Tag: Coffee Time Romance

  • Write! Promptly! Writing Prompt! Free Workshop, Having Fun with Writing Prompts

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    Have you always wanted to write?  Are you already a writer, but stalled in getting words on the page?  Are you a working author who needs some exercises to keep limber?  Just looking for a good time?  ~leer~

    Well, you\’ve come to the write place.  Join me at Coffee Time Romance, the award-winning forum for readers and authors.  For the next two weeks, June 12th through June 25th, I\’ll be your facilitator for \”Having Fun with Writing Prompts.\”  Together, we\’ll play on the page, write a lot, and just keep ourselves occupied with words.  Lots, and lots, and lots of words.

    Sound like fun?  Great!  Join me!

    Coffee Time Romance Forum,
    \”Having Fun with Writing Prompts,\”
    Facilitated by A. Catherine Noon

  • When \”What He Said\” Isn\’t Enough – Free Workshop Coming February 2016 on Coffee Time Romance

    When \”What He Said\” Isn\’t Enough – Free Workshop Coming February 2016 on Coffee Time Romance

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    Free Workshop,Writing M/M Romance – When \”What He Said\” Isn\’t Enough

    Writing M/M romance, or \”male/male\” romance, came about in the late 1960\’s (probably much earlier, but that\’s when folks admit to it), written largely by and for women. It has its roots in the fan communities and stories were mimeographed, (anybody remember those?), to be passed around at conventions or mailed, (yes, snail mail), back and forth.  That\’s not to say it doesn\’t also appeal to men; I have a number of men friends, gay and straight, who like to read it too.

    And then came the internet.

    Now, with the explosion of ebooks and the ease of sharing stories via forums and archives, the genre has come into its own. There are now more and more original stories with two male characters who meet, have conflicts, and fall in love. And yes, there\’s the sex.

    We\’ll talk about how to write convincing male characters and how to handle pronoun confusion. We\’ll touch on some elements of erotic writing and how to make scenes as hot, or as sweet, as one wishes.

    Most of all, we\’ll have fun. Join me for some discussion and, most of all, some writing.

    Join me for a free writing workshop at the Coffee Time Romance forum, here, Sunday, February 7th through Saturday, February 27th.  You don\’t need any experience as a writer.  Just bring your curiosity, enthusiasm, and your internet connection.  We\’ll create the rest from there.

     

     

  • Manic Monday – Startcher Engines!

    Manic Monday – Startcher Engines!

    It\’s Monday!  I feel like I should say something uber-motivating, that makes us all jump out of our chairs and make something massively awesome.

    Feel motivated yet?  🙂

    We\’re almost ready to go live on the new site.  I\’m so excited.  It\’ll have a home for my blog (i.e. this one) and my Knoontime Knitting blog, as well as a section for books and promo stuff and bio and everything.  I feel like such a little kid.

    Every iteration of my online presence has brought new things to learn and new fun stuff to play with.  This time, it means I\’ll be leaving my beloved Blogger platform behind and migrating to WordPress.  The coolness of the website functionality overwhelmed the familiarity and ease-of-use of Blogger, so that\’s ultimately what made the decision easy.  You won\’t notice much of a difference in terms of what you can do on the blog, meaning you\’ll still be able to comment and share stuff, but on the back-end it makes it much easier for me and my webmistress.

    I have some neat newsy items for you today, as well:

    First, my workshop \”Unleashing the Creator Within\” is in full swing over at Coffee Time Romance.

    While it started on the 1st, you\’re very welcome even now, at the mid-point.  We\’re having a lot of fun with some non-traditional tools like music and word art.

    Second, the BDSM-a-palooza is from Feb 17th to the 19th at the Smutketeers!  I\’m participating with 50 other fabulous authors and the amazing ladies of the Smutketeers – there will be daily prizes, a grand prize with gifts from all of us, and more fun than you can shake a whip at.

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    Third, the Nice Girls Writing Naughty will be hosting a very special event – Fantasy Date Night with the Nice Girls and their friends, Feb 21st, on our Facebook group from 6:00p to 11:00p Eastern Standard Time.  I\’ll be teaching at that time, so I can\’t join you, but I know you\’ll have a ton of fun without me – just save me some chocolates and a date, and we\’ll be fine.  ~grin~

    Happy Monday!