I've posted a new "Put This One on Your TBR List" review of The Ritual by Adam Nevill on the Alien Romances Blog.
 
Check it out here: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2023/09/karen-s-wiesner-put-this-one-on-your_0643725852.html

I've posted a new "Put This One on Your TBR List" review of Rooks and Ruin Trilogy by Melissa Caruso on the Alien Romances Blog.
 
Check it out here: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2023/09/karen-s-wiesner-put-this-one-on-your_01123110845.html

I've posted a new "Put This One on Your TBR List" review of Bird Box by Josh Malerman on the Alien Romances Blog.
 
Check it out here: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2023/09/karen-s-wiesner-put-this-one-on-your.html

​On the Alien Romances Blog, this week I've posted "Stop and Smell the Roses", a memorial for a dear friend who passed away recently, including some of my colored pencil flower artwork. You can see it here: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2023/08/stop-and-smell-roses-by-karen-wiesner.html

​In a new two-part article called "Pros and Cons of Taking a Break from Writing" on the Alien Romances Blog, I evaluate aging, progress, and momentum as well as talk about the indisputable value breaks provide one in their particular discipline along with the damage protracted absences from said discipline can also do.
 
Check out Part 2 here: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2023/08/pros-and-cons-of-taking-break-from_0529933682.html
 
If you missed Part 1, it's here: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2023/08/pros-and-cons-of-taking-break-from.html  

In a new two-part article called "Pros and Cons of Taking a Break from Writing" on the Alien Romances Blog, I evaluate aging, progress, and momentum as well as talk about the indisputable value breaks provide one in their particular discipline along with the damage protracted absences from said discipline can also do.
 
Check out Part 1 here: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2023/08/pros-and-cons-of-taking-break-from.html

​Taking it easy this week on the Alien Romances Blog. In celebration of all things Medieval, I've posted a simplified black and white sketch I did in 2022 of the painting The Accolade by Edmund Blair Leighton (1901). Below is the original. You have to go to Alien Romances Blog to see my rendition of it.

See it here: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2023/08/medieval-art-celebration-by-karen.html

Note: If you click on the sketch, you can see a larger version of it.

In a new feature for my Friday columns on the Alien Romances Blog that I’m calling “Put This One on Your TBR List”, I’m reviewing books I love that other readers might not know about and should be told! This week, I review The Martian, Artemis, and Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir.
 
Check it out here: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2023/07/book-reviews-martian-artemis-and.html
 
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In a new feature for my Friday columns on the Alien Romances Blog that I’m calling “Put This One on Your TBR List”, I’m reviewing books I love that other readers might not know about and should be told! This week, I review The Death of Jane Lawrence by Caitlin Starling.
 
Check it out here:
https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2023/07/book-review-death-of-jane-lawrence-by.html
 

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In a new feature for my Friday columns on the Alien Romances Blog that I’m calling “Put This One on Your TBR List”, I’m reviewing books I love that other readers might not know about and should be told! This week, I review The Expanse Series by S. A. Corey.
 
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https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2023/07/book-review-expanse-series-by-james-s.html
 
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In a new feature for my Friday columns on the Alien Romances Blog that I’m calling “Put This One on Your TBR List”, I’m reviewing books I love that other readers might not know about and should be told! This week, I review The Dark Elf Trilogy, fantasy unlike anything I’d ever read before, by R.A. Salvatore. Check it out here:
 
https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2023/07/book-review-dark-elf-trilogy-by-ra.html
 
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In a new feature for my Friday columns on the Alien Romances Blog that I’m calling “Put This One on Your TBR List”, I’m reviewing books I love that other readers might not know about and should be told! This week, I review The Mrs. Quent Trilogy, a Victorian romantic historical gothic mystery epic with fantastical elements, by Galen Beckett. Check it out here:
https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2023/06/book-review-mrs-quent-trilogy-by-galen.html
 
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In a new feature for my Friday columns on the Alien Romances Blog that I’m calling “Put This One on Your TBR List”, I’m reviewing books I love that other readers might not know about and should be told! This week, I review The Luminous Dead, a sci-fi horror novel by Caitlin Starling. Check it out here:
https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2023/06/karen-wiesner-book-review-luminous-dead.html
 
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In a  three-part article on the Alien Romances Blog called “Read What You Love”, I talk about what conditions, if any, cultivate or discourage a love of the written word as well as about the importance of reading what you love, regardless of your age, the genre or content appropriateness, your gender, or what's considered your "level". In this final installment, Il review Joseph Delaney's Spooksworld, what is, in my opinion, the most fantastic Young Adult fantasy multi-series in existence.
 
