Category Archives: Books

Cherry White

Posted on July 16, 2014 by Veronica Knox

I spy with my little eye something beginning with fire   Erased emotions quicken when ethics challenges the cold logic of a sentient computer, programmed to save lost art first, regardless of the consequences to those who created it. genre: … Continue reading →

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Twinter

Posted on July 12, 2014 by Veronica Knox

TWINTER = a story of winter, twins, science, and magic ‘Twinter- the first portal’ is a novel-length fantasy for middle-grade readers, age ten to eleven. Recommended for advanced readers. Twelve-year-old twins, Kit (a keen scientist) and Bash (a girl with … Continue reading →

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Birds and Bees

Posted on July 10, 2014 by Veronica Knox

 Genetics aside, hybrid creatures can inspire the multifaceted characters who inhabit paranormal fiction. Paranormal does not need to infer Gothic horror, but rather the magic of the imagination: time travel, fanciful species, dreams of living five-hundred years ago, indeed living … Continue reading →

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Loving Botticelli

Posted on July 7, 2014 by Veronica Knox

I love the concept of a painting interacting with a viewer. ‘The Portrait of Dorian Gray’ by Oscar Wilde aged while the man remained young. I have always wanted to step into a narrative painting and look around behind the … Continue reading →

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The first cellular phone?

Posted on June 18, 2014 by Veronica Knox

I see an angel reading a text message. This painting, the Angel and Tobias (c. 1467) from the studio of Andrea Verrocchio, is considered to contain three of the earliest instances of painting by Leonardo da Vinci’s hand, likely a … Continue reading →

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