http://smd.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Sheila Deeth en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2013 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:33:37 GMT 2013-05-22T11:33:37Z en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2013 http://www.gather.com/images/header/logo_gather.gif http://www.gather.com/ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981874477     Greed wears more than one disguise in John Phythyon’s intriguing short story, Sleeping Beauty—the greed of a father denying his daughter freedom to protect her honor, the . . . Tue, 14 May 2013 21:07:38 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981874477 Sheila Deeth 2013-05-14T21:07:38Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981872468 To whom it may concern Our intent was not to annoy And if your heart was burned ‘twas no deliberate ploy We only hoped to turn Your mind to countenance True payment duly earned . . . Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:15:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981872468 Sheila Deeth 2013-04-22T17:15:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981872460 Packing the bags was okay; Just lots of bags and lots of stuff And a last night sleeping on mattresses on the floor.   Packing was van was okay; We watched the guys pile everything . . . Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:55:40 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981872460 Sheila Deeth 2013-04-22T16:55:40Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981872454 The days are too short and the dreams are a long Time coming, a long way going; they leave me a long Way behind because Days are too short and the dreams are a long . . . Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:42:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981872454 Sheila Deeth 2013-04-22T16:42:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981871327     Nicely researched and sweetly romantic, with plenty of period detail and pleasing characters, Maggi Andersen’s The Reluctant Marquess pits recently orphaned Charity against her . . . Fri, 19 Apr 2013 02:21:05 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981871327 Sheila Deeth 2013-04-19T02:21:05Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981871324 When a very nice old lady is suddenly murdered in Florida her neighbors are shocked. But the neighbors' future-daughter-in-law Anne Marshall finds herself as much intrigued as horrified, and she . . . Fri, 19 Apr 2013 02:08:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981871324 Sheila Deeth 2013-04-19T02:08:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981871322 In a world of perfectly delightful ecological balance, there’s a jungle where people and elephants and bananas co-exist. So postulates author Katy Koontz in her children’s picture . . . Fri, 19 Apr 2013 01:59:12 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981871322 Sheila Deeth 2013-04-19T01:59:12Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981871319     3-Mice Productions have such a neat logo this Darklings just has to be a good book and it doesn’t disappoint. A tale of many mice, the odd rat, and some bats as well, C. D. Davis’ . . . Fri, 19 Apr 2013 01:50:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981871319 Sheila Deeth 2013-04-19T01:50:39Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981871311 Forgiveness is rarely easy, and anger can feel like the only thing that’s real when the world falls apart. At least, that’s how it seems to Heidi’s friend Mae who tells her story . . . Fri, 19 Apr 2013 01:38:56 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981871311 Sheila Deeth 2013-04-19T01:38:56Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981871308     Want a short story you can read before the coffee’s begun to cool? Want an espresso shot of inspiration to warm you for the rest of the day? Jessie Pratt’s Angel Eyes packs . . . Fri, 19 Apr 2013 01:28:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981871308 Sheila Deeth 2013-04-19T01:28:08Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981871301 Twisting zombie fiction into a curiously different direction, James Paul Caiden's The Rapture of Willard imagines a dysfunctional family, united in an isolated farmhouse while the zombie apocalypse . . . Fri, 19 Apr 2013 01:20:04 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981871301 Sheila Deeth 2013-04-19T01:20:04Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981871293 Lynn Dove’s Wounded trilogy ends with this novel, Love the Wounded . I didn’t read the earlier two, but Love the Wounded stands alone pretty well and has an enjoyable sense of . . . Fri, 19 Apr 2013 01:06:26 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981871293 Sheila Deeth 2013-04-19T01:06:26Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981871286 With a nice mix of historical derivation and modern-day application, M. Craig Barnes brings the faith of the Reformed Christian churches to life and relevance in an eminently readable format. . . . Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:57:03 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981871286 Sheila Deeth 2013-04-19T00:57:03Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981871283 Subtitled “Love, Terror, and an America Family in Hitler’s Berlin,” the love and terror in Erik Larson’s The Garden of Beasts is carefully muted and well-hidden, clinically . . . Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:41:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981871283 Sheila Deeth 2013-04-19T00:41:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981871274 The Thursday writing essentials prompt was to write about achieving goals and answering the question, How badly do you want it? I finished reading this book today. It answered the question so . . . Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:22:58 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981871274 Sheila Deeth 2013-04-19T00:22:58Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981871269 I walk the damp and lonely green Of wayward autumn grass and see A fluffball white as winter snow That proudly sits to preen. I watch the fluffball come and go Its . . . Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:05:07 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981871269 Sheila Deeth 2013-04-19T00:05:07Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981870884 My publisher's offering Genesis People free on kindle from April 28th to May 2nd, so now I'm trying to do my best to promote it. I could try to find some cool music and make a great book trailer... I . . . Wed, 17 Apr 2013 23:54:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981870884 Sheila Deeth 2013-04-17T23:54:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981870499 Whisper Whisker Bending Blending Where the broken whisper whiskers its Secret, my ear’s bending, blending in. Tue, 16 Apr 2013 23:54:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981870499 Sheila Deeth 2013-04-16T23:54:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981870497 Strangers in a strange land We didn’t know our way. Spider big as my little ‘un’s hand Blocked the light of day. Got no flyspray, got no swatter Strangers just arrived . . . Tue, 16 Apr 2013 23:42:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981870497 Sheila Deeth 2013-04-16T23:42:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981870493 The dreams were never fair They poured like shadows, glared and grew To poisoned mists that flew To haunt her distance, new and old And in between and cold. Her hopes were bought . . . Tue, 16 Apr 2013 23:23:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981870493 Sheila Deeth 2013-04-16T23:23:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981869528 Redemption is hard to achieve and sometimes even harder to understand, as Christopher Davis makes clear in this novel of post-world-war-II Italy and Vatican promise. Can a murderer be redeemed . . . Sun, 14 Apr 2013 01:50:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981869528 Sheila Deeth 2013-04-14T01:50:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981869526     Captain Josie Corsino, of the LAPD’s Hollywood station, is a pleasingly real, intelligent and flawed protagonist. She’s a great cop but knows she owes her promotion as much . . . Sun, 14 Apr 2013 01:38:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981869526 Sheila Deeth 2013-04-14T01:38:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981869520 With the same appeal as Stephen Donaldson’s Chronicles of Thomas Covenant , and a thoroughly intriguing premise, Thomas A. Knight has created a fascinating parallel world in his novel . . . Sun, 14 Apr 2013 01:20:19 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981869520 Sheila Deeth 2013-04-14T01:20:19Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981869517 Smooth, confident, amiably detached prose characterizes Prudence MacGregor’s Trilogy , which perfectly complements the smoothly confident, amiably detached protagonists of these tales. . . . Sun, 14 Apr 2013 01:08:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981869517 Sheila Deeth 2013-04-14T01:08:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981869514     Cross Twilight with Inception and you’ll approach the intriguing feel of S. P. Cloward’s pleasingly original Afterlife . The newly, but not totally dead, otherwise known . . . Sun, 14 Apr 2013 00:55:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981869514 Sheila Deeth 2013-04-14T00:55:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981869049     Did you see the stranger on the corner, hair all gray? She reached with withered fingers for the child who ran away Toward the road. The mother thanked her and walked on.   . . . Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:47:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981869049 Sheila Deeth 2013-04-12T13:47:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981869024 It used to be all bits and bytes. The biter bit ‘em.   Kilo and mega ruled the stage But giga clipped their wings And gathered feathers into fluffy pillows Slowing the data . . . Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:24:59 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981869024 Sheila Deeth 2013-04-12T13:24:59Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981868996 Red flowers peeking out through fog We walked fast because it was cold But he loved the gardens and my best friend was his guide.   He took us back to his student flat For coffee . . . Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:08:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981868996 Sheila Deeth 2013-04-12T13:08:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981868993 Doubley Dactylly Mathemafractylly Counting the syllables One two three five.   Dactylly Doubley Mathematroubley Silly Bill counted ‘em His her your mine. Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:58:06 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981868993 Sheila Deeth 2013-04-12T12:58:06Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981868696 Told in first person, Untraceable by S. R. Johannes follows a girl with plenty of backcountry knowledge as she tries to find some trace of her missing father. Refusing to accept his death, she’s . . . Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:41:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981868696 Sheila Deeth 2013-04-11T15:41:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981868693 “[B]eautiful, delicate, but also with a dark side, one not to be trusted. Just like people.” This is how Jess comes to describe the gorgeous oleander blossom, a tree that grows in . . . Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:34:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981868693 Sheila Deeth 2013-04-11T15:34:24Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981868684     The old dog’s obviously not going to get adopted, but the boy’s out to annoy his parents and turns “a lovely shade of buy him” when old dog’s dinner disagrees . . . Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:20:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981868684 Sheila Deeth 2013-04-11T15:20:24Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981868681 Jo’s not like everyone else. She’s big and wears baggy clothes, so stranger’s think she’s lazy and fat. Then she stands up to them, sumo-wrestler strong and perfectly balanced, . . . Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:13:54 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981868681 Sheila Deeth 2013-04-11T15:13:54Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981868679 Think outside the litter box, don’t fight cats behind glass if they look suspiciously like you, enjoy reading an ode to the monthly Vile Vial, smile through felinely mangled literary references, . . . Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:00:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981868679 Sheila Deeth 2013-04-11T15:00:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981868678 To say Andrew Griffiths has had an interesting life would be a serious understatement. Deserted by parents, abused by carers, and more, you could excuse him for feeling down on life. But instead . . . Thu, 11 Apr 2013 14:50:50 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981868678 Sheila Deeth 2013-04-11T14:50:50Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981868665 “ This is a book about living and writing. It offers the courage to do both more creatively,” says the author, and she’s right. Burn Wild is a beautiful book, with flowing . . . Thu, 11 Apr 2013 14:32:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981868665 Sheila Deeth 2013-04-11T14:32:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981868416 We played on the beach Buckets and spades, trying to reach China I think, or Australia. We blinked. He walked with me by the sea Didn’t tell me the waves were . . . Wed, 10 Apr 2013 20:46:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981868416 Sheila Deeth 2013-04-10T20:46:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981868128 I held his hand. He dreamed A tiger in the night And every answer seemed A little boy’s delight Except for this his fright. Mom send the dream away he prayed. . . . Wed, 10 Apr 2013 02:04:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981868128 Sheila Deeth 2013-04-10T02:04:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981868126   Once arbored were the forestels Where forest elves unharbored floated Batwing sail and camponed bell With wind-beleaguered hope.   