http://biancadarc.com/blog Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:17:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en What is a wyvern? Looks like a dragon, right? But it's not. A wyvern has two limbs and two wings. Note that many Western dragons have four limbs and two wings, while Eastern dragons often have no wings, and four limbs. Wyverns also seem a bit more reptilian than dragons to me. ... http://biancadarc.com/blog/2008/07/05/creature-feature-wyvern/ http://biancadarc.com/blog/2008/07/04/happy-4th/ Tomorrow is the Fourth of July, and so I feel the need to go just a little off-topic and wander through some of the mythology that has arisen around the founding of the United States. One of the ideas made popular by recent works of fiction is that Freemasonry played ... http://biancadarc.com/blog/2008/07/03/july-4th-fantasy/ I know I've been conspicuous by my absence of late. It feels as if I've been traveling one way or another since I got back from Lori Foster's event in Ohio. I'd be home for two or three days, only to scurry off somewhere else for a few days, then ... http://biancadarc.com/blog/2008/07/01/back-finally/ Sorry for the delay... my internet access was messed up yesterday and I'm on the road, so I had no recourse. :( Anyway, without further ado, the winner is: lindsey Congratulations! Email me at biancadarc at gmail.com and I'll send out the ebook. Thanks for playing! http://biancadarc.com/blog/2008/06/28/winner/ In conjunction with the Paranormal Theme Day going on at Joyfully Reviewed's Chat Group, I'm holding a little blog contest today. All you have to do to enter is post a comment to this blog post. I'll put all the names in a hat and pick one winner at random ... http://biancadarc.com/blog/2008/06/26/contest-time-2/ My friend, Gia Dawn, has a new release! She's feeling under the weather right now, so I thought I'd give her a hand letting people know about it. Here are the details: “Dunmore Rising” by Gia Dawn Buy from MBaM! Read An Excerpt Online Genre: Historical Romance, Fantasy Romance ISBN: 978-1-60504-052-3 Length: Novel Price: 5.50 Publication Date: June ... http://biancadarc.com/blog/2008/06/25/guest-gia-dawns-newest/ It's time for my own personal Writing Challenge. I need to write what's known as a "partial" as soon as possible, so I'm setting a goal and hoping you'll cheer me on a bit as I work toward making another of my dreams a reality (more on that, if/when appropriate - ... http://biancadarc.com/blog/2008/06/21/my-own-writing-challenge/ Italy's Carabinieri - a paramilitary police supposed to be elite - have now had to be told by a court to not have extramarital affairs. "What?" According to Reuters: Italy's highest court has ruled that the nation's paramilitary police, the Carabinieri, must not have extra-marital affairs to avoid sullying the force's name. The ... http://biancadarc.com/blog/2008/06/19/things-that-make-you-go-what/ It looks like the new cover for Jaci's Experiment (releasing in eBook August 5th) is now official. What do you think?     Love… the grandest experiment of all. As a young Alvian lab tech, Jaci knows her place in the orderly, emotionless society her race has established on the planet Earth. While preparing ... http://biancadarc.com/blog/2008/06/17/new-cover-jacis-experiment/