The Realms of a Fantastical Mind

So to celebrate some randomness, because that's what I do, here's some tid-bits on the Humpback whale to dive into, and out of, another hump day. Happy Wednesday  Humpback whales are known for their magical songs, which travel for great distances through the world's oceans. These sequences of moans, howls, cries, and other noises are quite complex and often continue for hours on end. Scientists are studying these sounds to decipher their meaning. It is most likely that humpbacks sing to communicate with others and to attract potential mates. All information and pictures of today's Hump Day are from National Geographic.  I wonder if they chit chat about the fact that Friday is almost here? I know I do! I can almost see it, beyond Thor's hammer. Yes, there it is, calling us all to come and join.  I hope you have a great rest of the week! 

Welcome to another Blog Ring of Power interview. I know you're excited! It's Friday after all, then again, it's always Friday in my mind. So here is another reason why my library is never ending.  Please welcome Ellen Larson!  After 20 years working as a substantive editor in Egypt and the US, Ellen Larson was recently named editor of The Poisoned Pencil, the YA mystery imprint of Poisoned Pen Press. Ellen, who lives in an off-grid cabin, also writes. Her fiction has appeared in Yankee Magazine, Bloodroot Literary Magazine, Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine (Barry Award finalist), and Big Pulp. Her dystopian mystery, IN RETROSPECT (Gale-Cengage, Five Star), will be out December 2013. Don’t miss the rest of Ellen’s BRoP interview at: Part 1 @  Terri  – Wednesday, September 18 Part 2 @ T.W .  -- Thursday, September 19 Part 3 @  H ey look, it's me! – Friday, September 20 Part 4 @  Sandra  – Monday, September 23 Part 5 @  Vicki  – Tuesday, Septem

Welcome to another Friday Blog Ring of Power Interview. Sit back, relax and check out Bonnie Milani. BIO Bonnie has taken what might be called the sandwich approach to writing. She started writing early, winning state-wide writing contests in grammar school, publishing an environmental fairy tale under the aegis of the NJ Board of Education in college.   After earning her M.A. in Communication at Stanford, Bonnie freelanced feature articles for East Coast newspapers and regional magazines, from  Mankind  and  Peninsula  to  Science  Digest as well as how to articles for the late & much lamented fanzine  Speculations . She stopped writing completely after marriage while building a pair of businesses with her husband. It was only with the successive deaths of each member of her family that she reclaimed her love of story-telling.  Home World  is the result. Today, Bonnie lives with her husband of thirty-six years in Los Angeles. She is still a full-time benefits broker,