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CHARACTERS DYING TO TELL THEIR TALES
Presenting three of my artful characters dying to speak: LISABETTA BUTI (the ‘Mona Lisa’ and Leonardo da Vinci’s kid sister), SANDRO BOTTICELLI (fifteenth-century master painter), and FINN CLEARY (a child victim onboard Titanic) When the red leaves fall, the October … Continue reading
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READING IS BELIEVING!
If you believe in second childhoods… I invite you to time-slip with me into worlds where buildings and trees speak truths that can save the world. Cross the borders of liminal consciousness of my stories and visit haunted realms inhabited … Continue reading
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Tagged 'The UNTHINKABLE SHOES' the novel, Adoration the novel, Ancient Egyptian history, art history, fantasy, ghosts, historical fantasy, historical fiction, Leonardo da Vinci, Lisabetta Buti, lost paintings, magical realism, Mona Lisa, paranormal romance, reincarnation, Silent K Publishing, the BEDE SERIES by V KNOX, the Nike of Samothrace, time travel, time travel fiction, time-slip adventure, Titanic, Titanic inspired fiction, Twinter the novel, V. Knox author, veronica knox artist, Veronica Knox author, YOUNG ADULT TIME-SLIP ADVENTURE
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TIS’ THE SEASON
for ghostly goings on When the last red leaves fall, the October sky darkens with rain and snow, and the frost on the pumpkin glows silver in the moonlight, banish the endless stream of seasonal macabre that play on human … Continue reading
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MARTIAN WAKEUP CALL
The sleeping Mars from ‘VENUS & MARS’ – SANDRO BOTTICELLI What do we actually know about Sandro Botticelli? What can we possibly know? These are two different questions, and we can only answer the latter – the educated guess being … Continue reading
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Tagged Adoration the novel, art history, ghosts, historical fantasy, historical fiction, History, Italian renaissance, literary fiction, paranormal romance, reincarnation, Sandro Botticelli, Silent K Publishing, time travel, V. Knox author, women's fiction
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PITCHING ON A STORMY SEA
The concept you pitch could turn out to be the story that cannot be named! I’m an indie author. And one thing I’ve learned, after pitching directly to agents at a writers conference, is that beauty is in the eye … Continue reading
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Tagged 'The UNTHINKABLE SHOES' the novel, Adoration the novel, art history, Egyptian history, fantasy, ghosts, historical fantasy, historical fiction, Italian renaissance, Leonardo da Vinci, Lisabetta Buti, literary fiction, love story, Mona Lisa, paranormal romance, paranormal science-fiction, reincarnation, Sandro Botticelli, Silent K Publishing, supernatural, the BEDE SERIES by V KNOX, time travel, time travel fiction, time-slip adventure, Titanic, Titanic inspired fiction, Twinter the novel, V. Knox author, veronica knox artist, Veronica Knox author, women's fiction
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PARANORMAL – IS TOO STRONG A WORD
BECAUSE LIFE IS ONE BIG X-FILE UFO = Unidentified Fictional Objectivity Paranormal has become a four-letter word for those of us who write in its general vicinity. But softer words may be used to describe a ‘stranger than fiction’ story … Continue reading
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Tagged 'The UNTHINKABLE SHOES' the novel, Adoration the novel, ghosts, historical fantasy, historical fiction, literary fiction, magical realism, middle-grade time-slip adventure, paranormal romance, reincarnation, Second Lisa the novel, Silent K Publishing, supernatural, the BEDE SERIES by V KNOX, time travel, time-slip adventure, Titanic inspired fiction, V. Knox author, Veronica Knox author
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THANKSGIVING MUSEUM
Museums house the collective dreams of the anthropologist in each of us. We humans celebrate a general curiosity and regard for antiquities. But most of all, we ‘exhibit’ an inherent need for ‘DESIDERATA (Latin for ‘DESIRED THINGS’). More energetic than … Continue reading
FICTION – CRAZIER THAN QUANTUM PHYSICS
BEING WAY OUT THERE A master of ceremonies on a pantomime stage, sidles up to the edge of the stage wearing his top hat and tails, waves his arms, and addresses the audience: “Did you know the universe is crazier … Continue reading
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VISITATION
The next time you visit a gallery or open a book of renaissance art… what will a face in a painting say to you? There is a spiritual hush in the rooms an art gallery. But only some paintings offer … Continue reading
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Tagged Adoration the novel, art history, Egyptian history, evolution, ghosts, historical fantasy, historical fiction, Italian renaissance, Leda and the Swan, Leonardo da Vinci, Lisabetta Buti, lost paintings, love story, Mona Lisa, paranormal science-fiction, the Nike of Samothrace, time travel, V. Knox author, Veronica Knox author, women's fiction
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Second Lisa
Veronica Lyons and her autistic son Jupiter, visit the Louvre and walk out with the Mona Lisa. Not the painting, but the spirit of Lisabetta, Leonardo’s youngest sister, trapped in her portrait. Lisa has the remaining nine months, during the … Continue reading
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