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THE COLOR OF SANITY

‘THE INDIGO PEARL’ An autistic girl with extrasensory abilities who converses with paintings and birds, strives to find the family she senses in dreams and her true place in the world. Veronica Knox A snippet from ‘THE INDIGO PEARL’ [ … Continue reading

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BEYOND NORMAL

Pardon my blog, but I had word salad for breakfast. And since this blog is also my personal soapbox, I get to rant and air my literary challenges. You, lovely readers get to unfollow or applause. Today, I vigorously wave … Continue reading

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I THINK THEREFORE I WRITE

I have a 3 STEP PROCESS for writing an art history/mystery. But before one can ‘step’ anywhere, the ground must be prepared. STEP ONE – In the beginning there is ‘A CONCEIT’ (the Latin term for ‘concept’) – a ‘literary … Continue reading

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INTRODUCING ‘TIME-SENSITIVE FICTION’

MIDDLE-GRADE TIME SLIP ADVENTURES WRITTEN IN LITERARY PROSE FOR THE ADULT READER – an adapted genre from author V Knox If time stands still anywhere, it’s at Bede. If ghosts haunt anywhere it’s in Bede Hall Bede Hall hovers in … Continue reading

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‘AMUSE BOUCHE’ … WORDS TO AMUSE THE MOUTH

LISA IS A BIG GIRL… She can speak for herself! “My name, Lisabetta Buti was an affront to my existence. I was Leonardo da Vinci’s beloved kid-sister, his assistant and apprentice, and the mother he was denied. We were born … Continue reading

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FACES FROM A DREAM OF HISTORY

In ‘TOMORROW AGAIN’, the ancient magic of alchemy brings wall paintings and carvings in an Egyptian pharaoh’s tomb, to life. And so, within the pages of my fanciful trilogy for ages 12 and up, I endeavor to bring the boy … Continue reading

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PILLOW TALK and THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE ATTIC

Let’s talk pillows… from extremely soft to incredibly super-hard Egyptian ‘memory foam’ – as in carved from stone The alabaster pillow found in the teenager, King Tutankhamun’s, tomb (depicted in the painting, although I have shown the top half of … Continue reading

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A STORY IN A GRAIN OF SAND

Every story begins with the grain of a premise – a first grain of sand idea, and like an oyster, a writer has to grow characters and plot and events from it into a pearl. Not just a single pearl … Continue reading

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HELLO KITTY

Close observation of the nurturing aspect of domestic cats in the land of Kemmit (ancient Egypt) grew into the worship of the Goddess Bast. In ‘TOMORROW AGAIN’ – book three of the Bede Trilogy time-slip adventure for middle-grade, Bast is … Continue reading

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THE TUNNEL CALLS

From ETERNAL SUMMER to INFERNAL WINTER, the time tunnel calls Book three of the Bede Series, ‘TOMORROW AGAIN’ is nearing completion. I have enlisted a team of beta readers, so if there is anyone here who wants to join me … Continue reading

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