Month: May 2019

5 Life Lessons We Learned From Firefly

  Very few shows which ran for just 1 season can claim they’ve had such an impact on fans as Firefly! The sci-fi/western mash-up is still drawing in new fans 17 years after its debut. And old fans aren’t going anywhere either! Joss Whedon’s 2002 brainchild has amassed a cult following and has gone down…
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Eat Like a Victorian—on burgers, fries, and soda

Nothing quite says modern hustle like burger joints, food trucks, and grabbing junk food for that night’s Netflix binge. Fast food answers the problem of our hectic lives, where there’s places to be and work to be done and absolutely no time to spend crafting artisan eats in the kitchen. Plus, many so-called kitchen nooks…
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Why we love… Fantasy

As a psychologist, I love the question of why I and others like fantasy. There’s definitely the aspect of wanting more magic in life, but I believe it goes deeper. Many of my clients’ problems boil down to how they handle real or perceived power imbalances. Fantasy is a great way to explore power and…
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The Zodiac Book Tag with S.A. McClure — Rogue Skies Blog

Welcome! Every Tuesday the authors of Rogue Skies will be bringing you some fun book/author tags! So what are tag posts? A tag post is a series of questions that we will answer and then challenge our readers or other blogger and authors to do too! It’s just a fun way to get to know…
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Meet The Rogues — Brantwijn Serrah

Author Brantwijn Serrah Tell us a little about yourself. I’m a SoCal girl who loves rain more than shine, a geeky gamer and a walker of strange roads. I moonlight as a futon for five lazy cats and a cookie dispenser for a German shepherd too smart for his own good. I love dark stories…
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Five Lethal Weapons for the Genteel Heroine

There are so many ways a lady could be deadly without wrinkling her gown. Forget the garter daggers and muff pistols and sword canes in the parasol—those are all terribly stylish but just scratch the surface of potential mayhem. Here are some juicy examples, torn from the pages of yesteryear’s headlines: 1. A Fashionable Murder…
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Our Watch Has Ended: C.L. Cannon Reviews the Game of Thrones Series Finale

Well fantasy fans, our long watch is finally over, of Game of Thrones that is. Last Sunday, May 19th was the last ever episode of HBO’s Game of Thrones. Like many of you, I had strong emotions about both the ending of this show and the season as a whole. I’m going to attempt to…
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4theWords is 4 the Writers: An Easy Way to Gamify Your Writing

4theWords = 4 the Writers Writing is a job that I love, but that’s not to say that it doesn’t occasionally feel like a chore. Happens with any job, right? So when I hit a particularly difficult slog through my plot, I’m always looking for ways that make even those difficult parts fun. Enter: 4theWords.…
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Book Adaptation Book Tag With Rae Hendricks

Welcome! Every Tuesday the authors of Rogue Skies will be bringing you some fun book/author tags! So what are tag posts? A tag post is a series of questions that we will answer and then challenge our readers or other blogger and authors to do too! It’s just a fun way to get to know…
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Meet The Rogues — Nadine Travers

Author Nadine Travers Tell us a little about yourself. I live in Montreal, Quebec, Canada with my husband and my two kids. I got three cats. I love to read all kind of book, sci-fi, epic fantasy, romance any kind, thriller. I love to do worldbuilding since I was a dungeon master and player of…
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