Kelley Heckart, Historical fantasy romance author
Captivating...Sensual...Otherworldly
http://www.kelleyheckart.com
My author page at amazon.com with all my books listed
About Me
- Kelley Heckart
- Writing means different things to me. I'm a storyteller, a book editor, and a songwriter. For me, it's like breathing.
Monday, December 14, 2015
Monday Musings: Arizona Sunsets #13
Writing means different things to me. I'm a storyteller, a book editor, and a songwriter. For me, it's like breathing.
Friday, December 11, 2015
Favorite Friday: Sharing a favorite fantasy book
Favorite book
The Last King by
Robert E. Howard
Amazon
description:
From Robert E.
Howard’s fertile imagination sprang some of fiction’s greatest heroes,
including Conan the Cimmerian, King Kull, and Solomon Kane. But of all Howard’s
characters, none embodied his creator’s brooding temperament more than Bran Mak
Morn, the last king of a doomed race.
In ages past, the
Picts ruled all of Europe. But the descendants of those proud conquerors have
sunk into barbarism . . . all save one, Bran Mak Morn, whose bloodline remains
unbroken. Threatened by the Celts and the Romans, the Pictish tribes rally
under his banner to fight for their very survival, while Bran fights to restore
the glory of his race.
Lavishly
illustrated by award-winning artist Gary Gianni, this collection gathers
together all of Howard’s published stories and poems featuring Bran Mak
Morn–including the eerie masterpiece “Worms of the Earth” and “Kings of the
Night,” in which sorcery summons Kull the conqueror from out of the depths of
time to stand with Bran against the Roman invaders.
Also included are
previously unpublished stories and fragments, reproductions of manuscripts
bearing Howard’s handwritten revisions, and much, much more.
There are very
few books about the mysterious Picts of ancient Scotland. I’m a fan of Conan
the Barbarian and decided to read this one about Bran Mak Morn, the leader of
the Picts, a race that had descended into darkness and barbarism. Highly
recommended.
Kelley Heckart, Historical fantasy romance author
Captivating...Sensual...Otherworldly
http://www.kelleyheckart.com
Writing means different things to me. I'm a storyteller, a book editor, and a songwriter. For me, it's like breathing.
Wednesday, December 09, 2015
Weird Word Wednesday
bivalent
adjective bi·va·lent \(ˌ)bī-ˈvā-lənt,
ˈbī-və-\
Definition of
BIVALENT
1
: divalent
2
: associated in pairs in synapsis
First Known Use of
BIVALENT
1869
Kelley Heckart, Historical fantasy romance author
Captivating...Sensual...Otherworldly
http://www.kelleyheckart.com
Writing means different things to me. I'm a storyteller, a book editor, and a songwriter. For me, it's like breathing.
Monday, December 07, 2015
Monday Musings: Arizona cloud formation pics # 14
Kelley Heckart, Historical fantasy romance author
Captivating...Sensual...Otherworldly
http://www.kelleyheckart.com
Writing means different things to me. I'm a storyteller, a book editor, and a songwriter. For me, it's like breathing.
Friday, December 04, 2015
Favorite Friday: Sharing a favorite TV series
Favorite TV
Series
Fargo
Show Description:
The all new “true
crime” case in Fargo’s latest chapter takes you back to 1979 in Sioux Falls,
South Dakota and Luverne, Minnesota. “Lou Solverson” (Patrick Wilson), a young
State Police Officer recently back from Vietnam, investigates a case involving
a local crime gang, a major mob syndicate and a small town beautician “Peggy
Blumquist” (Kirsten Dunst) along with her husband “Ed” (Jesse Plemons), the
local butcher’s assistant. Helping Lou piece things together is his
father-in-law, “Sheriff Hank Larsson” (Ted Danson). The investigation will lead
them to a colorful cast of characters that includes “Karl Weathers” (Nick
Offerman), the town lawyer of Luverne, Minnesota. A Korean War vet, Karl is a
flowery drunk blessed with the gift of gab and the eloquence of a true con
artist. Three-time Emmy® winner Brad Garrett will play “Joe Bulo,” the front
man for the northern expansion of a Kansas City crime syndicate. The new face
of corporate crime, Joe’s bringing a Walmart mentality to small town America.