Part 1: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2023/06/read-what-you-love-part-1-by-karen-s.html
Part 2: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2023/06/read-what-you-love-part-2-by-karen-s.html
NEW! Part 3: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2023/06/read-what-you-love-part-3-by-karen-s.html
 
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In a  three-part article on the Alien Romances Blog called “Read What You Love”, I talk about what conditions, if any, cultivate or discourage a love of the written word as well as about the importance of reading what you love, regardless of your age, the genre or content appropriateness, your gender, or what's considered your "level". In this newest installment, I provide an in-depth review of Brandon Mull's phenomenal Young Adult Fantasy series Fablehaven and its sequel Dragonwatch.
 
Part 1: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2023/06/read-what-you-love-part-1-by-karen-s.html
NEW! Part 2: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2023/06/read-what-you-love-part-2-by-karen-s.html
 
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In a  new three-part article on the Alien Romances Blog called “Read What You Love”, I talk about what conditions, if any, cultivate or discourage a love of the written word as well as about the importance of reading what you love, regardless of your age, the genre or content appropriateness, your gender, or what's considered your "level". In the last two segments, I'll also review two of my favorite Young Adult book series that any fan of the supernatural should love as I much as I do.
 
Part 1: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2023/06/read-what-you-love-part-1-by-karen-s.html
 
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On the Alien Romance’s Blog, I’m doing a new, 5-part article called “Reflections of Life”. In looking back over the course of my life as an author who's looking forward to becoming an artist in retirement, I've learned to slow down and reflect on the past, savor the present, and look forward to the future. Interspersed through these ruminations each Friday, I'll include some of my own most apropos sketches. I encourage everyone, not just those interested in writing (or aliens!), to read this.
 
Part 1: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2023/04/reflections-of-life-part-1-by-karen-s.html
 
Part 2: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2023/05/reflections-of-life-part-2-by-karen-s.html
 
Part 3: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2023/05/reflections-of-life-part-3-by-karen-s.html
 
Part 4: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2023/05/reflections-of-life-part-4-by-karen.html
 
NEW! Part 5: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2023/05/reflections-of-life-part-5-by-karen-s.html
 
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On the Alien Romance’s Blog, I’m doing a new, 5-part article called “Reflections of Life”. In looking back over the course of my life as an author who's looking forward to becoming an artist in retirement, I've learned to slow down and reflect on the past, savor the present, and look forward to the future. Interspersed through these ruminations each Friday, I'll include some of my own most apropos sketches. I encourage everyone, not just those interested in writing (or aliens!), to read this.
 
Part 1: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2023/04/reflections-of-life-part-1-by-karen-s.html
 
Part 2: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2023/05/reflections-of-life-part-2-by-karen-s.html
 
Part 3: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2023/05/reflections-of-life-part-3-by-karen-s.html
 
NEW! Part 4: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2023/05/reflections-of-life-part-4-by-karen.html
 
Visit me online here: https://karenwiesner.weebly.com/
 
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https://www.writers-exchange.com/Karen-Wiesner/

On the Alien Romance’s Blog, I’m doing a new, 5-part article called “Reflections of Life”. In looking back over the course of my life as an author who's looking forward to becoming an artist in retirement, I've learned to slow down and reflect on the past, savor the present, and look forward to the future. Interspersed through these ruminations each Friday, I'll include some of my own most apropos sketches. I encourage everyone, not just those interested in writing (or aliens!), to read this.
 
