Category Archives: Veronica Knox author

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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SERENDIPITY-DOODAH HOOPLA

Posted on April 6, 2017 by Veronica Knox

DON’T BELIEVE A WORD OF IT! Mr. Dickens may have written ‘Great Expectations’ but today, we authors are plagued with them: A PLETHORA OF POSSIBILITIES AN EXAGGERATION OF EXPECTANCY AN HYPERBOLE OF HAPPENSTANCE Definition (mine): SERENDIPITY > A triad random … 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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SO… I WALKED INTO THIS MUSEUM…

Posted on March 21, 2017 by Veronica Knox

… and I came out with a story. Or, to be more precise, it followed me home and shadowed me for three years. And now it’s coming up to the first anniversary, of self-publishing ‘THE UNTHINKABLE SHOES’, appropriately, the traditional … Continue reading →

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JUST ANOTHER TRICK IN THE WALL

Posted on February 22, 2017 by Veronica Knox

Sometimes a wall is meant to defend and protect. Sometimes a wall draws a line in the sand. Sometimes a line in the sand marks a point of no return. Often, if you’re lucky, the point of no return is … Continue reading →

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WHERE WERE YOU?

Posted on January 8, 2017 by Veronica Knox

If meditation is time travel, then I have been there with Leonardo and Sandro and Lisa. I brushed against their cloaks of country-rough sackcloth or city-thick velvet trimmed in fur, and run my fingers over the heavy embroidered stuff of … Continue reading →

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OUT OF FAIRNESS

Posted on December 22, 2016 by Veronica Knox

HOW PERVERSE IS THE LAW OF THE JUNGLE? ARE TOO MANY INDIE BOOKS BORN FREE? Of course, I meant to say, ‘reborn free’ after a brief float in the harbor of desperate measures, and before embarking on a doomed journey … Continue reading →

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WALK THIS WAY

Posted on November 19, 2016 by Veronica Knox

Sometimes, to understand history, you must put yourself in another person’s shoes. Walk with me… Pretend for a moment that you are a master painter. You live in fifteenth-century Florence. It takes you over a year to complete a masterpiece. … Continue reading →

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The first cellular phone?

Posted on October 11, 2016 by Veronica Knox

EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN I see an angel reading a text message. This painting, Tobias and the Angel (c. 1467) from the studio of Andrea Verrocchio, is considered to contain three of the earliest instances of painting by Leonardo … Continue reading →

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A TIMELY NOTE

Posted on October 7, 2016 by Veronica Knox

Readers from the U.S. and the U.K. may purchase ‘TWINTER-the first portal’ for 99 cents/pence from today until October 14th Canadians may read it free on Kindle Unlimited. The regular Kindle price will resume on October 15th for $7.99 to … Continue reading →

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