D L Richardson

Last week I hosted award-winning fiction author and former magazine editor and manager, Cat Sparks into my vitual café. She had so much to discuss about climate change fiction that I decided to split the coffee chat into two parts. Here is a link to PART ONE. PART TWO DL: I can't help thinking that reports on climate change are something world leaders are treating as indifferently as an annual health check up. Like they can't see the damage so why change their habits now, or they're waiting until they have a heart attack to do something about it. I'd also like to think that maybe it'd take a major disaster to wake them up, but major disasters are already happening. Do you think climate change fiction will play a role in inciting today's generation into demanding that our leaders do something? And what do you think is the biggest threat for the world right now? CAT: There have been notable incidences where fiction impacted strongly enough on reade

Today's it's my pleasure to shine the spotlight on L. L Hunter's urban fantasy/ paranormal romance novella series, "Hidden Magic".   Hidden Magic is a series of novellas and a prequel to L.L. Hunter's "Dragon Heart" series.     THE STORY Emma thought she’d made peace with herself and her past, b ut when her past comes back to haunt her, she’ll be forced to face her demons once more. When she is turned unexpectedly mortal, she and Darcy reluctantly return to the world she fled to seek help. But when they arrive, Emma is confronted with a choice. One which, if she chooses wrongly, could come between her and Darcy forever.   Emma never met a challenge she couldn’t handle. She once ran from her destiny, but she can’t escape her fate.    You can’t obliterate your demons.   These fabulous covers are designed by Desiree DeOrto. This blog tour is hosted by Lady Amber's Reviews & PR.   ABOUT THE AUTHO

Any animal lover on Facebook and Twitter will have seen the news feeds this week about lifting the ban on elephant hunting and the feeds about making it legal to hunt bears in hibernation. Seriously? W hat. The. Hell. Is. Wrong. With. These. People?   Whether fake news or not, these sorts of stories impact animal lovers. Deeply. I guess they know this and that's why they do it.   I decided today's post would be a collection of all the animals décor in my house to show trophy hunters what a real collection looks like. And if it's the story they seek as a reason to hunt innocent creatures, I got news for you, each of these items has a story behind it and no animals were killed in the collecting of them.    I love the story behind this  gorgeous art deco elephant. A friend gave  it to me as a thank you for minding her dog. He passed away the next year so this is a beautiful reminder of when Bruti came to stay. art deco elephant sits on my book shelf   this ce

It's my absolute pleasure to invite Cat Sparks to my virtual café. She is a well known and well respected figure in the Australian publishing scene, having edited for magazines, written many award winning short stories, and now she has finally ventured into writing her first novel. Cat provided me with so much information around climate fiction that I decided to make this coffee chat in two parts, because climate fiction is very interesting. A topic dear to my heart, and I hope it's dear to all your hearts, too. DL: Firstly, since this is a coffee chat, how do you have your coffee? And what is your favourite time of the day to partake? CAT: Like so many writers, I take my coffee very seriously. I only have one cup per day, so it needs to be a good one and it needs to happen in the morning not long after I haul myself out of bed. It takes three beverages to get me going, the first being a cup of green tea and the third a mug of Yorkshire extra strong tea with milk. T