Final Thoughts on Literary Titles ! and This Week at Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words

Final Thoughts on Literary Titles ! Hard to believe that once again September is winding down.  Well, it has been an eventful month.  Hurricanes, flooding, and well, just plain old tons of rain pouring through my communities have a dampening effect  that washed away  my planned thoughts for posted blogs.  Maybe we will see those… Continue reading Final Thoughts on Literary Titles ! and This Week at Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words

A MelanieM Advent Review Day Calendar:Salvaging Claus Day (2017 Advent Calendar Daily – Stocking Stuffers) by J. Alan Veerkamp

Rating: 3.75 stars out of 5 For three years, Filo has reveled in silence and solitude as the sole occupant of a space station, where he maintains the communication satellite. Everything changes with the appearance of Luz Espina’s lifepod. Filo shares many interests with the flirtatious Luz, though Filo’s isolation has strained his communication skills.… Continue reading A MelanieM Advent Review Day Calendar:Salvaging Claus Day (2017 Advent Calendar Daily – Stocking Stuffers) by J. Alan Veerkamp

The Last of the Best of 2016 and This Week at Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words

The Last of the Best of 2016   As this is the last weekend of the month, we will finish up our Best of 2016 and leave that year behind.  So here’s the last of our Best of Lists of 2016.  We are well on our way to accumulating our lists for 2017.  I know… Continue reading The Last of the Best of 2016 and This Week at Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words

Its Time for STRW Flash Fiction Announcements and This Week at Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words

Its Time for STRW Flash Fiction Announcements First of all, thank you to all who sent in entries to our first ever STRW Flash Fiction Writing Month.  We appreciate your participation and all entries will be showcased here.  Putting your thoughts and emotions into words and a story can be one of the more daunting… Continue reading Its Time for STRW Flash Fiction Announcements and This Week at Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words

November is Ending and So Is STRW FF Writing Month ~ This Week At Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words

November is Ending and So Is STRW FF Writing Month There are still four days for people to get their entries in.  Four days…to write anywhere from 300 to 1000 words.  What to write about?  Anything and everything.  Any trope, any genre.  From science fiction to contemporary, from romance to horror.  Draw from your feelings… Continue reading November is Ending and So Is STRW FF Writing Month ~ This Week At Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words

A Stella Review: Stone and Shell by Lloyd A. Meeker

RATING 4 out of 5 stars Eight-year-old Howie Evinger is convinced that his dad would be happier if he found a new husband. Howie would be happier, too. And somewhere out there in the city of Vancouver, there’s the right man for his dad to love. But how to find him? That’s a problem, especially… Continue reading A Stella Review: Stone and Shell by Lloyd A. Meeker

STRW Flash Fiction Contest and This Week At Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words

  STRW Flash Fiction Contest   As the deadline for the end of our flash fiction contest approaches, there’s still plenty of time to get your entries in.  Flash fiction or micro fiction is just, that a tiny story.  It can be in any genre, any trope, and for this contest and always for this… Continue reading STRW Flash Fiction Contest and This Week At Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words

A Paul B Review: Makepeace (Taking Shield #3) by Anna Butler

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars A year has passed since Shield Captain Bennet was rescued from Telnos.  Having spent the past year doing his research at the Strategy Unit and teaching at the Thebaid Institute, Bennet is anxious to get back out into space.  However, he must rotate out of Shield for three years… Continue reading A Paul B Review: Makepeace (Taking Shield #3) by Anna Butler

A Paul B Review: Heart Scarab (Taking Shield #2) by Anna Butler

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars It’s been a year and a year and a half since Bennet returned from T-18.  Eighteen months since he last saw Fleet Lieutenant Flynn.  Things with Joss are just as rocky as ever since his return from that mission.  So Bennet was half relieved when Rosie, his second in… Continue reading A Paul B Review: Heart Scarab (Taking Shield #2) by Anna Butler

A Paul B Review: Gyrfalcon (Taking Shield #1) by Anna Butler

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars Many centuries have passed since a part of Earth’s population has settled on the planet Albion.  It has only been just over a century since the war with the Maess started.  While the population of Albion deals with fighting the war, the Maess use drones to do their fighting. … Continue reading A Paul B Review: Gyrfalcon (Taking Shield #1) by Anna Butler