Writing Life

The life most real to me. As evidenced by the preponderance of posts.

Are We Where Yet?

Are We Where Yet?

A friend was talking recently about how she has been writing some time, has done this, done that, and still doesn’t feel like much of a writer because ______. As I know this friend to be an awesome writer, I was surprised. Minutes later I read on Twitter that Maureen Johnson didn’t feel comfortable giving […]

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The Random Research Stage

The Random Research Stage

I’m working on Lukas and Alan for Goodreads. I’m researching a lot of things I didn’t know I was going to need to know. Rescued Greyhounds. Old cemeteries (and the difference between a cemetery and a churchyard!) Lightning strikes, Chinese Crested dogs, and the Underground Railroad. It’s a lot of fun. It’s also slow going,

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First They Came for the Erotica Writers…

First They Came for the Erotica Writers...

Quoting an email from Mark Coker of Smashwords: In case you haven’t heard, about two weeks ago, PayPal contacted Smashwords and gave us a surprise ultimatum:  Remove all titles containing bestiality, rape or incest, otherwise they threatened to deactivate our PayPal account. Smashwords has built their site around PayPal. They are negotiating, but PayPal holds all the

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New Story! Again. Oops, Except Not Really

New Story! Again. Oops, Except Not Really

I love writing. If you’ve been here more than five minutes, you probably know this. So I’m excited to announce that the Goodreads M/M Romance group is doing another writing/reading extravaganza (the same sort of event that caused the conception of Romeo and Julian) and I am again participating. I can’t wait to introduce everyone

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My Brain is a Compost Heap

And no, I don’t mean a sewer, though anyone who’s been around me a while knows I spend lots of time in the gutter. I was thinking of this today as I stumbled about YouTube looking for the music that Kolya will blast when he needs to escape. If you’re wondering why I’m poking at

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Business Cards?

So Vistaprint.com will send me 250 cards for free (though it’ll cost me $2 to keep them from printing their ad on the back, and $7 postage.) Anyone know a reason I shouldn’t go for it? Critiques of the card also appreciated!  

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Dithering About

Dithering About

So. I’ve got Queen’s Man headed back to me next week, but in the meantime I don’t have anything to work on. And even once I’ve got Joss back, it’s a polish edit. Getting too creative is a bad idea, as there comes a point in any creative work that one is just messing it

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