Library Talk & Signing at the Fairfield Public Library Friday November 7, 2014 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm 261 Hollywood Ave, Fairfield, NJ 07004 (973) 227-3575 http://www.ffpl.org Madison Area Creator Fair at the Madison Public Library Sunday November 9, 2014 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm 39 Keep Street, Madison, NJ 07940 973-377-0722 www.MadisonNJLibrary.org … Continue reading →
We decided to spend this day in London and picked the Churchill War Room Museum, off Clive Steps, King Charles Street, near St James Park. In the late 1930s, as the prospect of another war on the scale of the Great War (WWI) appeared more likely, British military planners began to prepare for the expected … Continue reading →
Once there were thousands of large British manor homes scattered across Great Briton. Many have been razed, destroyed, fallen into ruin, but even into the 20th century they still had a storied history. During the First World War, Almina, the 5th Countess of Carnarvon, transformed Highclere Castle into a hospital, and patients began to arrive … Continue reading →
After we left Blenheim Palace and visited Churchill’s gravesite, we drove to Oxford for the afternoon. I wanted to see the town and walk through parts of Oxford University. It was about one hour’s drive from Blenheim Palace to Oxford located in Southeast England and best known for being the home of Oxford University, the … Continue reading →
I attended the Creatures, Crime & Creativity (C3) Con this last weekend outside Baltimore and it went well. C3 is a gathering of readers and writers of mystery, suspense, thriller, horror, sci-fi, fantasy and paranormal. I was on three panels (moderated one): Debut novels – So you’ve published your first book, now what? Moving an … Continue reading →
One of my major goals of the trip was to see some British manor homes. In a future story, one of my characters spends some time at a British manor home. We had visited Highclere Castle, Waddesdon Manor and now Blenheim Palace. Blenheim is situated in Oxfordshire, England. It is the principal residence of the … Continue reading →
After spending the morning at Highclere Castle, it’s back into the car for a drive to Waddesdon Manor. The original farmland for the Waddesdon Manor estate, several thousand acres was purchased by Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild (of the French banking dynasty) from the Duke of Marlborough in 1874. If you have visited the Palace of … Continue reading →
Earlier in September this year, I took my wife (Vina) and daughter (Cyrene) to Europe for 10 days. As with most things, I had multiple motives. First, I am planning to include some aspects of European life, specifically British manor homes, in my future writings and wanted to visit some of these homes. Second, as … Continue reading →
Bill Powers is author of The Pharm House a debut suspense/thriller from DonnaInk Publications. Purchase Your Copy of The Pharm House now available in E-book and hard copy format at: www.Amazon.com or www.DonnaInk.org 
“Youth is not a time of life—it is a state of mind. It is not a matter of red cheeks, red lips and supple knees. It is a temper of the will; a quality of the imagination; a vigor of the emotions; it is a freshness of the deep springs of life. Youth means a … Continue reading →