July 2025 – Teagan's Books
7 posts published by Teagan Riordain Geneviene during July 2025| Teagan's Books
7 posts published by Teagan Riordain Geneviene during July 2025| Teagan's Books
October 22, 2025 Hello, everyone. Welcome to Whatnot Wednesday. I hope your week has been good so far. It wouldn’t be a “Whatnot” without the Scoobies. Although, those two cats are being lazy today. This year, Daphne has taken to occupying the hammock that’s beside my desk-chair whenever I work at the computer. That’s her … More Whatnot Wednesday & CFFC Vintage Food Market Photos| Teagan's Books
Thursday, October 16, 2025 Hello, everyone. Today most of my doors are written, doors made of words. I invite you to open this door into the simpler world of my fantasy, “Dead of Winter.” There are many doors in the world I built for this epic story. Some open to frightening unknowns, others open to … More #ThursdayDoors to an October Excerpt| Teagan's Books
Saturday, October 11, 2025 In the predawn stillness, after a night of tossing and turning, with unpleasant dreams during the scant moments of sleep, a woman finally drifted in peaceful slumber. However, elsewhere in the house… “Velma, did you know that when Yummy Human was kitten-age there was a famous cat singer named Steven? It’s … More Caturday Morning’s Broken: Scoobies Song Parody| Teagan's Books
“Teagan Riordain Geneviene’s Speak Flowers and Fans: A Dictionary of Floriography and Fanology is just that kind of book — one that enchants, teaches, and lingers.”| Teagan's Books
Posts about Dance of Discord written by Teagan Riordain Geneviene| Teagan's Books
Saturday, May 31, 2025 Welcome back to our new serial story, The Dance of Discord. It’s hard to believe we’re already up to episode-7. Here is a link to the previous episode, which c…| Teagan's Books
Monday, October 6, 2025 Hello, world. Sometimes you get a real Monday of a Monday, but today it’s a marvelous Monday! I knew I was going to be at Teri Polen’s fabulous month of Halloween interview posts (Bad Moon Rising), but I was happily surprised to be featured in Dan Antion’s CFFC Photo Challenge. Heartfelt … More Marvelous Monday: I’m at #BadMoonRising AND at Dan Antion’s blog| Teagan's Books
Wednesday, October 1, 2025 Hello, all. It’s no longer a secret… Winter is coming — Again. For years, I’ve wanted to combine the entire series “Dead of Winter” into one volume. When current events made my story even more relevant, I had to do it. When I started writing this epic back in 2010, a … More Announcing — Dead of Winter Omnibus #EpicFantasy (& audiobook), & 10th Anniversary Bad Moon Rising| Teagan's Books
Saturday, September 27, 2025 Here’s a little teaser This video is intentionally incongruous for an epic fantasy book. I hope it tickles your funny bone. Cover Reveal Due to changes with Amazon KDP (publishing) rule changes, this will only be available in e-book. I’ll share more next month. Thanks for visiting. Hugs! ♦ ♦ ♦ This is … More Coming October 1st, and Cover Reveal| Teagan's Books
Thursday, September 25, 2025 I’m blessed to have made many long-lasting, long-distance friendships through the WordPress blogging community. One of those is Roberta Eaton Cheadle. This morning, she posted a marvelous review of my steampunk-fantasy “The Alchemist and the Woman in Trousers.” Click the big blue link below for Robbie Cheadle’s wonderful post. Click for … More #ThursdayDoors to Friendship, & a #BookReview| Teagan's Books
Tuesday, September 23, 2025 Daphne: I’m confused. I thought “Whatnots” were for Wednesdays… but Yummy Human has a Whatnot post and it’s still Tuesday. She said some…| Teagan's Books
Founder of the Three Things Method of Storytelling Teagan Ríordáin Geneviene is certain that “the pen is in your hand.” After a life shaped by the tragedy of losing a sibling to Munchausen Syndrom…| Teagan's Books
