Wednesday, July 9, 2025

INTERVIEW: Historical Fiction Author Veronica Leigh



Veronica Leigh

Terre Haute, Indiana

USA



Good morning, Veronica, and welcome to Vision and Verse. What have you written? 

I in multiple genres: historical fiction, mysteries/crime fiction, horror fiction, fantasy fiction, and inspirational Christian essays. 



What is your favorite genre to write? 

Probably historical fiction. It’s the only way I can time travel since I haven’t been able to get my hands on a time travel machine. 



Favorite food. 

Pizza. I could eat it every day.        



Tea or coffee? 

Coffee, with a lot of flavored creamer.



Pizza or ice cream? 

I can’t decide, I love both dearly. What I need is for someone to come up with a pizza flavored ice cream. LOL!



Wine or beer or soda? 

I don’t drink alcohol, so soda. Root beers preferably.



Where would you like to visit? 

I’d love to go to England and visit Austen’s house and the Bronte Parsonage.



Favorite musical artist. Do you listen to music when you write?  What? 

My favorite singer is Judy Garland. I sometimes listen to movie soundtracks while I write. 



What makes you laugh? 

Animals…they’re adorable. They can always bring a smile to my face and make me laugh.



Favorite work of art or sculpture.
 

I love the portrait of Dido Belle Lindsay and Elizabeth Murray. It’s gorgeous. The story behind it all is equally fascinating. 



How old were you when you started writing? 

I wrote my first story when I was six years old; it didn’t have any words though so it was more of a picture book. I started writing more seriously, with publication in mind when I was eleven. 



Do you plan out your book with outlines and notecards? Or just writer? 

I generally do outlines, whether the piece is long or short. It’s rare for me to just sit down and write.



Describe your perfect evening. 

It’s springtime and I’m sitting on the front porch drinking tea, enjoying the quiet, reading and writing until it’s dark. 



Where do you get your inspiration? 

Usually when I’m at work and my mind is wandering, inspiration will strike. I’ll have an idea, or hear a phrase, or think of a description, and I’ll have to write myself a note so that I won’t forget. 


What do you do when you get a writer's block?

I it out and it eventually passes. In the mean time I revise an older story, or I read. As I said, it passes and the muse returns.



Who is your favorite author? 

Jane Austen. 


Best book you ever read. 

I have too many favorites to choose just one…The Bible, Pride and Prejudice, The Diary of Anne Frank, To Kill a Mockingbird…I return to those books time and time again. 


Last book you read. 

“Cecilia,” by Frances Burney. 



What would you do for a living if you weren’t a writer? 

What I do now: I’m a housekeeper at a nursing home. Though I’ve had many publishing successes the last couple of years, there’s no way I could live on what I make through writing. So, by day I’m a housekeeper and by night I’m a writer. 



Who is the one person who has influenced your personal life the most and why? 

Probably my mom. She gave me life, she is a fantastic mother, she’s been there for me during the good and the bad times, she’s always been supportive about my writing dreams. 





If you could sit down and have a conversation with ONE person, living or dead, real or fictional, who would it be and why? 

Probably Jane Austen. Though I’d be scared that she’d write a ridiculous character based on me and then generations of her fans would laugh at me. 


What advice would you give someone who aspired to be a writer? 

Never give up and step out of your comfort zone. Stepping out of my comfort zone, changing genres, trying something new – that’s how I found my little bit of success. 




Do you have anything you want to announce at this time?

The only think I have to announce/publicize is that sometime this year, hopefully this spring, I want to publish my novel, “The Judgment of Solomon” through Amazon KDP. But I’m still in the revision process, so there are no links or blurbs or covers just yet. 


Come back when The Judgment of Solomon comes out. Bring the cover and an excerpt for my readers! 


Do you have some links for us to follow you? 

Here are my social media handles:

http://veronicaleighauthor.wordpress.com

http://www.twitter.com/vlauthor

http://www.instagram.com/veronicaleighauthor


 















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Tuesday, July 8, 2025

BOOK REVIEW: SHE by Peter Brassett*


 









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Monday, July 7, 2025

ART: Salvador Resurrected by Parker Kaufman


 

This handsome, highly recognizable fellow is part of Texas Mixed Media Artist and our very own blog co-founder, Parker Kaufman’s “Faces” Collection, and surely would be one of Salvador’s favorite pieces if he has the opportunity to choose. 