His number two is “Mike Milligan” (Bokeem Woodbine). Part enforcer, part
detective, Mike is always smiling – but the joke is usually on you. Bulo and
his crew have their sights set on the Gerhardt crime family in Fargo, currently
led by matriarch “Floyd Gerhardt” (Jean Smart). With her husband at death’s
door, Floyd takes over the family business, frustrating her eldest son, “Dodd
Gerhardt” (Jeffrey Donovan). An impatient hothead with a cruel streak to match
his ambitions, Dodd can’t wait for both his parents to die so he can take over
and expand their business from kingdom to empire. “Bear Gerhardt” (Angus
Sampson) is the middle son, an intimidatingly large man who, although
inarticulate, is the most decent of his clan. “Rye Gerhardt” (Kieran Culkin),
the youngest of the Gerhardt clan, views himself as a big shot, but in reality
he’s just a small dog with a loud bark.
Emmy Award
winning Executive Producers Noah Hawley (showrunner/writer), Joel & Ethan
Coen, Warren Littlefield and John Cameron all return for the second
installment. Fargo is produced by MGM Television and FX Productions, with MGM
Television serving as the lead studio.
This is the most
bizarre and compelling show I’ve seen in a while. Great acting and writing
makes this one of the best shows this season. Highly recommended.
Kelley Heckart, Historical fantasy romance author
Captivating...Sensual...Otherworldly
http://www.kelleyheckart.com
Writing means different things to me. I'm a storyteller, a book editor, and a songwriter. For me, it's like breathing.
Wednesday, December 02, 2015
Weird Word Wednesday
biunique
adjective bi·unique \ˌbī-yu̇-ˈnēk, -yü-\
Definition of
BIUNIQUE
: being a correspondence between two sets that
is one-to-one in both directions
— bi·unique·ness noun
First Known Use of
BIUNIQUE
1941
Kelley Heckart, Historical fantasy romance author
Captivating...Sensual...Otherworldly
http://www.kelleyheckart.com
Writing means different things to me. I'm a storyteller, a book editor, and a songwriter. For me, it's like breathing.
Monday, November 30, 2015
Monday Musings: Arizona cloud formation pics # 13
Kelley Heckart, Historical fantasy romance author
Captivating...Sensual...Otherworldly
http://www.kelleyheckart.com
Writing means different things to me. I'm a storyteller, a book editor, and a songwriter. For me, it's like breathing.
Saturday, November 28, 2015
Tabby's Nocturnal Nights: Thanksgiving: It's all about the food
Tabby's Nocturnal Nights: Thanksgiving: It's all about the food: Thanksgiving is the time to get together with family and friends, and to be thankful for everything you have, but it's also about eating...
Writing means different things to me. I'm a storyteller, a book editor, and a songwriter. For me, it's like breathing.
Friday, November 27, 2015
Favorite Friday: Sharing a favorite Thanksgiving dessert
Since
Thanksgiving is here, I thought I would share my favorite Thanksgiving dessert:
Pumpkin swirl cakes.
Yummy. Walmart usually has them this time of the year. They are a little tricky
to make because you have to get the cream cheese swirl inside.
Kelley Heckart, Historical fantasy romance author
Captivating...Sensual...Otherworldly
http://www.kelleyheckart.com
Writing means different things to me. I'm a storyteller, a book editor, and a songwriter. For me, it's like breathing.
Wednesday, November 25, 2015
Weird Word Wednesday
bitchery
noun bitch·ery \ˈbi-chə-rē\
plural bitch·er·ies
Definition of
BITCHERY
: malicious, spiteful, or overbearing behavior;
also : an instance of such behavior
First Known Use of
BITCHERY
1936
Kelley Heckart, Historical fantasy romance author
Captivating...Sensual...Otherworldly
http://www.kelleyheckart.com
My author page at amazon.com with all my books listed
Writing means different things to me. I'm a storyteller, a book editor, and a songwriter. For me, it's like breathing.
Monday, November 23, 2015
Monday Musings: Arizona Sunset pics # 12
Kelley Heckart, Historical fantasy romance author
Captivating...Sensual...Otherworldly
http://www.kelleyheckart.com
Writing means different things to me. I'm a storyteller, a book editor, and a songwriter. For me, it's like breathing.
Friday, November 20, 2015
Favorite Friday: Sharing a favorite new T.V. series
Blindspot
Amazon pilot
description:
In the series
premiere, a beautiful woman with no memories of her past (JAIMIE ALEXANDER) is
found in Times Square, covered in mysterious tattoos, including an FBI agent's
name.
I like this new
show because of all the mystery surrounding this woman who can’t remember who
she is. I like shows that keep me guessing.
Kelley Heckart, Historical fantasy romance author
Captivating...Sensual...Otherworldly
http://www.kelleyheckart.com
Writing means different things to me. I'm a storyteller, a book editor, and a songwriter. For me, it's like breathing.
