Marilyn's Musings

(The author of the post that was supposed to be up today had trouble with her e-mail and I didn't get everything I needed, as soon as I do, I'll put that up.) Last night I watched footage of the tsunami in Japan again. It was like watching a horror movie that is all too real. There's no way that we sitting at home can even begin to imagine what those poor people are going through. So many lives lost, the horrendous chaos, the continuous earthquakes, fear of what might happen with those leaky reactors, no longer having a place to live, being cold, not enough food and it goes on and on. Oh, and I heard this morning that a volcano is spewing ashes and rocks. My prayers go out to them all. It hasn't been that long ago that Australia had a similar, though not quite as huge, catastrophe. But for anyone who lives there, I know it was every bit as horrific. Haiti still hasn't recovered. And in other countries there is war, nations wanting to get rid of oppression. ...

For those of you who love excitement and adventure this book is a thriller that will keep you turning pages from the beginning to the end. The Mind of a Genius by David Snowdon (The Formula That Could Change The World) Special Agent, Jason Clay from the MI4 is hired to find a secret formula that was invented by the famous British scientist, Malcolm Prince. The only weak element in Clay’s strategy to accomplish his mission is Laura Prince, the beautiful wife of the scientist, who Clay has to seduce in order to obtain the formula. But the CIA, the Denmark Intelligence, the Australian Intelligence and many other very determined individuals are also after that formula, and can’t wait to get their hands on it. The competition is fierce, but who’s going to win? The story develops as a travel through the world; with the action starting in London, then moving onto Copenhagen, Hong Kong and Australia. Clay appears to be the right man for the job; extremely handsome and a natural charmer, noth...

What I'd most like to do when I come downstairs is get right to my writing. Instead, today I had to do some household chores and laundry. When I downloaded my email, I saw that I had several things that needed tending. My wonderful Oak Tree Press publisher is putting some of my older books on Kindle and wanted a cover. I'm helping a fellow who is going to teach a class for residential providers spruce up the outline and he had a new one for me to look at. I had a couple of posts that needed answers right away. I'm presenting at Epicon (the conference for those who are electronically published) and the chairperson needed my handouts for the conference booklet. And I suspect you've already guessed that I'm going to blame all this on the Oscars. Yep, I did stay up later than usual to watch them. I've always been a movie buff. Hubby and I try to go at least once a week, though sometimes there isn't anything we really want to see and in that case we watch whateve...