The Realms of a Fantastical Mind

Welcome to another Friday, and hey look, it's the first Friday of the year! Today the Blog Ring of Power would like to welcome Theresa Crater! Theresa Crater  brings ancient temples, lost civilizations and secret societies back to life in her paranormal mysteries. In  The Star Family,  a Gothic mansion reveals a secret spiritual group and a 400-year-old ritual that must be completed to save the day. The shadow government search for ancient Atlantean weapons in the fabled Hall of Records in  Under the Stone Paw  and fight to control ancient crystals sunk beneath the sea in  Beneath the Hallowed Hill.  Her short stories explore ancient myth brought into the present day. The most recent include “Bringing the Waters” and “The Judgment of Osiris.” Theresa has also published poetry and a baker’s dozen of literary criticism. Currently, she teaches writing and British lit in Denver. Visit...

Welcome to another post of Blog Ring of Power's Year in Review! Today we have Ellen Larson up to bat. The three months since my guest entry on the Blog Ring of Power have been rewarding ones. The pre-press reviews for In Retrospect are in, and they are very generous. Publishers Weekly, the big guy on reviewing campus, gave me a starred review, saying "[A] carefully crafted whodunit . . . shifting timelines clearly notated in chapter headings and technological/theoretical discussions that readers can skim or chew over with equal enjoyment should make this speculative fiction mystery accessible to all closed-room murder fans." Three other major reviewers followed: "Cleverly structured mix of science fiction and mystery" -Booklist; "Twisty plot" -Kirkus; "Gripping" -RT Book Reviews. Maybe the biggest thrill was seeing the book trailer for In Retrospect featured for three days on Baker & Taylor's front page in their...