We saw the Terra Cotta Warriors. I acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land we have gathered on today. I pay my respects to t...

Radu (not in picture) loves Istanbul.  Dracula Unleashed takes place all over the world. I've been lucky enough to travel to some of...

Crater Lake, Oregon We had cocktails at the Grand Californian at Disneyland! I've had a busy spring, including some fantast...

Again, the challenge was to write, just write. Not think, not edit, not change anything. As a result, I present: Quest Accepted ...

Last year was a rough one here at the Charming-Mercury household. As I result, I lost my love of writing and shut down.  Quite fran...

Behold what I found in the depths of my filing cabinet.  When I was a young Ms. Mercury, I knew I wanted to write and I knew I wanted ...

The Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix, Arizona is a magical place. Upstairs, each country on each continent is represented by the...

Sacher Torte is very civilized. And sexy. Let's get started on having the love life you want. :) I recommend having this conversatio...

Darla's sweet and smart short story Darla Luke, a wr.iter of formidable insight, told me that I had a Bohemian life. And I went, ...

Eh. I'm too tired to write anything intelligent and carefully researched. Have some pictures of Pompeii. The best tasting octupus eve...

Flowers on the mound.  I've been putting off my blogging. I was going to get "serious" and write about my writing process....