Edie Roones

On this date last year, after weeks of struggling, I published Winter Sorcery , third book in the Seasons in Sansward Quarternary. The characters of Winter Sorcery  were the first ones that I envisioned when I first conceived the Sansward quartet. Join Rolf and Catal as they escape Gitane Witches and troops from Overlord Summa's Watrani army.  Cheer for Niijai and Legeeta as they aid the two spies in their escape. When the Gitane and the Watrani close a trap Niijai and Legeeta never expected, what will happen to them? Available on Amazon.

Here's a book for you, an unexpected joy of a re-written Sleeping Beauty fairy tale.  Yes, I didn't expect that either. When I look for books, I often skim the review. SPINDLE was both up and down.  With the mixed reviews, I almost didn't give it a chance. However, I loved 12 DAYS OF FAERY and WOLFSKIN, also by W.R. Gingell, so I continued on to this book. I won't give you a summary of the book;  you can head off to the link below for that. I want to persuade you to give this book a chance. The first 10% percent of the book made me unhappy: a cursed princess confused by everything, a hero who is not heroic but definitely full of himself. Then into the story came Onepiece, a boy hiding by shapeshifting into a dog, and I lingered in the story, enjoying his charming interactions with Poly. The pacing is quick, the dialogue amusing, the characters attractive even for their problematic behaviors. Without those three elements--and Onepiece--I would have abandoned th...

For Projects that are Monsters Like Novels or Website Builds This unassuming little booklet is absolutely GREAT when you have to tackle Project-based To-Do lists. The left side is a check off.  On the right is a Gantt Chart to denote progress. If you haven't met a Gantt Chart, it functions like a progress meter.  You can denote Started, In Progress, and Completed in 12 segments.  OR you can use the Gantt Chart as a monthly calendar.  (The developers even have little numbers to help the page function as a calendar--I prefer the Gantt Chart method.) I like this method. I can set a project per 2-page spread then breakdown that project into its various segments and track each segment to completion. I wish I had had this for the Great Website Rebuild last summer. That project had so many different segments that it was like fighting a many-headed hydra or herding cats (please see that commercial ;) or maybe the GWR was both hydra and cat related. It’s done! ...