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Weird Word Wednesday
bitch goddess
noun
Definition of BITCH
GODDESS
: success; especially : material or worldly success
First Known Use of
BITCH GODDESS
1906
Kelley Heckart, Historical fantasy romance author
Captivating...Sensual...Otherworldly
http://www.kelleyheckart.com
My author page at amazon.com with all my books listed
Writing means different things to me. I'm a storyteller, a book editor, and a songwriter. For me, it's like breathing.
Monday, November 16, 2015
Monday Musings: Arizona cloud formation pics # 12
Kelley Heckart, Historical fantasy romance author
Captivating...Sensual...Otherworldly
http://www.kelleyheckart.com
Writing means different things to me. I'm a storyteller, a book editor, and a songwriter. For me, it's like breathing.
Friday, November 13, 2015
Favorite Friday: Sharing a favorite new T.V. series
The Last Kingdom
Plot description
on IMDb:
The year is 872,
and many of the separate kingdoms of what we now know as England have fallen to
the invading Danes, leaving the great kingdom of Wessex standing alone and
defiant under the command of King Alfred. Against this turbulent backdrop lives
our hero, Uhtred. Born the son of a Saxon nobleman, he is captured by the Danes
and raised as one of their own. Forced to choose between the country of his
birth and the people of his upbringing, his loyalties are ever tested. What is
he? Saxon or Dane? On a quest to reclaim his birthright, Uhtred must tread a
dangerous path between both sides if he is to play his part in the birth of a
new nation and, ultimately, recapture his ancestral lands.
Amazon series
description for episode 1:
When Uhtred loses
his father in battle, his lands and inheritance are taken by his scheming
uncle, Aelfric, who becomes a puppet-lord for the ruling Danes. Uhtred is
captured by his father’s killers and brought up by Danish warlord Ragnar. Now a
young Danish warrior, when his surrogate family is murdered by a group of
vengeful Danes, Uhtred finds himself alone; neither Saxon nor Dane.
I’m a huge
Vikings fan so I thought I would check this one out. It’s based on a series of
books called the Saxon Tales by Bernard Cornwell. I really like it so far. We
see a different side to the Viking invasions of what is now England.
Kelley Heckart, Historical fantasy romance author
Captivating...Sensual...Otherworldly
http://www.kelleyheckart.com
Writing means different things to me. I'm a storyteller, a book editor, and a songwriter. For me, it's like breathing.
Wednesday, November 11, 2015
Weird Word Wednesday
biramous
adjective bi·ra·mous \(ˌ)bī-ˈrā-məs\
Definition of
BIRAMOUS
: having two branches
Origin of BIRAMOUS
1bi- + Latin ramus
branch
First Known Use: 1877
Kelley Heckart, Historical fantasy romance author
Captivating...Sensual...Otherworldly
http://www.kelleyheckart.com
My author page at amazon.com with all my books listed
Writing means different things to me. I'm a storyteller, a book editor, and a songwriter. For me, it's like breathing.
Monday, November 09, 2015
Monday Musings: Arizona Sunset pics #11
Kelley Heckart, Historical fantasy romance author
Captivating...Sensual...Otherworldly
http://www.kelleyheckart.com
Writing means different things to me. I'm a storyteller, a book editor, and a songwriter. For me, it's like breathing.
Friday, November 06, 2015
Favorite Friday: Sharing a favorite new T.V. series
Favorite T.V.
Series: The Bastard Executioner
Show blurb:
Wilkin Brattle, a
warrior knight in the charge of King Edward I, trades his sword for a peaceful
farming life -- until the violence of his past finds him and forces him to pick
up the bloodiest sword of all.
It started kind of slow, but I really like
this dark medieval series by the creator of Sons of Anarchy and hope it doesn’t
get cancelled. It’s the real deal as far as medieval politics, complete with
people being tortured and killed for heresy by the church. The upper class is
greedy and cares little for the poor. I guess times haven’t changed much. The
main character is easy to like because he may be one of the few with actual
compassion and remorse.
Kelley Heckart, Historical fantasy romance author
Captivating...Sensual...Otherworldly
http://www.kelleyheckart.com
Writing means different things to me. I'm a storyteller, a book editor, and a songwriter. For me, it's like breathing.
Wednesday, November 04, 2015
Weird Word Wednesday
biocenosis
noun bio·ce·no·sis \ˌbī-ō-sə-ˈnō-səs\
plural bio·ce·no·ses
\-ˌsēz\
Definition of
BIOCENOSIS
: an ecological community especially when
forming a self-regulating unit
Variants of
BIOCENOSIS
bio·ce·no·sis or
bio·coe·no·sis \ˌbī-ō-sə-ˈnō-səs\
Origin of BIOCENOSIS
New Latin, from 2bi-
+ Greek koinōsis sharing, from koinoun to make common, from koinos common
First Known Use: 1883
Kelley Heckart, Historical fantasy romance author
Captivating...Sensual...Otherworldly
http://www.kelleyheckart.com
My author page at amazon.com with all my books listed
Writing means different things to me. I'm a storyteller, a book editor, and a songwriter. For me, it's like breathing.