10 posts published by Teagan Riordain Geneviene during June 2025| Teagan's Books
5 posts published by Teagan Riordain Geneviene during September 2025| Teagan's Books
Wednesday, September 17, 2025 It’s been a long time since I did a short story, so let’s get right to it. The Book Found on the Subway There was nothing particularly momentous about the moment that changed my life. It was an accidental discovery, though an incredible one — an invasion. Not one country invading … More Whatnot Wednesday Short Story| Teagan's Books
Saturday, September 13, 2025 Hello, everyone. It’s good to see you here. Today I have floriography trivia for the month of September. This month is represented by two different flowers: …| Teagan's Books
September 9, 2025 Hello, everyone. I had expected to be reblogging the fourth in my series about Writing with the Senses (Taste), but something must have gone wrong at the other side. So, I’…| Teagan's Books
Saturday, September 6, 2025 Hello all. It’s Caturday, and the Scoobies have taken over this post. Hi, Velma. The sofa back isn’t one of your usual perches. What’s going on? …| Teagan's Books
Tuesday, September 2, 2025 Hi, everyone. I hope your week is off to a terrific start. First, I must share a delightful review from author D. L. Finn on my story The Dance of Discord. You can fi…| Teagan's Books
Saturday, August 23, 2025 Follow me: Carry fan in right hand in front of face. Welcome, all. I hope you’re having a wonderful weekend. I didn’t have much to report, but I still wante…| Teagan's Books
11 posts published by Teagan Riordain Geneviene during May 2025| Teagan's Books
Wednesday, August 13, 2025 Hello all. Congratulations. You’ve made it to the top of the midweek hump. Here’s another Whatnot Wednesday, staring the Scoobies. But first… here&…| Teagan's Books
Saturday, August 9, 2025 Did you know that yellow flowers can symbolize friendship? Did you know that tulips can represent sunshine and smiles? So, yellow tulips can make a lovely “thank yo…| Teagan's Books
Saturday, August 2, 2025 We’ve made it to the weekend as well as the start of a new month. Happy August. Today I have a little vignette for you. It’s a steampunk fantasy “slice…| Teagan's Books
Wednesday, July 30, 2025 Welcome, all. I know that many of us are in dire need of positive things. So, I’m giving you fair warning. This post is bleak. If you need sunshine and rainbows, …| Teagan's Books
Saturday, July 26, 2025 Velma: Yummy Human, you aren’t making any sense. Welcome, all. After the past year or more of repeatedly thinking a book would be ready “any minute now”…| Teagan's Books
Wednesday, July 23, 2025 Welcome to a special “Christmas in July” feature of Re-Inventionators. The Santa android just surfed in to help welcome today’s guest. Some people go …| Teagan's Books
Saturday, May 25, 2024 Splish-splash, I was taking a bathLong about a Caturday night, yeahWashin’ toes, relaxin’ in my hammockThinkin’ everything was alright… Then along cam…| Teagan's Books
Wednesday, July 16, 2025 Hello, everyone. If you hoped the “Re-Inventionator” androids would be back… (It’s okay to hear that in Arnold’s voice if you want.) Then yo…| Teagan's Books
Wednesday, July 9, 2025 Welcome, all. I’m excited to have another guest for the “Re-Inventionators” series where readers are sharing their personal stories about life-changes an…| Teagan's Books
Saturday, July 5, 2025 Yesterday was “Independence Day” in the USA. Considering the setting of this serial, it seems like the appropriate moment to conclude the story — even thou…| Teagan's Books
Sunday, June 29, 2025 This is the weirdest birthday party ever. It isn’t even my birthday quite yet, but everything feels bizarre right now, so I’m rolling with the weirdness. I want to…| Teagan's Books
