Today, the Supreme Court is hearing a case that almost no one in America has heard about, and everyone who buys and sells online SHOULD know! Ebay, Etsy, Craigslist, and even the old-fashioned garage sale are under threat from big business…who wants to make sure that consumers do not have the right to re-sell things…
Read More Kirtsaeng vs John Wiley & Sons, and why you should careOkay, okay, so I grabbed this off the HuffPo site after a friend frantically texted me about it. My first thought was ‘Oh, noes, the Joss has Drunk the Powdered Poison-laced Artifical Beverage!!’ But I just couldn’t see that from the man who made Buffy and Browncoats. And I was right. Go. Watch. Laugh. And…
Read More Joss Whedon endorses Romney apocalypseCompiling plot change notes on COLD COMFORT. 18K that I’m happy with on MORO’S SHIELD, with another 11K to be condensed from notes. BLOODSHADOW in revision. I’m holding off on MASK and LEOPARD until I finish SHIELD. I kicked all short stories out of the way for now, since I don’t need any more plotbunnies underfoot. The…
Read More October 26 updates…so, I’m just going to post the link to Toni McGee Causey’s blog post about why we need ‘escapist’ fiction. http://www.murderati.com/blog/2008/11/23/comfort-reading.html Many times in my life, books have carried me through some rough real-life situations. Maybe they were not all brilliant literary examples. But they told me stories that transcended the world, for just long…
Read More I could not say this so wellThe Gods of Random (or at least the generators of Random.org) have declared two winners in this weekend’s comment contest: The necklace goes to Emily W. The ebook goes to Judi P. In Emily’s case, I’ll need a deliverable mailing address (no P.O. Box please). For Judi, I just need your preferred ebook format, since…
Read More ‘No Pouting’ Party contest winners!A quick break from the ‘No Pouting’ Party. Like every blog, this one gets spammed. Often. Most of the time the spam filters lock it up, but I go through occasionally to see if there are useful nuggets. If I get several dozen great ones, they might become further chopped up and turned into art.…
Read More The ongoing spam collectionAs GayRomLit winds down in Albuquerque, the ‘No Pouting’ Party seems to be puttering along with excerpts, comments, and contest wins. I’ll post two lists of entrants later tonight, and draw via Random.org tomorrow morning. (Hint, hint, there’s still time to put your name down for an ebook or a necklace.) I’m grateful for the…
Read More October 21 updates(I loaded these snippets as part of a four-day online celebration in tandem with the GayRomLit 2012 retreat. Now that the conference is over, the Moro snippets are going back into the outtake vault.) If a blank space bothers you, imagine daffodils:
Read More ‘No Pouting’ Party, day three: character interview, R rating for sexual content(Now that GayRomLit is over, these snippets are going back in the outtake vault, where they may or may not show up in finished manuscripts.) If a blank space bothers you, imagine lilies:
Read More “No Pouting’ Party Day 2: Attack of the SnippetsI am not a brilliant artist. I’m a 20 year veteran of commercial art and decor, so I know some insider tips and tricks that make my attempts look better than they should. But like many writers, I want to know what my characters look like, even if it’s just for my own sanity. Sometimes…
Read More ‘No Pouting’ Party, day 1, artworkThe 2012 ‘No Pouting’ Party begins tonight at 12:00 am, Pacific Standard Time in the U.S. Most of the action will be centered around Selena Illyria’s Offerings Yahoo Group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LoveRomancesCafe/cal There will be over 100 authors participating, with dozens of amazing prizes and exclusives. To celebrate with other authors who could not get to GayRomLit in…
Read More Revving up for the ‘No Pouting’ PartyPeter Salomon and the ever-wonderful, ever-incognito Authoress just sent me word that they mentioned me on Authoress’ blog ‘Miss Snark’s First Victim’. I’d written to the blog in July, just before Moro’s Price was published, thanking Authoress for indirectly helping me to refinine my loglines and query letters. I’d built the original story around a…
Read More some good news sharedCourtesy of Missy Welsh and Selena Illyria, an online party for writers of LGBT fiction. I’ll be posting excerpts from the editing room floor, links to artwork, and a chance to win a free e-book copy of MORO’S PRICE as well as a beaded necklace made by yours truly. I’ve pasted in the original message…
Read More “No Pouting Party” @ Selena Illyria’s Offerings Yahoo GroupCertain movies, TV shows, books, and bands are deeply-held secrets between true fans. Sure, these secrets might be largely mocked and/or misunderstood outside of geekdom, but we don’t care. We have our own fan groups, our own hidden languages, our own shared recognition of something amazing. For the longest time, J.R.R.Tolkien was one of those…
Read More geek culture touchstones(Stands up, taps microphone, and says “Hi, I’m Crane Hana, and I’m addicted to world building.” Nine or ten other frazzled patients respond, “Hi, Crane.”) Now that I’ve got that out of the way, here’s why I am addicted. First off, maps. Maps are wicked cool. They’ve had a bad rap in fantasy publishing recently,…
Read More Maps and world buildingOnce upon a time, music was a crutch I needed before I could write at all. Like good chocolate and tea, or the perfect writing environment, the right music was part of many little rituals to activate my reluctant muses. I don’t write to music very much these days. The muses and I have reached…
Read More soundtracks‘Maestro’ complete at 2800 words. Revisions on ‘The Black Wave’. Refined first two chapters of MORO’S SHIELD, sent rough synopsis to editor. Research Russian resort cities for COLD COMFORT. Epiphany on BLOODSHADOW: a way to cut another 5K off this 122K behemoth, and start the story faster. Character and plot outlines for an untitled fantasy…
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