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• The Good and the Bad of Being a Teacher

  

  In the latest days I have been writing two very different pieces which contain reflections connected to my job. They are about students and teachers, not about... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2015 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• I Took My Time and Wrote About Outlander

  

  Descent to Hell It’s been a long ride, a journey in which I didn’t expect I would invest so much emotionally. It’s only a TV series I know, but it is... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2015 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Meet Rachel Rossano and Discover Her Sweet Medieval Romance - Win Honor: Second...

  

  First of all welcome Rachel and thanks for being my guest at FLY HIGH! Thank you so much for having me come and chat.Just out of curiosity, you know I’m... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2015 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Cover Reveal! Meryton Press Presents a New Collection of Love Stories Inspired t...

  

  “So each had a private little sun for her soul to bask in…” —Thomas HardyIf you desire a little heat, a summer flirtation, or an escape to bask in your own... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2015 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Spotlight on ... "no Cause to Repine" by Rose Fairbanks - Read an Excerpt & Win...

  

  When a simple accident is misinterpreted and threatens Elizabeth Bennet's reputation, her fate seems sealed as Fitzwilliam Darcy's wife. Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Amnesty: Between Heaven and Hell

  

  Blog Tour ScheduleAmnesty by Jo Noelle Cassie is going to heaven—if she can get amnesty from hell in the next twenty days. Her assignment is to change the... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2015 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Free Comic Book Day! Author Cecilia Latella Presents a Medieval Story of...

  

  Celebrate and discover the amazing world of comic books on Free Comic Book Day! To celebrate here at FLY HIGH! comic book author, Cecilia Latella, presents her... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2015 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Yorkshire & Victorian Literature - Whitby

  

  Do you think I've been neglecting my little blog lately? You may be right, I admit it, but I've been extremely busy working, living and even travelling. Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2015 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Suddenly Mrs Darcy Blog Tour - Jenetta James, the Birthing of a Jaff Fan Girl....

  

  2 years ago I hadn’t even heard of fan fiction, let alone Jane Austen fan fiction. If I had seen the acronym JAFF written down, I might have thought it was one... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Period & More Period - Who's the Romantic Hero of Your Heart? Jamie Fraser Or...

  

  Sighs and swooning out there? Yes, I know. I've seen polls spring up all over the Net and wasn't surprised at all. Ross or Jamie? Aidan or Sam? Poldark or... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2015 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• So Far Away by P.o. Dixon - Read an Excerpt and Win a Copy!

  

  From the AuthorI am happy for the chance to visit My Jane Austen Book Club once again to share an excerpt from my newest release, So Far Away. Thank you so much... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Period & More Period - Poldark, the Musketeers 2, Banished and ... Outlander!

  

  Being the period drama freak I am, I have been watching quite a few costume drama series recently. Not as many and as I would wish, but enough, I’d rather say,... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2015 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Aerendgast Blog Tour - the Lost History of Jane Austen: Read an Excerpt & Win a...

  

  About the BookViolet Desmond has just learned from her dying grandmother that the life she’s been living is a lie.Left with only a locket, a newspaper... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Do Women Write Better Than Men?

  

  I don't particularly agree with stereotyped considerations and cliches or generalizations, but this survey proposed by grammarly.com sounds interesting. Have a... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2015 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Jeffrey Perren, This Writer's Life - Meet the Author of Cossacks in Paris

  

  Up before dawn — tea for me, coffee for the wife, pet the dog. Check emails, correspondence with beta readers, and miscellaneous.So far, that doesn’t sound... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2015 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Different Shades of Love - What Will Italian Valentines See Today?

  

  Happy Valentine's Day, everyone! Both to those of you who will celebrate and those who won't, May this day be filled with love, of any type, for anyone and... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2015 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Fifty Shades of ... Grammar!

  

  Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson star in Fifty Shades of Grey Well, we can shout our dissent in a hundred different ways, anyhow Fifty Shades of Grey will be as... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2015 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Waiting for the Oscar Night - the Imitation Game (2014)

  

  Benedict Cumberbatch as Alan Turing - The Imitation Game"Sometimes it's the very people who no one imagines anything of who do the things no one can imagine"Ala... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2015 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Defining Contemporary Art - a Book, a Video

  

  25 years in 200 pivotal artworks(by guest blogger Thomas K Brent)In terms of contemporary art, people often feel lost. What makes a very great masterpiece of... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2015 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, MOVIES

• Summer Lovin' - Meryton Press Short Story Contest

  

  BEGINS – 9:00 a.m. Feb 1, 2015 (US Pacific time)ENDS – 11:59 p.m. March 15, 2015 (US Pacific Time)Meryton Press is conducting a contest to find the best short... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE