Happy early christmas!
To Cherie J!Email me to collect your presents. My dear readers, that’s it for the blog this year. I have plans to make, books to edit, and a vacation in Cancun coming up. If you stop by while I’m gone, make yourself at home. Tell me your holiday plans, what you want for Christmas, and [...]
Early Christmas – the finale- Caressed by Ice
A special speed blog from Nalini Singh: It’s difficult to pin down one moment or instant that was the definitive inspiration for the Psy/Changeling series. I sat down one day with these two vivid characters in my head and three weeks later, I had a first draft. But there was an important story question that [...]
Early Christmas – day four- Perfidia
A special speed blog from Elspeth McKendrick: I’m fascinated by the ’20s, ’30s, and WWII era. My husand is of German descent and his grandmother received Nazi government read letters from her relatives prior to the war. BLOOD MOON OVER BRITAIN highlighted the Allied side of this war but what about the other side? What [...]
Early Christmas – day three – Voice of Crow
A special speed blog from Jeri Smith-Ready: I’ve always felt a spiritual and creative connection to crows and ravens, so when I became a writer, I wanted to honor them with a book that would show them in a positive light. I just had to find the right story. Then one day I thought, hey, [...]
Early Christmas – day two – Tempting Danger
Special speed blog from Eileen Wilks: The question writers hear most often is, “Where do you get your ideas?” With Tempting Danger, the answer seems obvious. A little over a year ago I wrote a novella called “Only Human” that drove me distracted . It did not want to be a novella—the characters and their [...]
Early Christmas – day one – Driven
First, here’s a special speed blog by Eve Kenin: DRIVEN was inspired by a confluence of ideas. Joss Whedon’s amazing series, Firefly, with its vicious Reavers, do-what-needs-to-be-done captain, and cast of quirky and fascinating characters was part of my inspiration. Also, at the time, I was just getting into Manga and Anime (Trigun, Full Metal [...]
looking ahead
As most of you have gathered from the minor tweak of my blog design and my lack of a T13 yesterday, I’m retiring that meme. I had a good run, but deep down, I’m always looking for the next shiny. Next week, I have something cool planned. I’m calling it Early Christmas, and I’ll be [...]
Author classifications
During my time on the internet, I’ve observed some patterns that I felt the need to record for posterity. Based on behavior, an author’s classification may shift. In some cases, people go along the scale, passing these phases in the development of their writing paths. Other times, writers jump around a bit, before getting stuck [...]
hot emo boys, you say?
Apparently, people come here looking for different things. Here’s the top ten searches this month:#1 LOLCats (check)#2 BJ jokes (there was the one about the penguin and the seal…) #3 Laura Bradford + agent (Just email me. I’ll be happy to answer questions, so you don’t have to lurk, hoping for tidbits of info)#4 lite [...]
My bookmarks, let me show you them
More show and tell today. These are the bookmarks that will be available at various events, starting with RT. I’d only intended to get a few hundred, but since Bettie did such an amazing job on them, I’m definitely getting a bunch. What do you think? Pretty hot, right? The Bettie of whom I speak [...]