishes yesterday, my hubby came into the kitchen and without preface states, "You know, I think the Jedi were a bun...

WHO is the hero?

Lynda’s post from yesterday got me thinking about Dr. Who and naturally about romance...since I look for romance everywhere. I wasn’t disapp...

Dr Who & the Daleks

A few weeks ago, I saw an episode of Dr Who on the SciFi Channel. In this episode was featured a version of the old The Weakest Link game sh...

Playing With Dolls

I had a weird dream the other night. I was sitting in a park with a case of Barbies and playing with them like I did as a girl- though as a ...

When In Doubt Act It Out!

During edits on Take Me in Your Heart I reached a point where I couldn’t move forward. So I called in reinforcements (ie. my boyfriend). “Jo...

Princesses in Peril

I'm currently writing a futuristic where a princess needs to be saved by the heroine as the main story plot - with bounty hunters, merce...

Sci-Fi Day at Ciar and Leigh's!

Ciar Cullen and Leigh Ellwood are holding a Sci-Fi Day today on their loop CiarandLeigh . Drop in to talk about your favourite SF books, TV...

Fandom = Fundom!

A few weeks ago, I spent a mad, mad few days wearing pantyhose on my head. This is not that abnormal for me, and before you ask why while sl...

Guilty Pleasures

As a lifelong SFF&P fan, I get a lot of strange looks from ‘regular’ people when I talk about the books, movies and TV shows I love. Whi...

Ideas, ideas, ideas!

Once, long ago, I took a college level creative writing class. The instructor, Professor Larry Pike, was more a poet than a fiction writer b...