Friday, June 27, 2025 Welcome, all. There won’t be a serial episode this weekend (or week). I hope to have it finished by next weekend. That will be the final episode of The Dance of Disc…| Teagan's Books
Wednesday, June 25, 2025 Hello, everyone. The “Re-Inventionator” robots are on hand again. Life can be a smooth, steady ride for some people. For others, come hell or high water, t…| Teagan's Books
Sunday, June 22, 2025 Welcome back to our new serial story, The Dance of Discord. Isn’t it wonderful when serendipity comes along? Recently, fellow author D. L. Finn released a new collecti…| Teagan's Books
Friday, June 20, 2025 Tim Price wrote a beautiful song called “The Storm.” I was flattered when he asked me to sing it. The lyrics caught my imagination, and I couldn’t resist m…| Teagan's Books
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 Hello, everyone. I hope you’ve had a good week so far. Today I have my first guest in the Re-Inventionators series of posts I mentioned a couple of weeks ago. Thes…| Teagan's Books
Saturday, June 14, 2025 Welcome back to our little spy serial story, The Dance of Discord. We’ve arrived at episode-9. Where does the time go? But first, I’m wishing a happy Father&#…| Teagan's Books
Wednesday, June 11, 2025 Video above is the Talking Apple Trees scene from The Wizard of Oz “No tree, it is said, can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell.”― Carl Jung Whatnot Wednesd…| Teagan's Books
Saturday, June 7, 2025 Welcome back to our new serial story, The Dance of Discord. Time really does fly — we’ve arrived at episode-8. A bit of history A bit of food and language trivia t…| Teagan's Books
Wednesday, June 4, 2025 Whatnot Wednesday Hello, all. The Scoobies are on hand to help us over the midweek hump. They’re my dearest whatnots. In their conversation Daphne (left) and Velma …| Teagan's Books
Tuesday, May 27, 2025 Hello, everyone. This post contains several “Whatnots.” It’s a hodgepodge. To begin, here are a couple of whimsical limericks, inspired by Robbie’s …| Teagan's Books
Friday, May 23, 2025 Hello one and all. Monday will be Memorial Day in the USA. We generally celebrate the whole weekend, so I’m highlighting it today, in honor of those who lost their li…| Teagan's Books
Sunday, May 18, 2025 Welcome, to my humble sanctuary. This is not a poem — I don’t write poetry. Maybe a rhyme or if I put my mind to it, an occasional limerick, but I wouldn’t even k…| Teagan's Books
Wednesday, May 14, 2025 Welcome back to our serial story, The Dance of Discord. No, you aren’t mistaken. I’ve posted a serial episode midweek, rather than on the weekend. Remember t…| Teagan's Books
Monday, March 31, 2025 Hello, everyone. I’m posting a couple of days early, because I want to give myself some extra time before the end of this week. I’ve tried and failed, and tried…| Teagan's Books
Saturday, May 10, 2025 Welcome, all. I don’t have an installment of our serial, The Dance of Discord, ready for this weekend. Although, as this is a holiday weekend in the USA (MotherR…| Teagan's Books
Thursday, May 8, 2025 Welcome, all. Some of you know that I enjoy slang — well not the modern-day stuff, but the slang that’s even older than me. Lately those fun words have been on my mind…| Teagan's Books
Wednesday, May 7, 2025 Welcome, everyone. Yes, I said “cover reveal,” but no, this time it is not one of my books. Recently, when Dan Antion asked me if I’d like to do the cover…| Teagan's Books
Saturday, May 3, 2025 Welcome back to our new serial story, The Dance of Discord. We’ve arrived at episode-4. Here are links to the previous episodes 1: Afoot, 2: A Note , and 3: A Code. …| Teagan's Books
Thursday, May 1, 2025 Welcome, all. Like many others in the WordPress community, I’ve been looking forward to Dan Antion’s Thursday Doors Writing Challenge. This is my first offering …| Teagan's Books
