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The Changing Seasons

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Well, at least they’re trying to change. Welcome to Northeast Georgia.

Here it is the middle of March. Earlier this week, the temperature was around 85. Yesterday, around 65. Today, around 75, with lovely sunshine, flowers beginning to blossom, and the peach tree all dressed in pink.

Tomorrow the rain will be back, most likely. And on Monday night, the temperatures are predicted to be below freezing again. With any luck, maybe some of the fruit trees will survive.

I don’t know about you, but I like my seasons to flow along naturally, not bounce back and forth between spring, summer, and winter at a whim. Has anyone seen Mother Nature recently? Is she behaving normally or is she off her meds again?

In the meantime, we’re trying to catch a break between rain showers to get the garden ready for planting. At the moment, however, there is still water standing in the low spots, so it may be a few more days, especially with more rain headed our way. Of course, the last thing I heard, Monday’s rain may be snow flurries instead.

So I’m back in the house working on my writing. I just released a new book under the Sultonna Nadine pen name you might enjoy if you’re a fantasy and romance fan. LADY CALLOWAY–A Question of Heresy–a fantasy, romantic suspense, religious conflict, alternate reality story.

What would you do if you had faithfully followed your priest’s teachings all your life, but suddenly found yourself labeled as a heretic by your husband–who works for the church.

And if you are the husband, do you choose your church and turn your wife in as a heretic? Or do you rescue her from the church you have served for years? The church or the woman you love?

Come with me on this journey of religious conflict, forbidden abilities, and a young couple caught up in the middle of it all.

In the meantime, welcome to spring–or winter… Have a wonderful weekend and we’ll chat again later.

For more on what I’m writing, check out my blogs at Mellie Miller–for my series books, or Sultonna Nadine, for the stand alone books.

As always,

Remember to be kind…

What Are You Reading?

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Black and white2I was talking with Katandra Shanel Jackson today. She is the CEO of the publishing company here in Georgia called FreedomInk365. We were discussing how many people just don’t read anymore.

When was the last time you sat down with a good book and got lost in a fantastic tale? Fiction or non-fiction, there are books about anything you might like.

I talk to so many people who when asked, say they just don’t read. They’d rather watch a movie or the TV.

In this electronics age, I fear we are stealing imagination away from our children and grandchildren. When we were kids, we played  “pretend” everything. We had sticks and branches as swords, braided dandelions for crowns. And yes, my friend and I once caught a bunch of grasshoppers and tied them up with string so we could put our horses in a corral.

Boy was my mom mad. Untying them was quite a feat, too.

But without imagination,  whence come dreams? And without dreams what can we hope to accomplish? And without that hope, where will we go, what things will we create for our future?

When everything is done for you, on TV, in the movies, or on your tablet, there is nothing left for you to create in your mind. Ho imagination required. Just fetch the popcorn.

A good book, on the other hand, provides you the opportunity to create the scenes in it, to picture the countryside of renaissance England, or the quaint little street in the French Quarter of New Orleans the suspect just turned onto.

What about that wedding dress the sweetheart of our hero is wearing? Can you picture the lace with the pearl buttons? And our swashbuckling hero. How does he cope with a tuxedo and dress shoes?

So, what have you been reading? And if you’ve not been reading, it’s time to give it a try. It doesn’t matter what it is. What are your hobbies, your fantasies, your dreams?

There’s a book about that, I guarantee it.

Go on. What are you waiting for!

Interested in Fantasy Romance?

http://www.amazon.com/author/melliemiller

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