This mixed media piece measures 8.5 x 11 and was made with PrismaColor pencil, textured, and printed cardstock. 

Sunday, July 6, 2025

SCHEDULE: July 7-11, 2025


 

Monday, July 7 - ART:
Salvador Reconstructed
by Parker Kaufman
Tuesday, July 8 - BOOK REVIEW:
SHE
by Pete Brassett
Wednesday, July 9 - INTERVIEW:
Historical Fiction Author
Veronica Leigh
Thursday, July 10 - TV TIME:
Dark Winds, Season Three
(AMC)
Friday, July 11 - BOOK:
Harper Ross
by Carol Ann Kauffman







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Friday, July 4, 2025

BOOK: The Captain and the Ambassador by Carol Ann Kauffman


 


Ambassador Tull Redmond is seeking a quick ride home to Earth after concluding her twenty-year mission as a peace negotiator. All she wants is peace, quiet, and to be left alone. She boards the Earth Starship Giuseppe Verdi with its questionable leader, Captain Ben Jacobs, anyway. It's the fastest way home. 

Her quarters has a full bath, a space view window, and a large, real bed! How bad could this rule-breaking, authority-defying Captain Casanova be? High Council hates him, true, but his crew loves him. 

Surely, she's too old and tired to be drawn into this bad boy of the quadrant's personal circus.

 
Will Ambassador Redmond get the quiet, uneventful ride home she craves?

Amazon Link:  https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B074569BDY



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Thursday, July 3, 2025

TV TIME: The Void (You Tube)


I am a huge fan of handsome, talented Adrian Paul of Highlander fame. He does not disappoint. So when I saw he was in this sci-fi movie with Amanda Tapping, I knew we had to watch it.

This was a straight to DVD disaster film from 2002. The premise is arrogant, rich guy nearly destroys Earth by forming a black hole in his laboratory in an attempt to make clean, cheap, renewable energy.












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Monday, June 30, 2025

ART: Mixed Media Artist Patrice Valle




“Botánica” is a mixed media expressive interpretation on an 11 x 14 panel by the talented American artist Patrice Valle. 
 



Sunday, June 29, 2025

SCHEDULE: June 30- July 4, 2025


 Monday, June 30 - ART:
Mixed Media Artist
Patrice Valle
Tuesday, July 1 - BOOK REVIEW:
The Italian Daughter
by Soraya Lane
Wednesday, July 2 - INTERVIEW:
Fantasy Mystery Author
Ryan Null
Thursday, July 3 - TV TIME:
The Void 
(YouTube)
Friday, July 4 - BOOK:
The Captain and the Ambassador
by Carol Ann Kauffman 







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Friday, June 27, 2025

BOOK: Dark Return, Belterra Book Two, by Carol Ann Kauffman




 

Dark Return is the sequel to Belterra, Time After Time, and takes place about ten years afterwards.


When Belterra was populated long ago by a select group of humans sent here by the ancients in the hope of saving the human race, the indigenous race of bat-like creatures called the Batrach were forced into the ocean and underground sea caves by a giant force field.


Over time the force field has weakened.


The Batrach have emerged from their watery prison and they want their planet back.


Dear Gentle Readers,

Belterra is my best selling novel in the Time After Time series. It takes place in a post-apocalyptic world where what is left of the human race begins again, but not quite at zero. Force fields, knowledge of herbal medicine and chemical drugs, and mobile communications are part of their lives.
It is the story of Neeka, daughter of the Lord of the Warrior Tribe, and Brandon, Lord of War. Talk about how your father doesn't like your boyfriend!
But Belterra is more than the story of two lovers from opposite sides of the track who face tremendous obstacles on the path to each other. It is the story of one woman who can see the potential in her country as a united country instead of four bickering factions.

Dark Return is the sequel. Neeka and Braedon have been married for about ten years. Their world has changed, but they have returned together. However, the bat-like creatures who once ruled the land have emerged from their watery prison and want their land back.

War and negotiations. Lies and truths. Love and betrayal. It's all here.  

Amazon Buy Link:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/b07kxjkw53?&tag=admarketus-20&ref=pd_sl_a8D975DCD87CB3907EB1425F74














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