Saturday, April 26, 2025 Welcome back to our new serial story, The Dance of Discord. We’ve arrived at episode-3. Here are links to the previous episodes 1: Afoot, and 2: A Note. A few rea…| Teagan's Books
Tuesday, April 22, 2025 Welcome to my sanctuary. Sit down and relax with me for a moment. Photographer, songwriter, and critter-dad, Timothy Price did a re-write of his original song “Mome…| Teagan's Books
Saturday, April 19, 2025 Welcome back to our new serial story, The Dance of Discord. We’re at episode-2. (You can read the beginning of this early 1900s spy story here.) Once again, I had…| Teagan's Books
Wednesday, April 17, 2025 Whatnot Wednesday Special thanks to author Teri Polen for reading A Peril in the Vines and mentioning it in her post this morning! Whatnot with the Scoobies Velma: DonR…| Teagan's Books
Saturday, April 5, 2025 Happy weekend, everyone. This is a writing process post (but episode-1 is below as a refresher or if anyone missed it). I’m sharing as an illustration of the level …| Teagan's Books
Wednesday, April 9, 2025 Velma: Haha! I’ve got the hammock! Daphne: Suit yourself. That string is going to start moving on its own just like the furry bird does — and I’m going to be …| Teagan's Books
Saturday, April 5, 2025 Are you ready to play? Welcome, to the premier episode of Dance of Discord, my brand-new serial story. It’s driven by sets of 3 random things that are supplied by yo…| Teagan's Books
Saturday, March 22, 2025 All aboard! The Scoobies and I are celebrating the publication of my steampunk fantasy novel: The Alchemist and the Woman in Trousers: A Cornelis Drebbel Adventure Why c…| Teagan's Books
Thursday, March 20, 2025 Hello, all. First, let me apologize for all the “break” images and symbols. I had to put images between paragraphs to make WordPress stop jamming all of my te…| Teagan's Books
Saturday, March 15, 2025 Hello, all. Wonderland has been on my mind a lot lately. Many days, I sort of feel like I’m there. Maybe I’ll do a cover/tribute of White Rabbit… Anyh…| Teagan's Books
Wednesday, March 12, 2025 Hello, all. This post is a hodgepodge of things about one of my favorite inventors, Cornelis Drebbel. Born in Alkmaar, Holland, but famous throughout Europe and the UK d…| Teagan's Books
Saturday, March 8, 2025 Would it surprise you if I said my favorite cartoon as a kid was Scooby-Doo? Considering that my feline companions are Velma and Daphne, even those of you who don’t k…| Teagan's Books
Wednesday, March 5, 2025 Hello, one and all. welcome to both Wednesday and Thursday. My main “whatnot” for today is small talk. Put that on your backburner, let it simmer, and then I…| Teagan's Books
Thursday, February 20, 2025 Hello, all. As we approach the end of the week, here’s a song that is just, well… bizarre. Although it goes with the rest of the post. I was going to make…| Teagan's Books
Thursday, February 13, 2025 Hello, everyone. Do you love the idea of a secret room? Well, those rooms must have doors. This closed/open door is in Toronto. It conceals a panic room, a safety f…| Teagan's Books
Saturday, February 8, 2025 Hi there, everyone. Simmer down — it isn’t Valentine’s Day yet. There’s still time to get flowers or make a card for your significant other. I’…| Teagan's Books
Wednesday, February 5, 2025 Hello, everyone. Years ago, when I started publishing books and serials in the steampunk genre, I discovered that a lot of readers weren’t familiar with steampunk…| Teagan's Books
Saturday, February 1, 2025 Hello, everyone. February is already here. Thanks for clicking over to spend part of the first day of the month here. WordPress continues to make my way of editing/cre…| Teagan's Books
Wednesday, January 29, 2025 Welcome. How are you? To be perfectly honest, I’m overwhelmed. Toilets needing repair, major exterior work needing to be done (but no one willing to do the wor…| Teagan's Books