Still all unhappenstancied now Their broken . . . Wed, 10 Apr 2013 01:36:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981868126 Sheila Deeth 2013-04-10T01:36:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981868118 It’s when he tells me I don’t understand, Because he doesn’t understand, I understand There’s only one who needs to understand In married life. Wed, 10 Apr 2013 01:12:33 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981868118 Sheila Deeth 2013-04-10T01:12:33Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981868115 May I review your book I asked In frail anticipation, maybe You would say Okay.   And so we met and so I learned You write so so much more than I And so much better too.   . . . Wed, 10 Apr 2013 00:56:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981868115 Sheila Deeth 2013-04-10T00:56:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981868109 Road trip he shouts As if it’s all about Boys having fun.   Road trip he whimpers Are we nearly there?   Road trip he cries I need the bathroom Mom.   . . . Wed, 10 Apr 2013 00:44:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981868109 Sheila Deeth 2013-04-10T00:44:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981868108 Tomorrow will you lie to me And dry my falling tears to dust And set my shadows free.   Today you turned and cried to me And dripped your promises to rust. Tomorrow lie to me. . . . Wed, 10 Apr 2013 00:37:28 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981868108 Sheila Deeth 2013-04-10T00:37:28Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981867754     All whispering scents of their Petalled silk stamens   All roaring descend to where Greening thumb browns them. Tue, 09 Apr 2013 01:37:36 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981867754 Sheila Deeth 2013-04-09T01:37:36Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981867749 Fly Cry Alone I fly to You and I’m alone. What did I think you’d do and why? I’m only one and Ever cry Alone. I'll Fly. Tue, 09 Apr 2013 01:14:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981867749 Sheila Deeth 2013-04-09T01:14:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981865904 A pathway made of ice Bounded with snow it lies Like lightning black on white Like lace all torn like my Heart broken through the night. . . . Wed, 03 Apr 2013 02:04:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981865904 Sheila Deeth 2013-04-03T02:04:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981865902 I dream of knowing Who or where or why or what Or how I dream it knowing not The thing I sought I ought first to define.   I dream of knowing Answers, hope and reasons then . . . Wed, 03 Apr 2013 01:40:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981865902 Sheila Deeth 2013-04-03T01:40:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981865895 Blue born, blue seas Redeemed his dreaming eyes and more Blue born, blue seized Deceived by distant waves believed Dark ocean his blue-bourning shore Dark waters his forevermore Blue . . . Wed, 03 Apr 2013 01:27:00 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981865895 Sheila Deeth 2013-04-03T01:27:00Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981865262 Write about you Write who you are Write what you think and you know.   Not going to do it I know who I am It’s a secret, I’m not going to show.   Write how . . . Mon, 01 Apr 2013 14:26:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981865262 Sheila Deeth 2013-04-01T14:26:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981865256 Trees for the darkness that hides her Leaves for a life that’s restored Grass for a clearing that finds her Knowing the future and more Toys on a bench to remind her Once she was . . . Mon, 01 Apr 2013 14:08:49 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981865256 Sheila Deeth 2013-04-01T14:08:49Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981865252 My son Jon Stopped being Jonathan ‘Cause names too long to spell Made school too hard to tell.   My son’s grown Made the name his own ‘Cause names too long to spell . . . Mon, 01 Apr 2013 13:57:13 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981865252 Sheila Deeth 2013-04-01T13:57:13Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981863945 Charlie Fenchurch-Whittington is such a perfect young gentleman he’ll even compliment the miraculous Delilah Dusticle on how well she cleans the house. But Delilah wants more than compliments . . . Thu, 28 Mar 2013 01:01:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981863945 Sheila Deeth 2013-03-28T01:01:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981863941     Best friends will do anything for each other won’t they, just like sisters except more so because they choose to be together? At least that’s how Emma and Layne’s friendship . . . Thu, 28 Mar 2013 00:55:03 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981863941 Sheila Deeth 2013-03-28T00:55:03Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981863936 Set in the plains of Colorado from the early 1900s to 1977, Kent Haruf’s The Tie that Binds is a beautiful story of real life, real people, and real meaning imparted by genuine relationships. . . . Thu, 28 Mar 2013 00:44:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981863936 Sheila Deeth 2013-03-28T00:44:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981863924 Turning fairy tales into parables again, Melanie Dickerson sets the story of Beauty and the Beast in England in the 1300s, creating a fascinatingt Christian romance, the Merchant’s Daughter. . . . Thu, 28 Mar 2013 00:21:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981863924 Sheila Deeth 2013-03-28T00:21:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981863744     I’ll have me a jigger o’ that afore taking my turn And don’t give me no golfing type jigger, no fancy stuff here. I’ll be making a strike with a cue and you’ll . . . Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:37:58 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981863744 Sheila Deeth 2013-03-27T14:37:58Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981862999     Words dripped without meaning when She had no words, no way to say And all around her listeners prayed For when the babe would speak.   Words poured without listening . . . Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:20:41 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981862999 Sheila Deeth 2013-03-25T13:20:41Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981862995 Mourning the dawn The turtle-dove torn From the fabric of memory.   Birthday they feted His name all awaiting His shame.   Deathday was black When the sky hacked the . . . Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:09:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981862995 Sheila Deeth 2013-03-25T13:09:39Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981862990 I know he’s got it. She wants it, I know. It’s there in his pocket. It’s there in the set of her eyes. See, she won’t look at me. He’s avoiding my . . . Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:52:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981862990 Sheila Deeth 2013-03-25T12:52:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981862585     Hungry Pacing the kitchen floor From cupboard to fridge To cooker and more Hungry pacing The kitchen floor.   She stares at me. I give her treats. She wags her . . . Sat, 23 Mar 2013 21:20:31 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981862585 Sheila Deeth 2013-03-23T21:20:31Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981862581     Sweet words will flow like breezes through the trees and butterflies Will flit behind the wisdom of their eyes And sit Unseen behind the plate of grits Unheard beside the buzz . . . Sat, 23 Mar 2013 21:07:54 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981862581 Sheila Deeth 2013-03-23T21:07:54Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981862577 Did you know the early Christians didn’t even celebrate Christmas? Going back to our Christian roots might make some surprising differences to seasonal and social celebrations, but author . . . Sat, 23 Mar 2013 20:35:09 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981862577 Sheila Deeth 2013-03-23T20:35:09Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981862574 Lord Danvers and the beautifully resourceful Tonia are off to Scotland on honeymoon, but the story starts with a dead body in a most unexpected place just a few days before. Beautifully evocative . . . Sat, 23 Mar 2013 20:28:38 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981862574 Sheila Deeth 2013-03-23T20:28:38Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981862572 Lightning strikes the cross outside a small church in Michigan and the pastor, wondering how the congregation will afford to mend it, hears the words, “Only believe.” Belief is powerful . . . Sat, 23 Mar 2013 20:23:37 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981862572 Sheila Deeth 2013-03-23T20:23:37Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981862570 Beautifully researched history, evocative scenery, genuine questions and dilemmas, plus a haunting depiction of God’s interaction with real people, all work together to make Mesu Andrews . . . Sat, 23 Mar 2013 20:14:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981862570 Sheila Deeth 2013-03-23T20:14:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981862241 Fun dialog and compelling romance combine with fast-paced action in Dellani Oakes’ The Ninja Tattoo. Bad guys and good carry knives, guns and gardening implements, ride motorcycles, and . . . Fri, 22 Mar 2013 15:04:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981862241 Sheila Deeth 2013-03-22T15:04:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981862237 Diana Gould’s Coldwater grabs you from the start, its flawed protagonist demanding your condemnation before sneaking past your defenses to lay claim to sympathy instead. The story stands . . . Fri, 22 Mar 2013 15:00:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981862237 Sheila Deeth 2013-03-22T15:00:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981862232     What happens to the predictor of trends when predictions become out of date before the papers go to press? What happens to immortality when time moves too fast? And what happens when . . . Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:51:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981862232 Sheila Deeth 2013-03-22T14:51:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981862226 Fangs out and ready for a dogfight, Cordell Logan switches from flight instructor and occasional quiet investigator to bulldog, wildcat, or eagle, determined to catch his prey. David Freed’s . . . Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:42:18 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981862226 Sheila Deeth 2013-03-22T14:42:18Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981862222 Shirley Combs and Dr. Mary Watson are drawn into a fascinating mystery in Sandra De Helen’s The Hounding. Set in and around a very convincing Portland Oregon, filled with realistic characters, . . . Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:25:23 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981862222 Sheila Deeth 2013-03-22T14:25:23Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981861293 Challenge: Use poetry or prose to write some on-the-nose dialog, then below it, write a version that is more natural. Make your characters lie, stumble on their words, misspeak, stall, withhold . . . Tue, 19 Mar 2013 20:14:31 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981861293 Sheila Deeth 2013-03-19T20:14:31Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981861286     The miles fly by and I Will surely make good time I sigh Contentment and my fingers mime Their music keeping time with my Anticipatory attendance I Will not be late.   . . . Tue, 19 Mar 2013 20:01:44 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981861286 Sheila Deeth 2013-03-19T20:01:44Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981860903 Random number generators aren’t really random. Does that mean random thoughts are intelligent Or just designed by sleeping intelligence While synapses fire each other with pink slips? . . . Mon, 18 Mar 2013 20:05:11 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981860903 Sheila Deeth 2013-03-18T20:05:11Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981860896 He wanted hope We made him climb the slope He wanted trust We showed him what he must do He wanted truth We asked him “What is truth?” And never knew He wanted me and you. . . . Mon, 18 Mar 2013 19:45:04 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981860896 Sheila Deeth 2013-03-18T19:45:04Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981860884 Evoking Firefly crossed with I Robot, Laura Eno invites readers back into the lives of Raven’s fine cast of characters in this second book of the Carienna Oracles. Mikael is still tortured . . . Mon, 18 Mar 2013 19:01:59 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981860884 Sheila Deeth 2013-03-18T19:01:59Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981860883 Occasionally wise in spite of himself, the self-absorbed wizard with the enormously long name offers clever aphorisms on life to the reader while his reluctantly obedient scribe provides a cynical . . . Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:53:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981860883 Sheila Deeth 2013-03-18T18:53:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981860881 A nicely different take on a familiar fairy tale, with a truly scary premise, Nana's Quest by Shelly Goodman Wright has two teens looking after their ailing grandmother, just for an hour or so . . . Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:47:53 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981860881 Sheila Deeth 2013-03-18T18:47:53Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981860878 Beautiful descriptions evoke 1930s Alabama in Jess Loury’s The ToadHouse Trilogy. A brother and sister aren’t quite the same as everybody else. And suddenly the world around them . . . Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:36:05 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981860878 Sheila Deeth 2013-03-18T18:36:05Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981860874 There’s a nice balance of beauty and threat, belonging and alienation, obedience and rebellion in the opening of T. C. Harrelson’s The Beast of Macon Hollow. Will and his sister move . . . Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:26:56 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981860874 Sheila Deeth 2013-03-18T18:26:56Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981859330 Wednesday writing essentials: Challenge:  Post stories, picture essays, peoms and anything else you wish so long as it has to do with cats. Sunday writing essentials: . . . Wed, 13 Mar 2013 19:17:44 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981859330 Sheila Deeth 2013-03-13T19:17:44Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981859313 Subtitled “The Reconciliation of Christianity and Biological Evolution,” this book was bound to appeal to a mongrel Christian mathematician like me. The fact that author Bruce Glass . . . Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:21:38 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981859313 Sheila Deeth 2013-03-13T18:21:38Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981859307 The co-evolution of plants and mankind seems designed to be viewed from the perspective of the seven deadly sins, but Michael Pollan takes a nicely squared-off look at the topic through just four . . . Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:11:10 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981859307 Sheila Deeth 2013-03-13T18:11:10Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981859306 Which people do we value in society? Which people do we acclaim in schools? What skills promise a life of value and success, and how has that changed over time? According to Susan Cain, about . . . Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:00:12 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981859306 Sheila Deeth 2013-03-13T18:00:12Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981858639 He carved a box for her In seasoned wood With flowers on the side He said he would Take care of her his bride.   Hung on a cross for us Her dying son She would’ve placed his . . . Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:36:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981858639 Sheila Deeth 2013-03-11T20:36:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981858632 I used to think they were blind White mice watching an empty sky They couldn’t see me fly.   I used to think they were lost Missing meanings tossing dreams To deep uncounted . . . Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:00:28 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981858632 Sheila Deeth 2013-03-11T20:00:28Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981857705     Pizza , I’m brainstorming pizza with soft gooey cheese and tomato sauce dripping All blue ? But what if tomatoes were blue? They’re an ancient sort; Why do . . . Fri, 08 Mar 2013 19:56:03 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981857705 Sheila Deeth 2013-03-08T19:56:03Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981857178 Cut from the land and carved, Sliced into planks and scarred Work of our hands, this hard And cruel wood has borne Us all. Cut from his father’s heart Sliced by his brothers, . . . Thu, 07 Mar 2013 12:49:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981857178 Sheila Deeth 2013-03-07T12:49:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981856687 ` I wonder if this will work. I've finally joined youtube and made my first attempt at a book trailer. I'd love to know what you think but with my luck it will probably fail to play. Ah well, worth . . . Wed, 06 Mar 2013 01:16:36 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981856687 Sheila Deeth 2013-03-06T01:16:36Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981856684 The action starts straight away in Dianne Lynn Gardner’s Rubies and Robbers , with Ian and his Kaempern friend Jeppe chasing after their foe. A ship rocks on the water. Salt air settles . . . Wed, 06 Mar 2013 00:59:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981856684 Sheila Deeth 2013-03-06T00:59:08Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981856682 In 1386, in Lower Saxony, the crowd awaits the return of the princes from school, and two teenage girls draw the reader into Melanie Dickerson’s story with their innocent dreams and excitement. . . . Wed, 06 Mar 2013 00:46:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981856682 Sheila Deeth 2013-03-06T00:46:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981856677 Mysteries lie at the heart of this novel and blend and weave throughout the tale of a missing altarpiece. Mysteries of faith are set against the longings of a woman’s heart. Mysteries of . . . Wed, 06 Mar 2013 00:32:50 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981856677 Sheila Deeth 2013-03-06T00:32:50Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981856672 A wonderful voice characterizes this book, with a natural conversational tone and a beautifully comprehensible and convincing Scottish dialect. The words practically speak themselves in the reader’s . . . Wed, 06 Mar 2013 00:18:07 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981856672 Sheila Deeth 2013-03-06T00:18:07Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981856667 Love and war might both be like chess, and the analogy is appealing. Lowly pawn Rose is plucked from her abusive home to serve as friend to the Kingmaker’s daughter, and so begins a relationship . . . Wed, 06 Mar 2013 00:03:50 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981856667 Sheila Deeth 2013-03-06T00:03:50Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981856659 The concrete cows In Milton Keynes Were sometimes pink And sometimes zebra-striped But see Inside was iron chicken wire And newspaper For cows with town and village life Grew very . . . Tue, 05 Mar 2013 23:27:21 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981856659 Sheila Deeth 2013-03-05T23:27:21Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981856655 This March we’ll march beside him To the cross and to the grave. This March he’ll march beside us And he’ll save. Then every gain is loss If set beside him And every . . . Tue, 05 Mar 2013 23:01:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981856655 Sheila Deeth 2013-03-05T23:01:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981856651 When rain was falling in torrents I prayed to you. When you gave me too much sunshine I prayed to you. When you froze me out with snow I prayed to you. When you warmed me with the melting . . . Tue, 05 Mar 2013 22:53:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981856651 Sheila Deeth 2013-03-05T22:53:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981856648 “Did you?” “Not yet.” “Why not?” “Because.” “Of what?” “Just ‘cause.” “Excuses?” “None.” . . . Tue, 05 Mar 2013 22:38:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981856648 Sheila Deeth 2013-03-05T22:38:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981856645     Greg said he liked the thought of a scene where dinner has its say, so…   “Tails?” asked the dark-haired one smiling so wide with tool and jaws and . . . Tue, 05 Mar 2013 22:31:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981856645 Sheila Deeth 2013-03-05T22:31:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981856623 The lion roared last night His wind of fury burned the ice away The lion roared and rain Poured down on me.   All quiet, lamb Of comfort rest and peace The gray sky cleared . . . Tue, 05 Mar 2013 20:49:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981856623 Sheila Deeth 2013-03-05T20:49:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981856609 Told in the unsettling voice of a child-adult repeating ancient truths, The Spy Toys presents a young girl listening too well to a schoolmate’s disconcerting view of the “pot-bellied . . . Tue, 05 Mar 2013 19:46:40 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981856609 Sheila Deeth 2013-03-05T19:46:40Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981856604 One day space travel might be as simple as guiding a stranger across the plains in the days of wagon trains. Whole planets might guard themselves with secret faith. And a girl called Raven might . . . Tue, 05 Mar 2013 19:31:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981856604 Sheila Deeth 2013-03-05T19:31:24Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981856599 A racehorse who fits his demonic name, a dead body, buckets of horsefeed and buckets of blood, and I’m only 20 pages into Sasscer Hill's The Sea Horse Trade. The dead girl has a sea horse . . . Tue, 05 Mar 2013 19:15:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981856599 Sheila Deeth 2013-03-05T19:15:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981856596 Dan Morgan doesn’t want to sell his horse. After all, part of why he bought the horse is the joy of seeing her run for him, the excitement of hoping she’ll win, the thrill of the unknown. . . . Tue, 05 Mar 2013 19:03:59 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981856596 Sheila Deeth 2013-03-05T19:03:59Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981856595 First in a series, Russell Blake’s Jet introduces a cool action heroine, chased by criminals, hiding from her past, with a secret history in the Mossad’s invisible forces. An exciting . . . Tue, 05 Mar 2013 18:54:38 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981856595 Sheila Deeth 2013-03-05T18:54:38Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981856590 Keely’s twin sister’s dead. Her parents are grieving. And reformed bad-girl Keely has had enough of being left to sorrow alone. Her moods have driven everyone away. Now she drives . . . Tue, 05 Mar 2013 18:45:34 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981856590 Sheila Deeth 2013-03-05T18:45:34Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981856582     Blending psychological horror with spiritual parable, Teric Darken pierces a convincingly scary darkness with police investigation, family breakdown, and finally light, in his novel . . . Tue, 05 Mar 2013 18:34:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981856582 Sheila Deeth 2013-03-05T18:34:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981856575 Reminiscent of Tom Clancy in excitement and technical explanation, with a touch of Nevil Shute perhaps, and a thoroughly modern, Jewish worldview, Noah Beck invites his readers onto an Israeli . . . Tue, 05 Mar 2013 18:22:54 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981856575 Sheila Deeth 2013-03-05T18:22:54Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981852117 Looking at memories in a digital photo frame might revive a marriage, and looking at porn on the internet might destroy it. Both come together in Martha Emms’ fictional tale Portrait of . . . Wed, 20 Feb 2013 18:23:28 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981852117 Sheila Deeth 2013-02-20T18:23:28Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981852112 Blending authentic police procedures with romance and the touch of angel, author Stacy Eaton introduces readers to starcrossed lovers—one betrayed, the other married to someone else—and proceeds . . . Wed, 20 Feb 2013 18:15:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981852112 Sheila Deeth 2013-02-20T18:15:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981852107 A cleverly unsettling novel, Dreamwatcher by Sylvia Shults slips into the heads of siblings, Ryan and Stephanie, just as their world’s threatening to fall apart. Ryan seems too young and . . . Wed, 20 Feb 2013 17:46:44 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981852107 Sheila Deeth 2013-02-20T17:46:44Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981852103 They grow up too fast don’t they? At least, that’s what everyone says, and in Dianne Lynn Gardner’s Ian’s Realm trilogy, young Ian is certainly growing up—but he’s . . . Wed, 20 Feb 2013 17:34:28 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981852103 Sheila Deeth 2013-02-20T17:34:28Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981849781 Being new to Karen Kingsbury’s books, I found this collection a great place to start, and feel I’ll be better able now to guess which of her stories I’ll like best. This set contains . . . Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:50:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981849781 Sheila Deeth 2013-02-13T20:50:24Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981849778 The Prince Charming Hoax blends everywoman’s history of divorce with every other woman’s sexual fantasy in a curiously appealing mix. There’s self-help tucked in there as well . . . Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:40:31 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981849778 Sheila Deeth 2013-02-13T20:40:31Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981849776 If children connect with their mothers from birth, where do dads fit in? Author/engineer Scott Hanley was determined to build good relationships with his two sons, all the more so when he became . . . Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:30:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981849776 Sheila Deeth 2013-02-13T20:30:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981849767 Mark Twain said “Never let the truth get in the way of a good story.” And Philip Nork tells a good set of stories in Life is a Balance , balancing truth and fiction as skillfully . . . Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:13:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981849767 Sheila Deeth 2013-02-13T20:13:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981849763 A nice mix of poetic forms and subjects graces A. F. Stewart’s Reflection of Poetry. Since I’m not a poet, I sometimes wish the author would tell us the forms. But there’s much . . . Wed, 13 Feb 2013 19:37:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981849763 Sheila Deeth 2013-02-13T19:37:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981849756 Swords and sorcery in the style of Michael Moorcock, set in a time before the flood when rumors abound of the world’s imminent demise, Steven Shrewsbury’s Beginning of the Trail . . . Wed, 13 Feb 2013 19:11:59 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981849756 Sheila Deeth 2013-02-13T19:11:59Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981849755 You don’t have to read the first two parts of the Tale of Four Wizards to enjoy Kaempie, the next short story of the series. Author Dianne Lynn Gardner has an enviable skill for recapping what’s . . . Wed, 13 Feb 2013 19:04:00 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981849755 Sheila Deeth 2013-02-13T19:04:00Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981849752 You don’t have to read the first two parts of the Tale of Four Wizards to enjoy the next short story, Kaempie . Author Dianne Lynn Gardner has an enviable skill for recapping what’s . . . Wed, 13 Feb 2013 18:59:18 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981849752 Sheila Deeth 2013-02-13T18:59:18Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981849745 Dysfunctional families aren’t reserved just for the modern day, and this story retells what must be one of the most classic cases in history. The fact that it’s Biblical history just . . . Wed, 13 Feb 2013 18:40:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981849745 Sheila Deeth 2013-02-13T18:40:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981848844 Enter a future world where the power of the mind has been tapped, and human lives are falling apart. I haven’t read any of Susan Kaye Quinn’s Mindjack novels, but this series of three young . . . Mon, 11 Feb 2013 17:01:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981848844 Sheila Deeth 2013-02-11T17:01:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981848837 A series of three epic fantasy novels set in a nicely imagined fantasy world, Jason D. Morrow’s The Marenon Chronicles offers exciting scenes, a good plot, lots of interesting characters, fanciful . . . Mon, 11 Feb 2013 16:40:09 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981848837 Sheila Deeth 2013-02-11T16:40:09Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981848180 Catholic girl loves Druid guy, but vows and cruel history tear them apart. Now Park Ranger Moira’s stopping off at the clinic for a quick unwanted visit, and chance, or the goddess, might . . . Sat, 09 Feb 2013 17:43:51 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981848180 Sheila Deeth 2013-02-09T17:43:51Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981848179 Cross the glamor of a cruise ship with romance, strong heroines, and the danger of action adventure, then you’ll have the flavor of Loucinda McGary’s Adventure Cruise Line series. . . . Sat, 09 Feb 2013 17:35:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981848179 Sheila Deeth 2013-02-09T17:35:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981848175     It takes serious resolve to run a marathon, to solve a crime, or to kill someone, and the 26.2 miles of this Pittsburgh race provide a perfect framework for the murder to come in J. . . . Sat, 09 Feb 2013 17:24:18 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981848175 Sheila Deeth 2013-02-09T17:24:18Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981848171 When Oscar Wilde was imprisoned, the gossips imprisoned within their own thoughts delighted in his every suffering. But there on the outskirts of a small American town, a wonderful woman called . . . Sat, 09 Feb 2013 17:14:59 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981848171 Sheila Deeth 2013-02-09T17:14:59Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981848168 While the history of the Mountain Meadows Massacre is well-researched, I struggled to fit what I know of modern Mormonism into the framework of Joseph Rinaldo's novel, A Mormon Massacre. The story . . . Sat, 09 Feb 2013 17:03:21 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981848168 Sheila Deeth 2013-02-09T17:03:21Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981848161 At 110, with no family, old and alone, it’s not surprising Lucia Grandi laughs when the young student asks if she can write her life story. “Time was endless for me now at the end . . . Sat, 09 Feb 2013 16:27:58 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981848161 Sheila Deeth 2013-02-09T16:27:58Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981846230 Dianne Lynn Gardner just might be the next John White, and Ian’s Realm the new Anthropos. With pleasingly consistent writing, enjoyably flawed teen characters, and a world that blends real-world . . . Mon, 04 Feb 2013 19:55:41 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981846230 Sheila Deeth 2013-02-04T19:55:41Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981843748 “Through pure determination, fortitude, and attitude, Daniel” has become “the No. 1 mortgage loan officer in the world,” says Mark Victor Hansen in his introduction to . . . Tue, 29 Jan 2013 01:52:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981843748 Sheila Deeth 2013-01-29T01:52:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981843744 Kara’s had a tough enough life already but she’s moving on. Separated from a husband she knows betrayed her, though all her friends and even her mother say she’s imagining it; . . . Tue, 29 Jan 2013 01:38:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981843744 Sheila Deeth 2013-01-29T01:38:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981843742 Set in the glamor and glitz of Vegas, and its dark underbelly of danger and corruption, Nancy Niles’ Vendetta introduces a pleasing female protagonist in Private Investigator Tina Munroe. . . . Tue, 29 Jan 2013 01:29:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981843742 Sheila Deeth 2013-01-29T01:29:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981843737 Second in the Dusk Gate Chronicles, Roots of Insight takes teenager Quinn back through a mysterious gateway from modern life into the world of Eirentheos, where time moves faster but return is . . . Tue, 29 Jan 2013 01:15:01 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981843737 Sheila Deeth 2013-01-29T01:15:01Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981843733 Blending classics, science and a modern teen voice with the mystery of a poetry-quoting dog and a quest to save the world, C. S. Lakin has created a story that will refuse to let you go, and characters . . . Tue, 29 Jan 2013 01:04:07 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981843733 Sheila Deeth 2013-01-29T01:04:07Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981843653 Whether your church tradition includes or excludes Lent, this slim volume's facts and explanations are so neatly and clearly pulled together they should surely fascinate. From the background of . . . Mon, 28 Jan 2013 20:26:01 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981843653 Sheila Deeth 2013-01-28T20:26:01Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981843649 Have you ever wondered why John’s gospel seems so different from the other three gospels in the New Testament. Growing up Catholic and studying the scriptures for O-level (a requirement . . . Mon, 28 Jan 2013 20:12:41 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981843649 Sheila Deeth 2013-01-28T20:12:41Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981838935     A young man translates Dante while a daughter tries to translate her father’s silence. An honest worker translates his unemployment into eagerness to find a job, then puts his . . . Wed, 16 Jan 2013 15:39:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981838935 Sheila Deeth 2013-01-16T15:39:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981838929 It’s interesting to read this novel at the same time as watching Downton Abbey on TV. Both recreate the divided society of England's recent past convincingly, with pleasing characters and . . . Wed, 16 Jan 2013 15:26:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981838929 Sheila Deeth 2013-01-16T15:26:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981838921 An intriguing novel of parents and their children, Patrick Greene’s Progeny follows two dysfunctional families and their interactions as reclusive author Owen Sterling brings his eleven-year-old . . . Wed, 16 Jan 2013 15:15:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981838921 Sheila Deeth 2013-01-16T15:15:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981838912 Intriguing, scary, haunting, inspiring… what other adjectives can I use? Wim Coleman and Pat Perrin have crafted a terrifying tale in their novel, Mayan Interface . But, intriguingly, the terror . . . Wed, 16 Jan 2013 15:02:31 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981838912 Sheila Deeth 2013-01-16T15:02:31Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981838904 They say you should start your novels with a bang, but author Stacy Green lulls her readers with quiet mystery for just the right number of heartbeats first, before setting a powerfully unsettling mix . . . Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:50:05 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981838904 Sheila Deeth 2013-01-16T14:50:05Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981838624 Psalm Stories just finished it's free days on kindle, so now my five-minute tales are waiting to be read, sitting on kindles in front of more readers than I ever dreamed of before (getting lost in . . . Tue, 15 Jan 2013 22:15:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981838624 Sheila Deeth 2013-01-15T22:15:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981837006 Say, what if all my counting were Of blessings bound beneath my fear Awaiting their release To set me free? Fri, 11 Jan 2013 12:58:40 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981837006 Sheila Deeth 2013-01-11T12:58:40Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981836886     I didn’t know she says It seemed okay To me.   I didn’t know he says But it’s your fault You see.   I didn’t know he says And all . . . Fri, 11 Jan 2013 02:07:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981836886 Sheila Deeth 2013-01-11T02:07:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981836789 I read mostly fiction but every once in a while a non-fiction book comes along that I can’t resist, and Against their will is just such a one. I knew nothing of North Carolina’s sterilization . . . Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:41:07 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981836789 Sheila Deeth 2013-01-10T20:41:07Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981836782 If you’re looking for offbeat horror, short fiction, and a glorious mix of darkness and fun, Dark Moon Digest’s Dark Eclipse #16 is probably a good place to start. From Edgar Allan . . . Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:29:40 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981836782 Sheila Deeth 2013-01-10T20:29:40Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981836779 What if those garden gnomes started invading our houses, and what if they had weapons? Suddenly property values start to fall as gnomes chew the infrastructure of our lives. And suddenly an everyday . . . Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:19:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981836779 Sheila Deeth 2013-01-10T20:19:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981836773 Pete’s grandparents live in the middle of nowhere with a graveyard next door—not quite Pete’s idea of a great place to stay while his parents are away, but what choice does he . . . Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:13:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981836773 Sheila Deeth 2013-01-10T20:13:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981836772 To solve a conundrum you need to know the right question, the one whose answer hides the key, the secret that turns mystery into logical consequence. In C. S. Lakin’s Conundrum, Lisa knows . . . Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:06:49 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981836772 Sheila Deeth 2013-01-10T20:06:49Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981836765 Multiple storylines add a sense of verisimilitude to Russell Blake’s story of a dogged FBI agent, her troubling daughter, and a mysterious murderer killing top financiers. A touch of romance . . . Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:55:13 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981836765 Sheila Deeth 2013-01-10T19:55:13Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981836762 D.D. Chant’s post-apocalyptic world is one that remembers six-packs, appreciates the beauty of which poets speak, plays chess, and keeps its Tribe in a tower-block while warriors fight for . . . Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:42:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981836762 Sheila Deeth 2013-01-10T19:42:08Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981836318 It was the arrow’s fault, not Cupid’s. The arrow hit the dog instead of the guy. Then Cupid tried again, but the dog went crazy and jogged his aim. The love-tipped blade slid under . . . Wed, 09 Jan 2013 20:26:25 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981836318 Sheila Deeth 2013-01-09T20:26:25Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981836309     ~ 1 ~ AUTUMN LEAVES Psalm 1:3 “He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither.” The psalm says . . . Wed, 09 Jan 2013 20:06:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981836309 Sheila Deeth 2013-01-09T20:06:39Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981831056 Shannon McRobers’ Athine verses blends the myth and magic of different real-world realms creating a new folklore all its own, with gods and goddesses, demi-gods, magic, and curious mystical . . . Sat, 29 Dec 2012 21:39:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981831056 Sheila Deeth 2012-12-29T21:39:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981831055 Take one deeply wounded, unconventional teenaged girl. Add one slightly wounded, unconventional, and seriously hot teacher. Place them together in a school and make sure they’re at odds. . . . Sat, 29 Dec 2012 21:32:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981831055 Sheila Deeth 2012-12-29T21:32:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981831050 Sunflower’s a dog, a beautiful dog with a character all her own, eager to please, eager to love her fellow dogs as sisters, and not necessarily wise to what good dogs should do in the home. . . . Sat, 29 Dec 2012 21:23:59 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981831050 Sheila Deeth 2012-12-29T21:23:59Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981831046 Fascinating, intriguing, odd… Will o’ the Wisp by P.L. Parker is all of these and more. Starting with Tannis fleeing from her scary pursuer, hiding, healing, changing… Tannis . . . Sat, 29 Dec 2012 21:17:23 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981831046 Sheila Deeth 2012-12-29T21:17:23Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981831043 With more fun puzzles for your kindle (and you), this interactive puzzle book from Grabarchuk has a nice interface with easy access to the rules and front page from the top of each page, well-titled . . . Sat, 29 Dec 2012 21:12:12 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981831043 Sheila Deeth 2012-12-29T21:12:12Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981831040 The white alligator of Alligator Lake, ridden by its mystical blue-eyed rider, might just be another mermaid legend created to scare the kids and amuse the unwary. But the stories in B. J. Robinson’s . . . Sat, 29 Dec 2012 21:04:18 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981831040 Sheila Deeth 2012-12-29T21:04:18Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981831037 An almost perfect blend of history, mythology, and excellent storytelling, Donna Fletcher Crow’s Glastonbury recreates ancient Britain from the time of Druids to the dissolution of the . . . Sat, 29 Dec 2012 20:56:11 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981831037 Sheila Deeth 2012-12-29T20:56:11Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981829531 I never thought I'd do this, honestly. Sitting here at the computer, neurotically clicking refresh on that Amazon page, watching to see if the magical numbers change... really, this isn't me. To be fair, . . . Wed, 26 Dec 2012 23:19:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981829531 Sheila Deeth 2012-12-26T23:19:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981828515 Wishing you all a wonderful Christmas, and delighting in the fact that I've made a cake, made Christmas pudding, finally mailed all my Christmas cards (yes, I know they'll be late), and completed the . . . Tue, 25 Dec 2012 03:18:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981828515 Sheila Deeth 2012-12-25T03:18:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981816324 Someone told me you can’t write a novel without first choosing a single point of view. It’s not true. Ann Patchett’s Bel Canto uses multiple viewpoints to powerful effect, riding . . . Sat, 15 Dec 2012 02:22:19 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981816324 Sheila Deeth 2012-12-15T02:22:19Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981816305     A beautiful novel, set in the haunting landscapes of Israel’s desert, Emma McEvoy’s The Inbetween People is filled with evocative scenery, haunting scenes, genuine characters, . . . Sat, 15 Dec 2012 02:18:58 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981816305 Sheila Deeth 2012-12-15T02:18:58Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981816284 Beautiful lively illustrations grace this sweet children’s story. There’s a lovely three-dimensional feel to snowballs, trees, and the faces of animals as Boots the cat tries to build . . . Sat, 15 Dec 2012 01:58:50 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981816284 Sheila Deeth 2012-12-15T01:58:50Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981816110 A zero is someone who can’t read minds; in a world of mind-readers that’s not something your best friend wants you to be. But all the wishing in this world won’t change the fact . . . Sat, 15 Dec 2012 00:09:18 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981816110 Sheila Deeth 2012-12-15T00:09:18Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981815846 Cape Arago Press has just released the first of four books in the Five-Minute Bible Story Series, and it looks great! Two and three should follow soon, and book four is waiting for me to complete the . . . Fri, 14 Dec 2012 21:03:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981815846 Sheila Deeth 2012-12-14T21:03:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981815841 Last January in our local writers' group we wrote goals on small pieces of paper and stored them in a box. Next month the box gets opened. The goals are unsigned and the aim's just to see how much we've . . . Fri, 14 Dec 2012 20:51:04 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981815841 Sheila Deeth 2012-12-14T20:51:04Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981808894 I’m not afraid Said he and showed That even as a maid He glowed I am not staid Nor boring, no, I’m me, said he And Oops, I gotta… P? Written for that . . . Tue, 11 Dec 2012 01:53:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981808894 Sheila Deeth 2012-12-11T01:53:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981808862 When I was two I broke a plate.   At thirty two I watched my child And watching, broke another.   Mother generously Forgave and said She thought I was okay. Tue, 11 Dec 2012 01:41:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981808862 Sheila Deeth 2012-12-11T01:41:08Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981808839 I look at you And I can’t change The future.   I hear your voice And in my mind Your father’s calling You.   I watch you age And cry because You’re . . . Tue, 11 Dec 2012 01:30:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981808839 Sheila Deeth 2012-12-11T01:30:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981808828 So small, so eager then to help to carry plates and look like I had baked the party cake; so proud and strong but I was two years old, too young to wait.   And now, so eager . . . Tue, 11 Dec 2012 01:23:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981808828 Sheila Deeth 2012-12-11T01:23:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981808477 My Mum just arrived from England. We've shopped for those items that didn't make it onto the plane, eaten scrambled eggs on toast, unpacked two suitcases and hung up all the clothes, put up well-traveled . . . Mon, 10 Dec 2012 21:17:51 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981808477 Sheila Deeth 2012-12-10T21:17:51Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981806903 In a slightly futuristic world where rules have been adopted for the regulation of clones, but cloning’s still restricted to tissues and organs, the super-intelligent Zarra awakes from a . . . Mon, 10 Dec 2012 02:50:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981806903 Sheila Deeth 2012-12-10T02:50:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981806898 Set in a fascinating period of Russian history, well-researched and convincingly told, Julius Wachtel’s Stalin’s Witnesses brings to life that era between two world wars when Russia . . . Mon, 10 Dec 2012 02:45:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981806898 Sheila Deeth 2012-12-10T02:45:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981806889 Cake-designer Rhea can’t help but be pleased when an elderly man and woman order a cake for their anniversary. They obviously have the sort of love she can only dream of—the love she . . . Mon, 10 Dec 2012 02:38:34 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981806889 Sheila Deeth 2012-12-10T02:38:34Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981806876 A sweet historical romance set in England in the mid-1800s, Erin Grace’s Christmas at Etford Park follows the trials and tribulations of a family whose father died in the London cholera . . . Mon, 10 Dec 2012 02:31:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981806876 Sheila Deeth 2012-12-10T02:31:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981806861 A lovely Christian novel of small-town life, Kim Cash Tate’s Hope Springs brings the reader into the Southern town of Hope Springs together with other family members gathering to mourn . . . Mon, 10 Dec 2012 02:25:18 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981806861 Sheila Deeth 2012-12-10T02:25:18Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981798723 A nicely episodic tale introducing the characters of author Philip Catshill’s Mike Newman Mysteries , For All Eternity has its feet firmly planted in the England of my youth and reminds . . . Wed, 05 Dec 2012 13:27:07 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981798723 Sheila Deeth 2012-12-05T13:27:07Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981798714 The family banter is pleasantly natural, the family’s Christian faith is pervasive, and the sense of danger’s quickly and scarily real in Ashley Dawn’s Shadows of Suspicion . . . Wed, 05 Dec 2012 13:20:50 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981798714 Sheila Deeth 2012-12-05T13:20:50Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981798703 A nicely timed mystery with paranormal and romantic overtones, Anita Clenney’s Guardians of Stone opens with a brief, gently haunting prologue then moves swiftly into the lives of the talented . . . Wed, 05 Dec 2012 13:15:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981798703 Sheila Deeth 2012-12-05T13:15:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981798694 Rock Killer is good old-fashioned science fiction with genuine science and a fascinating view of the future. Asteroids are turned into space-ships by the addition of strategically placed engines, . . . Wed, 05 Dec 2012 13:06:31 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981798694 Sheila Deeth 2012-12-05T13:06:31Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981798685 Nicely told with viewpoints switching between chapters, Gwen Perkins’ The Jealousy Glass starts with a shipwreck and washes its erstwhile ambassador and spy ashore in a foreign land where . . . Wed, 05 Dec 2012 13:01:44 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981798685 Sheila Deeth 2012-12-05T13:01:44Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981798664 A young adult novel with sparkling dialog, excellent vocabulary, deep characters, plausible crushes and… well, and a paranormal plotline, Jody Gehrman’s Audrey’s Guide to Witchcraft . . . Wed, 05 Dec 2012 12:55:56 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981798664 Sheila Deeth 2012-12-05T12:55:56Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981798633 A lovely book for young readers with an adorable yellow Labrador leading the tale, C. J. Smiles’ The Lucky Little Labrador on Vacation takes Kevin and his parents to Hawaii with their . . . Wed, 05 Dec 2012 12:47:44 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981798633 Sheila Deeth 2012-12-05T12:47:44Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981798619 Karyn’s brother Darren introduces her to a friend who likes books. But why is Karyn called Firefly? And what sort of sparks is Darren intending to ignite? There’s something very . . . Wed, 05 Dec 2012 12:39:37 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981798619 Sheila Deeth 2012-12-05T12:39:37Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981780813 