( October is one of my favorite months of the year for several reasons: it is the true beginning of Autumn weather, my birthday is this month, and so is my favorite holiday–Halloween! With this ent…

( For my first installment in the Halloween Tour of 2026, I will talk about a show that I find fascinating on many levels: The Addams Family. Seemingly a sit-com about a group of misfits, based loo…

Happy Shocktober 2026! Well, we all know what month it is: Shocktober! I follow many bloggers who will be sharing films every day of the month, so I will jump on with my “A – B – C” of horror films…

one of my favorite fund-raisers ever i love this cause sitting quietly by the register at my favorite local mexican street food carryout place. — “it is better to aim high and miss than to ai…

This is the eleventh appearance at BMR for today’s author, which means he’s been here since the beginning. I recently read his featured book and, although the description may not strike…

Today’s good news story comes from the India Times and was sent by Noelle Granger. Thanks Noelle Around 2000, a Florida tropical-fish collector hung rescued coral fragments from underw…

This episode explores the lesser-known early life of Paul Gauguin, emphasizing his transition from a successful stockbroker to a devoted painter following financial collapse. It highlights his rela…

( The beginning of fall has arrived, and I am delighted! This is my favorite season of the year, followed by winter! I know many will disagree with my love of winter, but I hope you do enjoy the au…

At dVerse Bjorn is hosting Poetics with an invitation to write about pilgrimage, not necessarily religious, not necessarily long hikes, but rather to focus on the walk itself, why did we go, did an…

( The beginning of fall has arrived, and I am delighted! This is my favorite season of the year, followed by winter! I know many will disagree with my love of winter, but I hope you do enjoy the au…

Happy Fall! I’m excited to share that my new Christmas story comes out on November 1st, and it’s now available for preorder. When There’s Only a Christmas Wish BLURB Can a Christm…

A small selection of posts I have enjoyed this week and I hope you will head over to enjoy in full. It was Jennie Fitzkee’s birthday last week and as expected her class made sure it was celeb…

A new novel reflecting the dystopian reality currently facing immigrants in the US. It follows the challenges faced by a mother and son trying to make their way to Canada to safety and freedom.

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Photo by Ayfer Belim on Pexels.com (haiku)First rain, like first tearsOn rosy and youthful cheeksHow it makes them grow Fifty Years in ShoesWhen we come into this life,our feet are tiny, pink and b…

Burning Butterflies: Poetry About Southern African Flora and Fauna by Robbie Cheadle (2025). Original cover art by Robbie Cheadle. Available on …Poetry Book Review: “Burning Butterflies” by Robbie …

Hello to all the writers out there and reading this blog! It is mid-September, the weather is finally getting a bit cooler, and it is time for a shameless self-promotion party, so please do not be …

Posts about At the Edge of Light: Lesser-Known Impressionists written by Rebecca Budd

I will be traveling this weekend, so there will be no Monday post next week. It will be GREAT to get out of the city for a few hours! I have a friend that has been with me through thick and thin for almost 50 years. I have not seen her in over a year and am going to visit. She lives on beautiful Caddo Lake in East Texas and then tomorrow we are going to a music festival!

Dermot is a fifteen-year-old boy living in a remote vil…

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress is a semi-autobiographical novella written by Dai Sijie, a Chinese French author and film maker.  The book was published in 2000 in French and in Engli…

In July, I participated in The Ekphrastic Review’s Marathon. This is the third year I’ve participated in it, and for some reason, I felt it was more difficult for me to focus this time.…

What happens when 23 authors explore where creativity comes from and how ideas become something more? Over a Cuppa, I’m celebrating the launch of This Is How We Create, sharing my review, and telli…

Hi, Recently, I looked out the window and watched the birds and turkeys enjoying the birdseed. One of my small pleasures in life is watching the wildlife that lives in our forest. I love to capture…

It is mid-September, and I am again asking for those who would like to join the U.L.S., the Underground Library Society, to join and write a guest post. I put this request out several times over th…

It is the middle of September, and it is time for another Writers’ meeting. You are all invited. Please know that there is zero money involved. It is a time for writers to come together to sh…

It is mid-September, and I am again asking for those who would like to join the U.L.S., the Underground Library Society, to join and write a guest post. I put this request out several times over th…

Books are grouped into genres, and genres are further divided into subgenres of so many kinds. On the one hand, they can help a writer in the development of their story. On the other—perhaps the bi…

“Christine de Pizan Writing in Her Room.” From an illustration in a handwritten book she wrote, c. 1410-1414. She commissioned the illustrations. Beneath the Surface She toiledcountless…

Welcome to the series where I will be sharing the chart toppers and blockbusters through the decades… be prepared for some nostalgia and some foot tapping music. William 🎶   “Kiss From A Rose…

COMMISERATIONS TO ALL MY AMERICAN FRIENDS, ON THIS 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11 Looks like this underpass art will take 1 more post to complete. MEDĒIO is the artist, and he was so lovely. Monkyi whose…

A quiet few weeks? Maybe—but creativity is blooming. Join me Over a Cuppa for book-launch excitement, a little poetry, Queen Moji’s bath-day escape attempt, and late-summer sunflowers.

(www.pixabay.com) I have a basic question for other creative people: How do you promote your work? What do you do to shout out to the world that you have created something? I have used blog tours, …