Wednesday, January 22, 2025 Video “Joy to the World” performed by Three Dog Night, 1971 Hello, all. To help us over the midweek hump, that’s a blast from the past (1971) with Thr…| Teagan's Books
Saturday, January 18, 2025 Welcome, one and all. I hope everyone is having a good weekend. It’s a good thing that I’m not a “light weight” because I’m at two bars to…| Teagan's Books
This is my submission for the Thursday Doors Badge Contest.It’s more of a formality than a post, so comments are closed| Teagan's Books
Monday, January 13, 2025 Hello, everyone. Thanks for clicking over to spend part of your day here. You’re right — this is not my usual day or time of day to post. However, I wanted th…| Teagan's Books
Thursday, January 9, 2025 Welcome, all. What’s a blogger-author to do when two fun things are going on during the same day? Why, combine the post, of course. Announcing… A Peril in…| Teagan's Books
Wednesday, January 8, 2025 Yesterday I was taken by delighted surprise when Olga Núñez Miret did a review of the latest addition to my Author Tool Chest collection — “Real Steampunkery …| Teagan's Books
Saturday, January 4, 2025 Hello, all. I hope your New Year is off to a great start. I began by diving back to the work lineup that Amazon KDP derailed when they held up Real Steampunkery Tech. B…| Teagan's Books
New Year’s Day, 2025 Velma: Jinkies, Daphne…there it goes… Daphne: Goodbye 2024. Jeepers… Yummy Human seems worried. If we play our cards right, we might get double tre…| Teagan's Books
Saturday, December 28, 2024 Hello everyone, I hope the holiday season is treating you well. Since I usually post on Saturday and Wednesday, this should be my final blog post of the year. I’m…| Teagan's Books
Saturday, December 21, 2024 Blessings of the solstice, to everyone here. Although it barely feels like autumn at my home, in the hemisphere where I live, it is now officially winter. I’ve a…| Teagan's Books
Thursday, December 12, 2024 Hello, one and all. welcome to both Wednesday and Thursday. My mind is racing around into a whatnot tangle, so I decided to combine the two days for one post. Pardon …| Teagan's Books
Saturday, December 14, 2024 Hello, one and all. I know that I’ve been talking about Lulu quite a bit… but being around her is such fun. Unless you’ve been following my blog for …| Teagan's Books
Thursday, December 12, 2024 Hello, one and all. I realize that Thursday Doors is supposed to have a Christmas theme this week… But including Lulu and her holiday story is about as close as I…| Teagan's Books
Monday, December 9, 2024 Welcome, all. I prefer to only post twice a week, but I had some heavy “ponderating” on my mind. I guess I needed to give it voice. You could also consider t…| Teagan's Books
Saturday, December 7, 2024 Hello, all. I hope you’ve had a great week. I’m dusting off another song-inspired short story. This one is from 2023. The cheerfulness of the song is not l…| Teagan's Books
Wednesday, December 4, 2024 Hello, everyone. Today I have random whatnots about Lulu. Have you met Lulu? She’s a wonderfully uninhibited flapper in the Diesel Era of the 1920s. Whenever she…| Teagan's Books
Saturday, July 20, 2024 Welcome back to Christmas in July! I hope everyone has been having a wonderful week. If it wasn’t all sweetness, then this is the place to have some fun. I havenR…| Teagan's Books
Wednesday, December 3, 2022 Welcome, everyone. Recently, when Dan Antion told me the title of the book he was writing, I was intrigued. “A Bridge to Nowhere” — who wouldn’…| Teagan's Books
Saturday, July 13, 2024 Welcome back to Christmas in July! While not exactly sad, many “winter holiday” songs are serious. My question to you is this: “What’s your favori…| Teagan's Books
Wednesday, July 10, 2024 Welcome, everyone. It’s been a while since I did a writing process post, so let’s get cooking! (I couldn’t resist the pun.) Adding food to the story can…| Teagan's Books
