I’m stoked to announce that my newest coloring book Coloring To Relax Mandalas & Geometric Patterns Volume 2 is now available! It’s got 30 illustrations of various designs.
How does coloring help? Isn’t that just for children? Psychologist Gloria Martinez Ayala recently discussed why it’s so important for adults as well as children. She was interviewed by the Huffington Post where she said: “The relaxation that it provides lowers the activity of the amygdala, a basic part of our brain involved in controlling emotion that is affected by stress.”
So what does that mean? It means by immersing ourselves in one activity that our energies are totally focused, our brains are not focused on the things that stress us out. This is quite true. It does work.
We all lead very busy lives with work commitments, family and health issues. There is so much going on. We neglect the one thing we should not and that is ourselves. We need to MAKE time for ourselves. In between writing fiction, I color my own designs or buy coloring books geared towards adults although the children’s coloring books take me back a few years. It gives me pleasure and hours of fun!
When we were children (and for some of us, that may be some time ago), we found enjoyment in creating art by coloring. We spent many hours hunched over our coloring books with crayons (or pencils and/or markers). We found pleasure in the simple act of coloring in.
What has happened since then? We grew up. We abandoned the simple pleasure of immersing ourselves in our coloring efforts. Life has knocked us around. Okay time to get back to what makes us happy and to forget our troubles, even for a short while.
Break out your favorite coloring pencils/crayons / paints – however you want to do it, do it!
Book Viral has reviewed my latest novel “Nor The Battle To The Strong” – Check it out
The Intertwined Souls Series has come a long way since Brooks first released In The Blood Of The Greeks and her many fans were right to have high expectations of her latest release. Over the course of five previous award-winning LGBT novels, we’ve seen Eva and Zoe grow as she teases out every shadow and nuance of their characters. We’ve been voyeurs to a deeply felt love story that’s been told with an exquisite eye for detail, but none of this quite prepares you for Nor The Battle To The Strong. Writing in a niche genre such as Lesbian Romance whilst garnering broader appeal is never easy and yet this is exactly what Brooks does, delivering a story that is sensuous, intelligent and sophisticated. As with previous releases, she delivers plot complexity in strikingly personal terms, but here she adds another level of poignancy as she highlights the contrasts between who Eva and Zoe are now and the past to which they are again drawn.
Making for a richly observed narrative and another wonderful read in the Intertwined Souls Series, Nor The Battle To The Strong proves an excellent release in the Historical Lesbian Romance sub-genre and is recommended without reservation.
NEW RELEASE: Nor The Battle To The Strong – It’s been a long time in the making but my 6th novel “Nor The Battle To The Strong” has been released on ebook and soon to be in print.
Will Justice For One Have Life Threatening Repercussions For Many?
On the night of November 9, 1938 in Berlin, Germany a teenager’s life was forever changed. Sent to the village of Aiden at the foothills of the Bavarian Alps, body and mind were shattered in the brutal Aiden Research Facility. Eighteen years later, Eva Lambros is no longer a teenager but a wealthy heiress. She is poised and confident with the family she has always wanted but there is one last obstacle she must overcome. Together with her partner, the formidable Zoe Lambros, they travel to Aiden to open a memorial to the hundreds of souls that lost their lives. Aiden left Eva with debilitating mental constraints that have taken years to overcome but is she ready to confront and overcome her greatest fear?
Zoe not only has to contend with Eva’s state of mind, but she is also pulled into a mystery that involves a woman’s search for justice amidst shocking revelations that reaches into the upper echelons of Aiden society.
The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong…
I think this is such a great idea – The Taste of Tales (I even love the name of the blog!) has reviewed Where Shadows Linger and they a brilliant way of making the review unique.
They take a dish mentioned in the book and give the recipe! I’m not a cook (I’m with Eva on this…I let others dazzle me with their talent) but I’m tempted to try and make the Galaktoboureko (which is one of Eva’s favourite desserts and super yummy)
Hop on over to The Taste of Tales and find out how to make Galaktoboureko!
Sallie’s Book Reviews blog interviews authors about their books. Sallie suggested I do an interview with one of the characters of the Intertwined Souls Series.
Interesting.
So I chose Zoe (who as we all know is not short of a word).
Interview with Zoe Lambros by Mary D. Brooks, author of In the Blood of the Greeks has now been posted on Sallie’s site.
What questions are there for Zoe to answer?
1. Tell us a little about yourself and your background
2. Do you have a nickname?
3. How did it feel when you first realized that you had tender feelings for someone that you hated so passionately? I don’t imagine that it would have sat comfortably with you, knowing that anything you feel, you feel strongly
4. Did you wrestle with this new feeling that was incompatible with your existing attitude towards Eva and was it a conscious choice to allow that feeling to gradually develop?
5. Was there a definite point that you can identify where you yielded to love and decided to let any remaining hatred towards Eva be washed away by that love?
6. Let’s talk about Eva a bit more – When you think of Eva, what comes into your mind?
7. It’s obvious they didn’t succeed since you’re with Eva now, right?
8. What makes you laugh out loud?
9. You have a motorcycle but you no longer ride, are you ever going to ride a motorcycle again?
10. When you think of home, what’s your favorite memory?
11. What is the best Christmas present you have given to Eva?
I was on on Chatting with Sherri radio show on the 18th June! Tune to find out more about the upcoming radio play based on my novella “A Widgie Knight” featuring the voices of Eva, Zoe, Henry, Earl and the rest of the spectacular cast of characters from the novels. I’m really looking forward to hearing the play. Recently listened to some audition audio clips that was so much fun.
Chatting With Sherri Welcome talented author and playwright Mary D Brooks!
I am so honored that my friend Mary D. Brooks has allowed me to present her beloved characters Zoe and Eva in my next radio play for upcoming Sherri’s Playhouse radio play “A Widgie Knight” – Eva protects the woman that she loves and becomes a Widgie Knight!
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I’m stoked to announce that my newest coloring book Coloring To Relax Mandalas & Geometric Patterns Volume 2 is now available! It’s got 30 illustrations of various designs.
Book Viral has reviewed my latest novel “Nor The Battle To The Strong” – Check it out
I think this is such a great idea – 
Sallie’s Book Reviews blog interviews authors about their books. Sallie suggested I do an interview with one of the characters of the Intertwined Souls Series.
