by Chloe | Nov 29, 2020 | Submerged Hopes, Who Knew?
Since I can’t resist a good pun, I used this phrase as a chapter title in Submerged Hopes for a character with the bends, but though it’s come to mean “angry,” the idiom originally meant intoxicated or “bent” in 1833. Today, let’s talk about “the bends,” or...
by Chloe | Nov 21, 2020 | New Heights, Who Knew?
Alas, this week it’s been too cloudy to see the Leonid meteor shower at all. The Leonids are one of the most famous and reliable meteor showers seen in the Northern Hemisphere. They peak in mid-November and are some of the fastest meteors seen. The Leonids are famous...
by Chloe | Nov 14, 2020 | Submerged Hopes, Who Knew?
In Submerged Hopes, the hero makes a passing comment regarding learning about ancient naval warfare techniques in the Naval Academy. Here’s what I learned in my research! Sea power was critical in antiquity for the movement of troops, ammunition, food, and fodder, and...
by Chloe | Nov 6, 2020 | Submerged Hopes, Who Knew?
Divination: Tea Leaves, Entrails, & Hallucinogens, oh, my! Here’s something fun I learned from writing Submerged Hopes, which contains a scene in which the hero offers to tell the fortune of the heroine, from reading the dregs of her coffee cup. Nick, who knows...
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