Category Archives: THE UNTHINKABLE SHOES -novel

RETURNING TO THE WORLD

Posted on June 17, 2020 by Veronica Knox

MOLE WISDOM: hunker down, sleep, hibernation is a daily practise, venture out with caution, adjust slowly to the light, and listen to the wind.   MOLE MUSE: As an author, I’m used to working for months at a time within … Continue reading →

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WAITER… THERE’S A BOOKWORM IN MY DRINK!

Posted on June 11, 2020 by Veronica Knox

No, of course there isn’t. I made that up. Why? For some reason, I was thinking about things that shouldn’t be in other things like: sand in my shoes, a card up one’s sleeve, a crick in my neck, a … Continue reading →

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APRIL 15th… A GOOD DAY / BAD DAY

Posted on April 13, 2020 by Veronica Knox

It may have been Charles Dickens who inspired the loaded announcement ‘I have good news and bad news’ in his famous opening line: ‘It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.’ Of all the April 15ths … Continue reading →

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CHARACTERS DYING TO TELL THEIR TALES

Posted on October 29, 2019 by Veronica Knox

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!

Posted on December 29, 2018 by Veronica Knox

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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TIS’ THE SEASON

Posted on October 28, 2018 by Veronica Knox

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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THE REMAINS OF THE DAY

Posted on April 15, 2018 by Veronica Knox

            April 15 – 1452 The illegitimate son of a lawyer and a woman we know only as Catarina, is born in the town of Vinci, in Tuscany, Italy. The child’s unspectacular entrance into the … Continue reading →

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PITCHING ON A STORMY SEA

Posted on July 10, 2017 by Veronica Knox

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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WONDROUS & DISASTROUS

Posted on April 14, 2017 by Veronica Knox

APRIL 15 – A DAY TO REMEMBER Leonardo da Vinci was born – April 15, 1452         HMS Titanic sank – April 15, 1912 It’s uncanny that these are both subjects about which I’m most passionate. I … Continue reading →

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PARANORMAL – IS TOO STRONG A WORD

Posted on March 29, 2017 by Veronica Knox

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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