Before she was born, March Rivers listened to the music of promise and dreamed the things she might do with this wonderful life. But her premature arrival as a “four-pound tomato” sets her . . . Tue, 27 Nov 2012 23:17:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981780813 Sheila Deeth 2012-11-27T23:17:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981780754     Think you know all about Santa Claus, or Father Christmas, or the elves? Well, think again. Tony Bartauski creates a whole new myth for the modern age out of elements of the old. All . . . Tue, 27 Nov 2012 22:33:51 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981780754 Sheila Deeth 2012-11-27T22:33:51Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981780716 New and updated, these e-puzzle books (or is it puzzle e-books) offer a nicely intuitive interface with access to the whole puzzle list conveniently located in a top bar on each page. Puzzles . . . Tue, 27 Nov 2012 22:02:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981780716 Sheila Deeth 2012-11-27T22:02:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981780708 Second in her Ethos series, Desiree Finkbeiner’s Equinox starts up just as Morning Star ends. The story is ramping up by now as Brianna and Kalen (newly raised from seeming death), . . . Tue, 27 Nov 2012 21:59:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981780708 Sheila Deeth 2012-11-27T21:59:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981780691 An interesting mix of short stories covering life, death and forever, plus all the ages in between, Christopher Geoffrey McPherson’s collection encompasses both the innocence and eagerness . . . Tue, 27 Nov 2012 21:53:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981780691 Sheila Deeth 2012-11-27T21:53:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981780658 366 well-chosen Bible verses, one for each day of the year, lead up to an excellent step by step guide to memorization in Rachelle Ayala’s Your Daily Bible Verse. The choices are nicely . . . Tue, 27 Nov 2012 21:41:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981780658 Sheila Deeth 2012-11-27T21:41:24Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981780545 “You always have a choice. Whether you make it or you let it make itself,” says A. J. Knight in Stacy Stalling’s White Knight . As an EMT he is often the white knight riding to the . . . Tue, 27 Nov 2012 21:27:36 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981780545 Sheila Deeth 2012-11-27T21:27:36Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981757146 Author D. A. Adams has a sure and convincing touch with his world-building, creating a fully-formed fantasy earth for his dwarves and other creatures, complete with history, politics and hope . . . Wed, 14 Nov 2012 13:30:26 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981757146 Sheila Deeth 2012-11-14T13:30:26Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981757133 An intricately researched and beautifully illustrated book, And did those feet by Michael Goldsworthy takes as it’s driving force the poet William Blake’s words, made famous in Parry’s . . . Wed, 14 Nov 2012 13:23:12 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981757133 Sheila Deeth 2012-11-14T13:23:12Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981757119 First in the Angelkiller Triad, David Blalock’s Angelkiller stands alone on its own merits and draws readers quickly and enticingly into a near-future world of ecological risk, governmental . . . Wed, 14 Nov 2012 13:10:09 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981757119 Sheila Deeth 2012-11-14T13:10:09Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981757099 Have you ever wanted to go on a ghost hunt? If so, read this novel first for some excellent practical suggestions—no smoking for a start. And if not, enjoy this ghost-hunting tale for the . . . Wed, 14 Nov 2012 13:00:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981757099 Sheila Deeth 2012-11-14T13:00:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981757084 Scotland, trains, and winter snow characterize this Victorian Christmas novella by Liz Curtis Higgs. An independent young woman walks out on her family's celebrations, unable to cope anymore with . . . Wed, 14 Nov 2012 12:54:03 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981757084 Sheila Deeth 2012-11-14T12:54:03Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981747014 A hundred baby footsteps wide An itty bitty dream before the tide Comes in. The bride, the child were carried high On itty bitty hopes and memories Will win. A hundred father footsteps . . . Thu, 08 Nov 2012 21:20:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981747014 Sheila Deeth 2012-11-08T21:20:08Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981746888 It was easy to say Not my fault Not today No way because I’m not allowed All those freedoms I don’t belong.   It was easy to say Not welcome here But it wasn’t . . . Thu, 08 Nov 2012 20:07:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981746888 Sheila Deeth 2012-11-08T20:07:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981746839 I told Pam I wasn't sure I could complete the challenge in 25 words, so I've written 42 instead--if you like Hitchhikers' Guide it's a good number, and if you like fairytales...   . . . Thu, 08 Nov 2012 19:07:25 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981746839 Sheila Deeth 2012-11-08T19:07:25Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981742936 Today I’ll hear the news, I’ll know That you, inside of me, unknown, unknowing, You might be Someday, my son. Today I’ll weep Remembering the other unborn one Who . . . Tue, 06 Nov 2012 21:03:03 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981742936 Sheila Deeth 2012-11-06T21:03:03Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981742923 The politics, The rampant rough and tough of playground vows Of “He said” “She said” and “He started it,” The roundabout has teeter-tottered Swung and . . . Tue, 06 Nov 2012 20:55:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981742923 Sheila Deeth 2012-11-06T20:55:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981742897 Susurrating sea-song sating silence with its longing As the seasons turn to winter As the swan-song slides from sight and still Sweet memories of sunshine sleep Till night. Tue, 06 Nov 2012 20:42:23 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981742897 Sheila Deeth 2012-11-06T20:42:23Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981742885 When my brother was horrid I’d simply refuse To tell him a bed-time story. Then I’d get the blues From forehead to shoes And whimper in silence “Poor me.” . . . Tue, 06 Nov 2012 20:36:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981742885 Sheila Deeth 2012-11-06T20:36:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981740959 Jamie Scott’s Little Sacrifices takes its fifteen-year-old protagonist, May, from the North States to the South in 1947, landing her in a beautifully evocative Savannah, Georgia, where . . . Mon, 05 Nov 2012 14:55:37 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981740959 Sheila Deeth 2012-11-05T14:55:37Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981740930 Think Twilight all grown up, with gothic horror, epic mythology, detailed terror and an underlying threat to the world hidden in ancient prophesies. Lucifer Rising is the third in Rebekah . . . Mon, 05 Nov 2012 14:39:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981740930 Sheila Deeth 2012-11-05T14:39:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981740917 Recollections of memorable local events submitted to a newspaper contest fill this book, or so the story goes. But these weird tales from the Uncanny Valley have a low-key mystery flavored with . . . Mon, 05 Nov 2012 14:28:21 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981740917 Sheila Deeth 2012-11-05T14:28:21Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981740904 These Czech Republic kittens are sweet and their curious life is nicely sketched in Anne Petzer's short tale, The Snow Cat. Readers are invited along as soft-furred youngsters meet for milk . . . Mon, 05 Nov 2012 14:14:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981740904 Sheila Deeth 2012-11-05T14:14:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981732247 A lovely collection of short stories penned by a father, Rolando Garcia’s The Sun Zebra is sweet, interesting, soothing and fun. Where another adult might feel too old or too serious to . . . Wed, 31 Oct 2012 00:42:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981732247 Sheila Deeth 2012-10-31T00:42:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981732237 Nadija, heroine of Rebekah Armusik’s Mariposa , makes a more convincing teen than queen as she flits between depressive angst, hopeless insecurity, and royal arrogance. In Memoirs of a . . . Wed, 31 Oct 2012 00:32:06 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981732237 Sheila Deeth 2012-10-31T00:32:06Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981732220 As groups of thirty-somethings drive to the Anacortes Ferry on their way to a party in the San Juans, I almost wish I were with them enjoying the wonderful scenery. But this celebration hides . . . Wed, 31 Oct 2012 00:20:07 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981732220 Sheila Deeth 2012-10-31T00:20:07Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981732206 Zack’s parents don’t approve of his best friend. They’re not too keen on his talking to himself either. But suddenly they’re dead and Zack can’t remember how it happened . . . Wed, 31 Oct 2012 00:05:03 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981732206 Sheila Deeth 2012-10-31T00:05:03Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981732199 A post-apocalyptic novel with no apocalypse, Anderson O'Donnell's Kingdom is set in the near future of a world not so different from ours, where America’s Cold War has spawned an evil . . . Tue, 30 Oct 2012 23:56:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981732199 Sheila Deeth 2012-10-30T23:56:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981730416 Tracy said to use the words party, hearty, smartie, tardy and muffin .... so I did...   Party hearty Don’t be tardy Think you’re such a smartie really? You Don’t . . . Tue, 30 Oct 2012 00:55:26 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981730416 Sheila Deeth 2012-10-30T00:55:26Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981730357 Bother, I'm so bothered; Time has wandered off and ordered my tomorrow's till today's another yesterday and gone; why won’t the clocks stop bothering me. Tue, 30 Oct 2012 00:26:13 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981730357 Sheila Deeth 2012-10-30T00:26:13Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981727363 Divide by Zero bookmarks--just copy, paste, print and cut! It's my kindle free day--or should that be they're my kindle free days ... whatever... If you have a kindle, or you've downloaded . . . Sun, 28 Oct 2012 02:01:40 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981727363 Sheila Deeth 2012-10-28T02:01:40Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981716845 I’m one of the authors, a minor player, a face hiding in the crowd in this collection of FREE short pieces. Poetry, humor, romance, science fiction and wondrous scares abound. But I put . . . Mon, 22 Oct 2012 14:36:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981716845 Sheila Deeth 2012-10-22T14:36:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981716830 Home is where the heart is, maybe, or where it longs to return, or where dreams remain and self is “now a guest” where once that same self “built a nest.” Home lies vacant . . . Mon, 22 Oct 2012 14:22:25 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981716830 Sheila Deeth 2012-10-22T14:22:25Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981716814 Late twenties, lean and fit, served in the army, knows what he’s doing and has a team of investigators to help him—Danny Logan’s almost a Seattle-based Patrick Kenzie (Dennis . . . Mon, 22 Oct 2012 14:03:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981716814 Sheila Deeth 2012-10-22T14:03:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981716797 A swift timeline and memorable characters bring Charles B. Neff’s novel, Dire Salvation, to life for the reader. A man is dead. A social worker’s troubled brother is accused. And . . . Mon, 22 Oct 2012 13:47:40 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981716797 Sheila Deeth 2012-10-22T13:47:40Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981716782     Set in an earlier time of publishing, when editors sought out authors to earn their millions, when words were golden and books were beloved and heroes were seen enjoying martinis lunches . . . Mon, 22 Oct 2012 13:37:21 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981716782 Sheila Deeth 2012-10-22T13:37:21Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981703509 Set in the roaring twenties and blending Hollywood’s glitz with Chicago’s gangsters, Jeffrey Stone’s Play Him Again follows the long con, the short con and the actor’s . . . Mon, 15 Oct 2012 20:08:37 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981703509 Sheila Deeth 2012-10-15T20:08:37Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981703490 Set in a world where vampires openly attend high-school and the titular Bag of Blood is what donors provide to keep them healthy, J. O. Osbourne’s novel is a pleasing teen mystery romance . . . Mon, 15 Oct 2012 19:57:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981703490 Sheila Deeth 2012-10-15T19:57:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981703461 Clean-living Brianna feels like she’s “having a chemical high” when she sees a mysterious stranger through the window, this after falling downstairs and possibly breaking her . . . Mon, 15 Oct 2012 19:30:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981703461 Sheila Deeth 2012-10-15T19:30:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981703440 Dark gothic Nadija’s life’s going nowhere at the beginning of Rebekah Armusik’s Memoirs of a Gothic Soul. Dija's friend’s addicted to drugs. Her ex-boyfriend’s . . . Mon, 15 Oct 2012 19:19:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981703440 Sheila Deeth 2012-10-15T19:19:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981698767 A book group in England has agreed to read Divide by Zero next month! It's kind of scary wondering what questions they'll ask and what discussions my characters' stories . . . Fri, 12 Oct 2012 16:08:41 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981698767 Sheila Deeth 2012-10-12T16:08:41Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981692142 She’s on the wagon Wheels a-draggin “Save me from the river” All a-quivering A-shiver So he dives to kiss his bride Then saves the horse.   