Part 1: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2023/04/reflections-of-life-part-1-by-karen-s.html
Part 2: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2023/05/reflections-of-life-part-2-by-karen-s.html
Part 3: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2023/05/reflections-of-life-part-3-by-karen-s.html
 
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http://www.facebook.com/KarenWiesnerAuthor
https://www.writers-exchange.com/Karen-Wiesner/

On the Alien Romance’s Blog, I’m doing a new, 5-part article called “Reflections of Life”. In looking back over the course of my life as an author who's looking forward to becoming an artist in retirement, I've learned to slow down and reflect on the past, savor the present, and look forward to the future. Interspersed through these ruminations each Friday, I'll include some of my own most apropos sketches. I encourage everyone, not just those interested in writing (or aliens!), to read this.
 
Part 1: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2023/04/reflections-of-life-part-1-by-karen-s.html
Part 2: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2023/05/reflections-of-life-part-2-by-karen-s.html
 
Visit me online here: https://karenwiesner.weebly.com/
https://karenwiesner.weebly.com/karens-quill-blog
http://www.facebook.com/KarenWiesnerAuthor
https://www.writers-exchange.com/Karen-Wiesner/ 

On the Alien Romance’s Blog, I’m doing a new, 5-part article called “Reflections of Life”. In looking back over the course of my life as an author who's looking forward to becoming an artist in retirement, I've learned to slow down and reflect on the past, savor the present, and look forward to the future. Interspersed through these ruminations each Friday, I’ve included some of my own sketches. I encourage everyone, not just those interested in writing (or aliens!), to read this.
 
Check out Part 1 here: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2023/04/reflections-of-life-part-1-by-karen-s.html
 
Karen Wiesner is an award-winning, multi-genre author of over 150 titles and 16 series.
 
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In a new article on the Alien Romances Blog titled "Details of Life", I discuss changing your perspective from the negative to the positive when writing an obituary for yourself or for a loved one who's still alive. I encourage everyone, not just those interested in writing (or aliens!), to read this. Check it out here:
 
https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2023/04/details-of-life-by-karen-s-wiesner.html
 
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In case you missed the previous two-part article, "Taking the Bucket Out of the Bucket List", where I discuss the wisdom and benefits of, and strategies for, drawing up a personal bucket list as early as possible--long before the curtain of a life is drawn, you can find it here:
 
Part 1: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2023/03/taking-bucket-out-of-bucket-list-part-1.html
Part 2: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2023/04/taking-bucket-out-of-bucket-list-part-2.html

In a new, two part article on the Alien Romances Blog titled "Taking the Bucket Out of the Bucket List", I discuss the wisdom and benefits of, and strategies for, drawing up a personal bucket list as early as possible--long before the curtain of a life is drawn. I encourage everyone, not just those interested in writing (or aliens!), to read this.
 
Part 1: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2023/03/taking-bucket-out-of-bucket-list-part-1.html
NEW! Part 2: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2023/04/taking-bucket-out-of-bucket-list-part-2.html
 
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In a new, two part article on the Alien Romances Blog titled "Taking the Bucket Out of the Bucket List", I discuss the wisdom and benefits of, and strategies for, drawing up a personal bucket list as early as possible--long before the curtain of a life is drawn. I encourage everyone, not just those interested in writing (or aliens!), to read this.
 
Part 1: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2023/03/taking-bucket-out-of-bucket-list-part-1.html
Part 2: coming April 7, 2023
 
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In three articles spread out over three weeks on the Alien Romances Blog, I talked about three-dimensional fiction writing. Check out the all three posts here:
 
Part 1: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2023/03/karen-s-wiesner-three-dimensional.html
Part 2: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2023/03/karen-s-wiesner-three-dimensional_01961630414.html
Part 3: https://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2023/03/karen-s-wiesner-three-dimensional_01404340596.html
 
Find out more about my writing reference THREE-DIMENSIONAL FICTION WRITING and the 3D Fiction Fundamentals Collection here:
http://www.writers-exchange.com/3d-fiction-fundamentals-series/
https://karenwiesner.weebly.com/writing-reference-titles.html