Trying something new, folks. I’m publishing what was my very first novel, EARTHDAUGHTER, via Kindle Vella, one chapter at a time. I started writing it…
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by Anna Rose WorldCon/ChiCon 2022 starts a month from yesterday, August 1, 2022. It’ll be my first time attending. I’m very excited to be going…
Leave a CommentMy daughter and I visited Mexico City for the first time this month and visited the ancient city of Teotihuacan. My daughter took this picture…
Leave a CommentUPDATE May 24, 2022: Membership acquired, airline tickets achieved, hotel room finagled. WorldCon/ChiCon 2022, here we come! — Making plans to attend my first WorldCon…
Leave a CommentHello, all! Hope this finds you all doing as well as possible a little over two years after the start of the COVID-19 Shutdown of…
Leave a CommentYes, I know I’ve been quiet lately, but so much has gone on with my family and me over the past few months. The first…
Leave a Commentby Anna Rose Just a heads-up to remind you that I have several stories currently being serialized as they’re being written, to my Patreon page.…
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I will be attending the inaugural Fandom Invasion Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention at the California Center for the Arts in Escondido California on October…
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by Anna Rose Laurell K Hamilton’s (Anita Blake, Merry Gentry) latest novel, A Terrible Fall of Angels, is a nice departure from her previous two…
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I’ve got three serialized stories currently in progress on my Patreon page. One of those is the story of how Luci and Remy met, another…
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It’s been a while since last I posted a snippet of the current LUCI novel, so I thought I’d tease you a bit with this…
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Yes, like so many others, I have started a Patreon page. It contains both free and paid articles for subscribers. Each month, paid subscribers will…
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Luci’s got innumerable sisters. This is Kushiel, yet another of them.
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Luci has a sister, but their relationship is anything but a warm one. Meet Zeriel.
1 Commentby Anna Rose We’re all making plans for the new year, with some intention of sticking to them to one degree or another. It seems…
Leave a CommentI’ll be adding to this as I write new weird little pieces of prose: 12-30-2020 Watching FLIPPER on TCM. Sandy’s Dad (Chuck “The Rifleman” Connors)…
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Professor Hector Rhoades had a pretty good idea of who it was he was meeting the day he and Luci Inferi first met. As he’d…
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Remy is Luci’s oldest “living” friend and her majordomo. Due to certain very terrible things that happened…oh…about eight hundred years ago, Remy is nothing like…
Leave a CommentShort and sweet, but hopefully enough to whet your appetite for more. “That sounds like finding out you can fly after you fall out of…
Leave a CommentSome scenes can be more fun to write than others. Here, Hector encounters jokes he only thought were old. “We talk lots of things,” Trevor…
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Well, it’s mid-November and I’ve been sort of quiet on this site, so I wanted to update you on what I’ve been up to and…
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A gift today for those looking for a catharsis. Remember that every time someone reads this, it happens all over again. I hope you enjoy…
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A little bit of what I’ve been working on during NaNoWriMo 2020. That’s National Novel Writing Month for those of you who are unfamiliar with…
Leave a CommentOnce again, a few paragraphs from the first draft of my current work in progress, LUCI: Rhoades to Recovery. Keep in mind that these may…
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I wrote this in 2017 and then stepped away from it. I might come back to it at some point, but I thought to share…
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Féasta Fola—A Tale from the Sumaire Web. Copyright © 2012 by Anna Rose All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed,…
1 CommentFor your enjoyment, a little something from my current work in progress. I hope you enjoy it. “You know it’s not the best thing that…
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Enjoy this bit from my current work in progress, LUCI: Rhoades to Recovery! Hector found himself stifling hysterical laughter at the thought of a demonic…
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It wasn’t easy coming up with someone who was the appropriate model for the character of Lilith in my forthcoming book, LUCI: Rhoades to Recovery,…
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A little October fun for you to enjoy. “Gramma, you don’t understand—” “He promised me and he never broke a promise! He’ll keep this one!”…
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When you’re writing characters, you get to the point that you know what they look like. In your head, anyway. I’ve gotten to the point…
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For your enjoyment, something from book two, LUCI: RHOADES TO RECOVERY. Please keep in mind that it is only the first draft, so the passage…
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I don’t own any of this. That honor goes to Neil Gaiman, Vertigo, DC Comics, Netflix, Warner Bros., and (Dad-help-us), Fox. Use of and sharing…
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Okay, I’m sure you’ve noticed the LUCIFER-related fan fiction on the site, and there’s a good reason for it. I fell in love with the…
Leave a CommentThe changes to the site have required all sorts of mucking about and trying to find just the right format to use for it all.…
Leave a CommentBetwixt and between taking care of family stuff, I’m still working hard on LUCI: Rhoades to Recovery and hoping that the time will soon come…
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Got a new Amazon review of “LUCI: Rhoades to Hell” today that has me downright tickled and preening happily! It really feels good when someone…
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In a word, No. Now wait, before you get your panties in a twist, please let me explain things to you, okay? You may have…
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A couple years ago, a few months before Halloween, I got the wild idea to start my own podcast. I’d been thinking about doing one…
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The Sumaire Web is a series about vampires. It came about after I spent a very long time trying to find a vampire novel that…
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I’ve been a huge fan of Anne McCaffrey’s DRAGONRIDERS OF PERN series for as long as I can remember. Her human/dragon pairings were wonderful and…
Leave a CommentFor those of you who have been following it all, I finally got my first physical therapy appointment for my shoulder this last week, thirteen…
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I’ve always been an avid reader and watcher of science fiction/fantasy and paranormal stuff. No, not horror. I’ve never been into that jump-scare sort of…
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I’m not sure if Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s body was even cold yet before Moscow Mitch McConnell made his vow that a candidate…
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“What is it you truly desire,” the tall, dark-haired man asked of the smartly-dressed young man who stood before him, a mangled posey clutched in…
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Chloe sat on the serviceable couch, and poured herself some water from the glass pitcher that Dr. Linda always kept on the coffee table. Taking…
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Riiiiing… The caller ID showed a familiar name and number, so she picked up the call. Yes, there were things going on that probably needed…
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I don’t own any of this. That honor goes to Neil Gaiman, Vertigo, DC Comics, Netflix, Warner Bros., and (Dad-help-us), Fox. Use of and sharing…
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Tonight, the Supreme Court of the United States has lost a powerhouse of a Justice. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the eldest liberal Justice on that…
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I am currently doing a semi-weekly podcast called the SciFi & Fantasy, Light & Dark: Excursions Into the Unknown. In it, I discuss what I’m…
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