Monday, November 02, 2015
Monday Musings: Sharing an excerpt from The Bear Goddess
Resting her head
against the edge of the tub, she stared at the sky. Kasin, the Zeus lover,
surprisingly treated her gently. She had expected to be brutalized or worse.
With the fair skin and height of those imposing men from the northern
mountains, he looked like those who worshipped the Sky god above the goddesses,
yet he also possessed a temperate manner unlike those brutal, warlike people.
She couldn’t imagine living under the rule of the vile centaurs.
Her skin prickled
in response to the cooling water. “I am ready to get out now.”
He appeared,
holding his hand over his eyes, and tripped over a branch.
She giggled.
Regaining his
balance, he said with some annoyance, “I am glad you find that so amusing.”
“You do not have
to close your eyes. Just refrain from staring at anything worth staring at.”
She laughed, not sure why she told him that. He made her feel giddy, something
that had never happened to her before now in the presence of this man.
Opening his eyes,
he kept his gaze lowered as he helped her stand. Keeping his eyes fixed on her
lower legs, he wrapped a large cloth around her and then lifted her out of the
tub.
Her body didn’t
ache as badly as it had before the bath. Gradually, her body was healing.
“How was the
bath?” He helped her put on her tunic, which covered her upper body to her
mid-thigh.
“It was quite
enjoyable. You can look up now if you wish.”
His gaze swept up
her body in a way that made her face and body flush. She was entering into a
dangerous game, but her vow didn’t seem to apply here so far away from Artemis.
With his help, she
pulled on her leggings. His hands felt hot each time he brushed against her
bare skin. Her skin tingled beneath his seemingly innocent touch. He hesitated,
holding on to her hips a moment longer than was necessary.
The air between
them felt like the aftermath of a lightning storm. She had no idea what was
happening, but she knew it wasn’t what she should be feeling when in the
presence of a man.
****
Kelley Heckart, Historical fantasy romance author
Captivating...Sensual...Otherworldly
http://www.kelleyheckart.com
Writing means different things to me. I'm a storyteller, a book editor, and a songwriter. For me, it's like breathing.
Friday, October 30, 2015
Favorite Friday: Sharing a favorite fairy tale movie
Favorite
fairy tale movie: Snow White and the Huntsman
Product
Description
From the producer
of Alice in Wonderland comes a new vision that turns a legendary tale into an
action-adventure epic. The evil Queen Ravenna (Academy Award winner Charlize
Theron) will rule forever if she can take the life of Snow White (Kristen
Stewart), so she dispatches the Huntsman (Chris Hemsworth) to track her down.
But the wicked ruler never imagined that the Huntsman would train the girl to
become a brave warrior, skilled in the art of war. Filled with intense battles
and spectacular visual effects, Snow White & the Huntsman is a thrilling
experience that “shouldn’t be missed” – Shawn Edwards, Fox-TV.
************
I really liked this new version of Snow White. It is darker than the original. I loved Chris Hemsworth as the huntsman. Ravenna's outfits were stunning. There were some cool surprises in this version--the way Snow was revived was my favorite one. Highly recommended.
Kelley Heckart, Historical fantasy romance author
Captivating...Sensual...Otherworldly
http://www.kelleyheckart.com
My author page at amazon.com with all my books listed
Writing means different things to me. I'm a storyteller, a book editor, and a songwriter. For me, it's like breathing.
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Weird Word Wednesday
bioassay
noun bio·as·say \ˌbī-(ˌ)ō-ˈa-ˌsā, -a-ˈsā\
Definition of
BIOASSAY
: determination of the relative strength of a
substance (as a drug) by comparing its effect on a test organism with that of a
standard preparation
— bio·as·say \-a-ˈsā,
-ˈa-ˌsā\ transitive verb
First Known Use of
BIOASSAY
1912
Kelley Heckart, Historical fantasy romance author
Captivating...Sensual...Otherworldly
http://www.kelleyheckart.com
My author page at amazon.com with all my books listed
Writing means different things to me. I'm a storyteller, a book editor, and a songwriter. For me, it's like breathing.
Monday, October 26, 2015
Monday Musings: Arizona Monsoon pics
Kelley Heckart, Historical fantasy romance author
Captivating...Sensual...Otherworldly
http://www.kelleyheckart.com
Writing means different things to me. I'm a storyteller, a book editor, and a songwriter. For me, it's like breathing.
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