Challenge: . . . Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:18:18 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981692142 Sheila Deeth 2012-10-10T16:18:18Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981689485 Ah, those brains with a splash of blood on the cover—or was it lettuce with a splash of tomato. Whatever, the cover’s perfectly designed for this Halloween food extravaganza, otherwise . . . Tue, 09 Oct 2012 20:41:26 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981689485 Sheila Deeth 2012-10-09T20:41:26Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981689483 Irreverent, interesting, odd, A Meaningless Sequence of Arbitrary Symbols starts with a graphic novel chapter of quickly drawn images and widely ranging symbols, from the Christmas manger to . . . Tue, 09 Oct 2012 20:36:53 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981689483 Sheila Deeth 2012-10-09T20:36:53Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981689477 Tell a Thousand Lies by Rasana Atraya is set in a land of tradition, superstition and poverty where the drinking water’s turned on at three in the morning and guests have to be cajoled . . . Tue, 09 Oct 2012 20:29:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981689477 Sheila Deeth 2012-10-09T20:29:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981689468 “Mental illness masquerades as a silhouette,” says author Helen Cochran Coffey in the first page of this memoir of her daughter’s life. Going on to explain the analogy she adds, . . . Tue, 09 Oct 2012 20:21:28 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981689468 Sheila Deeth 2012-10-09T20:21:28Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981689452 Today the Divide by Zero Blog tour continues with an excerpt from Divide by Zero posted right here on Gather. This piece of the story's told from Peter Markham's point of view, so you might want to check . . . Tue, 09 Oct 2012 20:10:41 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981689452 Sheila Deeth 2012-10-09T20:10:41Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981686273 You’re not going to vote for the armadillo? Crunchy on the outside, soft on the inside, right? What happens when the polling truck rolls by? Mon, 08 Oct 2012 19:55:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981686273 Sheila Deeth 2012-10-08T19:55:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981686271 Just one more week, he’d’ve flown home, trained as aircrew, died in a coupla days. Instead the Japanese invaded and my father survived prison camp.   I don't know when my . . . Mon, 08 Oct 2012 19:50:19 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981686271 Sheila Deeth 2012-10-08T19:50:19Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981686239 Mama’s mending Tom’s britches. “Stop it Ma. They ain’t gonna tear.” But they rip, hanging everything out everywhere. Tom’s classmates, staring, happily stitch . . . Mon, 08 Oct 2012 19:23:28 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981686239 Sheila Deeth 2012-10-08T19:23:28Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981686215 If I wanted perfection, I’d hire a perfectionist. For wonderful, I’d ask someone else. For great, for marvelous… but I just wanted something good enough. Mon, 08 Oct 2012 19:15:05 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981686215 Sheila Deeth 2012-10-08T19:15:05Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981677359 Too busy to hold her hand he left her waiting, time after time, till she and time, too long dismissed and derided, left him behind. Thu, 04 Oct 2012 21:33:12 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981677359 Sheila Deeth 2012-10-04T21:33:12Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981677271 “I’ll take you back,” said the angel but didn’t say how. I watched me till I jumped and screamed, “A spider! Eek!” and squashed me.   Challenge: . . . Thu, 04 Oct 2012 20:39:58 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981677271 Sheila Deeth 2012-10-04T20:39:58Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981673544 Told in a nicely plausible teen voice, The Real Me follows Mattie as she tries to change her image, losing a little weight and maybe gaining some confidence too. Not overly heavy or emotional, . . . Wed, 03 Oct 2012 00:43:12 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981673544 Sheila Deeth 2012-10-03T00:43:12Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981673536 Like a cross between Harry Potter , X-Men and Ender’s Game , P.D. Griffith’s The Search for Artemis starts when a boy’s world falls apart and ends in battle, betrayal, . . . Wed, 03 Oct 2012 00:37:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981673536 Sheila Deeth 2012-10-03T00:37:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981673525 With a pleasing mix of police procedural, future history, family drama, paranormal mystique, erotic romance, space opera and more, combined with hints of social commentary, great characters and . . . Wed, 03 Oct 2012 00:31:49 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981673525 Sheila Deeth 2012-10-03T00:31:49Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981673516 Thirty years married, kids grown and memories holding sway, Deanna Nowadnick sat down to reframe “those pictures… hanging on the walls of [her] heart,” and the result is a truly . . . Wed, 03 Oct 2012 00:22:03 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981673516 Sheila Deeth 2012-10-03T00:22:03Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981673500 Pat Bertram has posted a fascinating interview with Peter Markham from Divide by Zero on her blog, followed by an excerpt from the novel where readers can meet his estranged wife Mary and her . . . Wed, 03 Oct 2012 00:18:25 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981673500 Sheila Deeth 2012-10-03T00:18:25Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981669144 Another great set of kindle puzzles from Grabarchuk,104 Puzzle Quizzes is beautifully designed, addictively soluble, and, as always, fun. The rules are simple and easy to follow. Each puzzle is . . . Sun, 30 Sep 2012 01:07:13 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981669144 Sheila Deeth 2012-09-30T01:07:13Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981669140 Kristy James’ historical novel, Enza , paints an enthralling picture of small-town America during the First World War. The details are beautifully researched and feed very naturally into . . . Sun, 30 Sep 2012 01:01:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981669140 Sheila Deeth 2012-09-30T01:01:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981669135 A thrilling blend of courtroom scenes, fascinating characters, great locales and intricate investigation, Larry D. Thompson’s Dead Peasants has it all. Lawyer Jack Bryant has the instincts of a . . . Sun, 30 Sep 2012 00:52:38 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981669135 Sheila Deeth 2012-09-30T00:52:38Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981669129 A mother waits for her family’s return from a trip. A young man loses his job and his hope for the future. Then cars and lives are turned upside-down, tangled and destroyed in Karen Kingsbury’s . . . Sun, 30 Sep 2012 00:45:06 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981669129 Sheila Deeth 2012-09-30T00:45:06Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981669122     Jerry Banks succeeds in making the world of lawyers and courts seem vividly interesting and real again in his latest Barry O’Shae novel, Head On . The novel explores the aftermath . . . Sun, 30 Sep 2012 00:37:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981669122 Sheila Deeth 2012-09-30T00:37:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981669115 The Divide by Zero blog tour continues today with a visit to Andi's Realm. Echoing the rather more famous "Friends, Romans, Countrymen..." we're looking at friends in a day of the internet, e-friends, . . . Sun, 30 Sep 2012 00:30:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981669115 Sheila Deeth 2012-09-30T00:30:39Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981667419 "If I’ve told you once, I’ve told you twice, 127 times for sure." "No, 28." "Why? How?" "Didn’t you guess your son would be counting?" Fri, 28 Sep 2012 17:44:06 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981667419 Sheila Deeth 2012-09-28T17:44:06Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981667412 So many books, so little time - So many jobs, so little space - So many dreams, so little sleep - Rhythm and rhyme, unbothered grace, redeems me. Fri, 28 Sep 2012 17:36:37 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981667412 Sheila Deeth 2012-09-28T17:36:37Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981667372 The first stop on my Divide by Zero blog tour is Peter Joseph Swanson 's Gather page. He not only made a brilliant cover for Divide by Zero, but he's interviewed me as well. So hop on over there to see . . . Fri, 28 Sep 2012 17:07:49 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981667372 Sheila Deeth 2012-09-28T17:07:49Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981667347 Turning trees to doors and stone to walls and precious ores to fill computer stores, God made the earth from which man built his deus-ex.   Okay, not sure it fits the prompt but it's . . . Fri, 28 Sep 2012 16:50:05 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981667347 Sheila Deeth 2012-09-28T16:50:05Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981665775 If you like dogs and you want to learn, this little book’s a great place to start. And no, I didn’t mean if you want to learn about dogs. The dogs provide light-hearted, well-chosen illustrations . . . Thu, 27 Sep 2012 21:19:28 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981665775 Sheila Deeth 2012-09-27T21:19:28Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981665764     Stephen H. King, otherwise known as TOSK, imagines a curiously different Armageddon in this, the first of a series of mythologically post-apocalyptic novels. The confusion of a young . . . Thu, 27 Sep 2012 21:12:37 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981665764 Sheila Deeth 2012-09-27T21:12:37Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981665755 Ashland Menshouse’s children’s adventure, the Last Seer and the Tomb of Enoch, tells an intriguing tale with an enjoyable cast of characters. An intrepid team of high-school misfits . . . Thu, 27 Sep 2012 20:59:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981665755 Sheila Deeth 2012-09-27T20:59:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981665748 Subtitled What I’ve Learned So Far , Mike Ball’s Angels, Chimps, and Tater Mitts is a very enjoyable collection of essays on modern life, best read before the end of 2012 just in . . . Thu, 27 Sep 2012 20:53:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981665748 Sheila Deeth 2012-09-27T20:53:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981665742 A quiet girl leads an ordinary life in a small town in Essex, and is quietly lured astray by a neighboring “stranger.” In this place where everyone knows everyone else, nobody sees what’s . . . Thu, 27 Sep 2012 20:46:53 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981665742 Sheila Deeth 2012-09-27T20:46:53Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981665371 It never rained till the flood said a friend. But the air’s thick mist till the fourth day lay like darkness, uncreated over the land.     Thu, 27 Sep 2012 15:43:26 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981665371 Sheila Deeth 2012-09-27T15:43:26Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981665261 “They’re calling my legs a canal,” he said, listening to earth-radio. “They’ll learn.” She adjusted her position beneath him and added, “Let’s . . . Thu, 27 Sep 2012 14:31:01 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981665261 Sheila Deeth 2012-09-27T14:31:01Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981659576 Waxing eloquent he compared his lover’s lips to rose-petals, eyes to stars, hair to lushly fragrant fields fresh-moved, and her pale green dress to lettuce? Mon, 24 Sep 2012 19:11:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981659576 Sheila Deeth 2012-09-24T19:11:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981659532 Just another hand of cards, another jack on queen on king, another pile of alternating colors on the green; the ever-clean screen alters now; he’s faltering, and suddenly not there. . . . Mon, 24 Sep 2012 18:45:23 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981659532 Sheila Deeth 2012-09-24T18:45:23Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981659493 Challenge: Using prose or poetry, write two short stories. The first must seem to be true. The second must show why or how the first one was actually false.   