A Very Gary Christmas – Dec 6
December 6th As he did every year, Ludwig dressed up as Saint Nicolaus and visited the school children to bring them sweets, fruit and idle threats. For the idle threats his neighbour Markus had dressed up as Nicolaus’ sidekick, Krampus, with scary horns, thick black fur and birch rods to whip the naughty children. They […]
A Very Gary Christmas – Dec 5
December 5th The next day, Ludwig went to the forest to look for a big Christmas tree that would fit into his barn nicely without looking too small. He and Anton had decided to have Christmas there, because it was big enough to hold most of the village. Another advantage was that they could hide […]
A Very Gary Christmas – Dec 4
December 4th Anton and Ludwig had talked long into the night and eventually the farmer had found out what the old man wanted: a big Christmas. One where the whole village would come together on Christmas Eve, like Austrians always do, and celebrate together. Ludwig certainly had doubts about how they would pull it off, […]
A Very Gary Christmas – Dec 3
December 3rd “Hello Anton, nice to see you; come in, come in,” Ludwig cheerfully greeted the old man who stood at the door. He led him straight into the warm farmhouse kitchen, where a wood-burning stove heated the whole room and most of the rest of the house as well. “Ludwig, I need your help,” […]
The Legends of Wiener Blut
Have you ever wondered where the legends came from? What inspired the books? Check out my blogpost over at Mythical Monday and find out! :) http://melissa-melsworld.blogspot.co.at/2014/07/mythical-monday-55.html
CASTING CALL for Danube Waves
It is podcasting time again! Whilst Danube Waves is with the editor, I thought I’d start with casting the podcast voices so that I have an easier time getting all the recordings in time and be not as stressed as I was last time. As a disclaimer I have to say that unfortunately I won’t […]
The Coffee Legacy
Here it is, the new title and the new cover: A while ago, I pulled both the published eBook and paperback of Wiener Blut from the internet. The reason was that I wanted to relaunch it, with a new name – mine as well as the book’s – and a new cover. Although the Podiobooks […]