Posted in Silliness, Writing on April 30, 2009 | 2 Comments »
the following is a list of random ideas that have popped into my head or late night discussion within the past 24 hours:
racing slugs and slime-bys
radulation (what slugs do instead of licking/biting)
a portentous gown/dress
labyrinths and Greek keys
what if Kate from The Taming of the Shrew were a Regency Romance heroine, as told by the hero [...]
Posted in Conventions and signings on April 28, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Well, a large part of scheduling is now over: the publisher’s end is wrapped up with the finalization of signing details for August 15th at Murder by the book in Houston TX. Now it’s up to JJ and I to wrangle California into shape, starting with Los Angeles. Once that’s set, I’ll look at the [...]
Posted in Silliness, internet stuff on April 27, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Sooo… first there was a post by Warren Ellis that led to the Pubcrawler, a bicycle powered mobile bar in London.
That got me thinking about the local “spider bike” we frequently see crawling down the Burke-Gilman in good weather, so of course I had to find that. It turned out to be a [...]
Posted in Stuff about the book(s) on April 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »
With many thanks to my hubby for making the system do what I wanted, not what I said, there is finally an excerpt and cover up for Vanished. Whoohoo!
A few other things were tweaked (like more covers added to the cover gallery, though I missed the Russian cover… again), but I’m still working on the [...]
Posted in Silliness, ferrets, photos on April 24, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Rode the motorcycle for the first time today (new helmet and all) and had coffee with Andi Schechter. Then had to rush home to medicate Taz the ferret. Since he was being lazy, he decided to take his spoonful of medicine while hiding in the orange blanket (big favorite textile). Below the cut are [...]
Posted in Personal blither on April 22, 2009 | Comments Off
I’m very saddened to discover that writer and teacher Ken Rand died last night. I met him at my first pro con and along with other Northwest writers Ken Scholes and Louise Marley, he was the among the first of the local crowd to make me welcome in the community. I didn’t get [...]
Posted in Writing, book business, contests and give-aways on April 22, 2009 | Comments Off
While I know a lot of authors, I also know a lot of folks who aspire to be published authors and run around madly one month out of the year after being a hermit who lives with their laptop the other eleven. So for the people who are still pitching, here’s a little news.
Cheerios [...]
Posted in Personal blither, rant, stupidity on April 20, 2009 | 6 Comments »
I have just returned from the mailbox in which I found a Notice of Infraction from the Seattle PD’s Photo Enforcement unit. It’s a photo of my car on the morning of April 9th making a legal right turn at a red light while someone else in an unidentified black car runs the light. [...]
Posted in Cool writerly people, guest blogging, internet stuff on April 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I just love this… the question was “What is it about writing you enjoy so much?” (over at the Ravenous Romance magic bus tour.)
Inara LaVey: It’s the ultimate power trip. “I created you, I can destroy you! BWAHAHAHAHAH!!!!” Plus it’s just plain fun.
A woman after my own evil heart.
Posted in Writing on April 19, 2009 | Comments Off
It occurred to me recently that as a writer who constantly hopes to improve, a great deal of reading is now much less enjoyable than it used to be. You start to see the seams and joints, the structures, the homages, the little ways in which writers get clever (and possibly shouldn’t have.) [...]
Posted in Cool writerly people, guest blogging, internet stuff on April 18, 2009 | 6 Comments »
My darling buddy Dana Fredsti is kicking off the blog tour for the Ravenous Romance Ornery Eleven today at her blog, Zhadi’s Den. If you like your romance hot, hot, hot, it’s the place to be this weekend.
The blog tour schedule is near the bottom, so be sure to look all the way down… [...]
Posted in Silliness, Unbearable cuteness, ferrets on April 17, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Time for bathing beauty! Taz haz taken a bath (see pix under cut):