Blaming jetlag for brevity: . . . Mon, 24 Sep 2012 18:08:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981659493 Sheila Deeth 2012-09-24T18:08:08Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981659459 Okay, I had to write my dream in dribbles didn't I....?   My first had no words, only sounds with my mother and brother interpreting them. My tale in full flow they’d explain, “Yes, . . . Mon, 24 Sep 2012 17:49:40 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981659459 Sheila Deeth 2012-09-24T17:49:40Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981659340 The confusion of a head injury threads between scenes of cruel murder in this novel. The protagonist wakes in hospital, half-remembering dreams, half-forgetting life, and switching back and forth . . . Mon, 24 Sep 2012 16:02:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981659340 Sheila Deeth 2012-09-24T16:02:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981659325 A wealth of characters get tangled in J.P. Lane’s A Tangled Web as drugs, violence and corruption flood a beautiful Caribbean island. The intense Englishness of a one-time banana republic is nicely . . . Mon, 24 Sep 2012 15:51:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981659325 Sheila Deeth 2012-09-24T15:51:24Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981659298 It’s the journey, not the destination that counts, and K. C. Frederick’s Looking for Przybylski gives voice to many journeys under the guise of a road-trip from Detroit to Los Angeles. Ziggy . . . Mon, 24 Sep 2012 15:40:23 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981659298 Sheila Deeth 2012-09-24T15:40:23Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981659272     Irene Chavez grew up on an island in Puget Sound but left as soon as she could. Now she’s back with her teenaged son, earning her living as the token female detective in a tiny . . . Mon, 24 Sep 2012 15:26:38 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981659272 Sheila Deeth 2012-09-24T15:26:38Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981659170 When Rose bit into her mother’s lemon-chocolate cake just before her ninth birthday, it tasted of despair, and Rose discovered her “gift” for tasting emotions. Unfortunately, . . . Mon, 24 Sep 2012 14:17:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981659170 Sheila Deeth 2012-09-24T14:17:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981659155 London, Cambridge and Suffolk all play their part in this historical novel by Alexander McCall Smith. Set in the time around World War II, it builds a convincing picture of war-torn Britain where . . . Mon, 24 Sep 2012 14:07:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981659155 Sheila Deeth 2012-09-24T14:07:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981659137 When the Welsh miners of Tonypandy went on strike in the early 1900s, the bosses brought in foreigners from Ireland to steal their jobs, and the Welsh weren’t pleased. But handsome Tom’s . . . Mon, 24 Sep 2012 13:58:05 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981659137 Sheila Deeth 2012-09-24T13:58:05Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981659108 P.D. James’ The Children of Men inspired a really exciting movie, but the novel’s deeper and stronger, more thought-provoking and, in its own way, possibly even more thrilling. While . . . Mon, 24 Sep 2012 13:47:21 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981659108 Sheila Deeth 2012-09-24T13:47:21Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981659069 An unspoilt girl from the village, new bride Nazneen is brought to England to live in London’s tower blocks. She stares out now at a very different village, through windows soiled by grime. . . . Mon, 24 Sep 2012 13:35:47 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981659069 Sheila Deeth 2012-09-24T13:35:47Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981655990 A HUGE THANK YOU TO GATHER.COM'S WRITING GROUPS!!!!! I'm back after my trip to England, and I only have 80 gather emails still to catch up on! I started with 900 facebook , 200 twitter, 400 linkedin, . . . Sat, 22 Sep 2012 13:56:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981655990 Sheila Deeth 2012-09-22T13:56:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981598082 Switching between past and present, Erin Berry’s satirical novel, Chronicles of Idiot, tells the history of a curious government organization designed to protect unsuspecting Americans from . . . Thu, 30 Aug 2012 09:44:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981598082 Sheila Deeth 2012-08-30T09:44:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981598078 Obedience is preached in the much-read Section 132 of this polygamous sect’s holy book, and obedience is forced on its women. Basing her story of news of the Texas polygamy scandal, author . . . Thu, 30 Aug 2012 09:39:58 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981598078 Sheila Deeth 2012-08-30T09:39:58Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981598068 An intriguing romance with hints of reincarnation and redemption, Dean Mayes The Hambledown Dream is a thoroughly enjoyable read filled with powerful emotions and the joy of lives turned around. . . . Thu, 30 Aug 2012 09:33:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981598068 Sheila Deeth 2012-08-30T09:33:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981598056 Reminding me of Barbara Taylor Bradford’s Woman of Substance , E.G. Lewis’s Promises starts in the coal-towns of the Appalachian hills and follows the life of a struggling young woman . . . Thu, 30 Aug 2012 09:25:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981598056 Sheila Deeth 2012-08-30T09:25:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981568889 A sci-fi thriller, Michael Abayomi’s novella, The Mediator , quickly creates a future world where rich and poor are firmly stratified and never the twain shall meet. In the land of the privileged, . . . Tue, 21 Aug 2012 19:49:37 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981568889 Sheila Deeth 2012-08-21T19:49:37Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981568867 An enjoyable Western adventure story, Reid Lance Rosenthal’s Maps of Fate takes the mixed cast of characters from book one of Threads West on a wagon train across America in the late 1850s. . . . Tue, 21 Aug 2012 19:28:19 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981568867 Sheila Deeth 2012-08-21T19:28:19Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981568849 What if ideas and dreams and obsessions had paranormal power? What if the depth of someone’s feeling might determine the strength of a ghost’s ability to interact with the world? And what . . . Tue, 21 Aug 2012 19:07:12 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981568849 Sheila Deeth 2012-08-21T19:07:12Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981568841 An exciting military thriller with a fascinating premise, Stephen England’s Pandora’s Grave pitches a team of American heroes against a world of political violence, death and germ warfare. . . . Tue, 21 Aug 2012 18:56:21 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981568841 Sheila Deeth 2012-08-21T18:56:21Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981568826 Jean Henry Mead continues her Logan and Cafferty series very pleasingly with the addition of this animal-loving mystery set in the mountains of Wyoming. Wolves have been taken off the endangered species . . . Tue, 21 Aug 2012 18:44:33 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981568826 Sheila Deeth 2012-08-21T18:44:33Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981568819 Convincing police dialog, scary murder scenes, a likeable and skillful female protagonist and a pleasing cast of coworkers and friends characterize Christine Huson’s Winnebago County mysteries—I . . . Tue, 21 Aug 2012 18:35:07 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981568819 Sheila Deeth 2012-08-21T18:35:07Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981536585 Deadly oleanders grow outside a beautiful Louisiana house, and the ghosts within might prove equally deadly when two young couples compete to win a Hawaiian honeymoon. The sounds and scents of Louisiana . . . Fri, 10 Aug 2012 22:06:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981536585 Sheila Deeth 2012-08-10T22:06:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981536233 Sam Moore is buying plants for his garden when the phone rings. An old med school friend, now local coroner, wants him to see a dead body, and, for all that Sam’s a retired doctor, he definitely . . . Fri, 10 Aug 2012 20:23:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981536233 Sheila Deeth 2012-08-10T20:23:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981536204 W. J. May’s Rae of Hope blends J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter with the Casts’ House of Night and television’s Heroes and X-Men to imagine a school for the powerful . . . Fri, 10 Aug 2012 20:17:01 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981536204 Sheila Deeth 2012-08-10T20:17:01Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981536142 Not having grown up American, baseball’s a foreign sport to me, and the name Tyrus Cobb is an unknown. It’s kind of sad to think his father never saw him play baseball though—sadder . . . Fri, 10 Aug 2012 20:07:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981536142 Sheila Deeth 2012-08-10T20:07:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981536095 The war of the Roses is framed by two Staffordshire ornaments, a pair somehow separated at an auction while the buyers were somehow united. Would either be as valuable or as beautiful alone? . . . Fri, 10 Aug 2012 20:01:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981536095 Sheila Deeth 2012-08-10T20:01:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981536066 Books play an important role in Doug Lucas’s The Man in the Mountain. In fact, there must be a mountain of book references, both real and imaginary, as the FBI chase drug lords chasing undercover . . . Fri, 10 Aug 2012 19:54:34 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981536066 Sheila Deeth 2012-08-10T19:54:34Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981536053 Dead Anyway opens with protagonist Arthur Cathcart enjoying an ordinary day as his beautiful wife goes out to work and he gets on with research on the computer. Not just a computer nerd, Arthur’s . . . Fri, 10 Aug 2012 19:46:56 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981536053 Sheila Deeth 2012-08-10T19:46:56Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981525647   More 2084 than 1984, Nicholas Lamar Soutter’s The Water Thief is set in a near-future dystopia where corporations have taken over from government, perception is more important than truth, . . . Tue, 07 Aug 2012 20:20:11 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981525647 Sheila Deeth 2012-08-07T20:20:11Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981525607 Author Cherie Reich has a knack for creating alien species with just a few quick images gently inserted into an exciting tale. Defying Gravity takes a young Persean linguist, Linia, on a mission into . . . Tue, 07 Aug 2012 20:13:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981525607 Sheila Deeth 2012-08-07T20:13:39Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981525599 An episodic young adult series, Jennifer Malone Wright’s The Vampire Hunter’s Daughter centers on a teenager who witnesses her mother’s murder then finds herself thrust into a world . . . Tue, 07 Aug 2012 20:09:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981525599 Sheila Deeth 2012-08-07T20:09:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981525534 Set in and around a hospital in Medford Oregon, Ian Fox’s Promise me Eternity tells the stories of criminals, self-absorbed doctors, unfaithful wives, ambitious girlfriends, broken homes and . . . Tue, 07 Aug 2012 19:42:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981525534 Sheila Deeth 2012-08-07T19:42:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981525491 Jerrica Knight-Catania’s More than a Governess does a nice job of combining historical romance with suspenseful mystery. The writing shines in the dialog, and the large numbers of characters . . . Tue, 07 Aug 2012 19:29:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981525491 Sheila Deeth 2012-08-07T19:29:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981516821 I just finished rereading the pdf galley for Divide by Zero and sent off a list of changes to the publisher, so I'm not a galley-slave anymore! The book looks gorgeous--nice pages all . . . Sat, 04 Aug 2012 20:59:25 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981516821 Sheila Deeth 2012-08-04T20:59:25Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981516701 A short brochure dedicated to the team researching Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia at Montefiore, Fran Lewis’s Because we Care gives tips for caring for the sick and caring for carers . . . Sat, 04 Aug 2012 18:55:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981516701 Sheila Deeth 2012-08-04T18:55:08Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981516683 Fran Lewis channels her mother’s voice beautifully in this short book, Memories are Precious, giving a haunting glimpse into the darkness of losing oneself to Alzheimer's and the struggle . . . Sat, 04 Aug 2012 18:47:07 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981516683 Sheila Deeth 2012-08-04T18:47:07Z