Tag: Rachel Wilder

  • Love\’s a Beach Blog Hop

    Stay tuned for the 17th. I\’ll be participating in the Love\’s a Beach Blog Hop over on Taurus and Taurus. You could win a Nook Touch, signed books, ebooks, and other great prizes. Mark your calendar!

  • Monday! Monday! It\’s Monday!

    It\’s the fifth Monday of the month!  I don\’t have any posts anywhere, so I can\’t use that as a topic, and it\’s Monday… which just isn\’t very exciting, right?

    But let\’s take a step back.  We have a lot to be grateful for.  So here\’s a quick list to kick-start your week and so we can remember all the abundance in our lives.

    1.  The internet.  It\’s a wonderful tool for communication!

    2.  Computers in general.  Again, wonderful tools that allow us to type, (so much so that my friends complain when I assign handwritten prompts!).

    3.  Good friends.  Both online and in-person, I am grateful for the connections I\’ve made.

    4.  Our pets.  If you\’re a pet person, you understand.  If you\’re not, you probably don\’t.  And that\’s okay.

    5.  Food in our bellies, roofs over our heads, and money in our pockets.  Abraham Maslow had it right – when the basics are taken care of, we can turn our minds to other tasks.

    For what are you grateful this week?  Tell me in the comments, I\’d love to know.

    I took this picture last October at the Skokie Lagoons in Illinois, USA.
    (Copyright 2011 A. Catherine Noon)

  • Writing with a Collaborator

    I\’m at the Samhain Publishing blog today, talking about writing with a collaborator. I hope you\’ll stop by! 🙂

  • New Blog Today, and a New Job!

    LGBT Fantasy Fans and Writers has launched.  From the \”About Us\” page: \”Welcome to our little corner of the ‘net. This is going to be a blog that appreciates LGBT fantasy in all its forms and incarnations- books, movies, games, art, whatever! Dark, light, urban, epic, romantic, sword and sorcery, classic… We love it all.\”

    Together with Alex Beecroft, Jennifer Thorne, Kay Barisford, Melanie Tushmore, and Violetta Vane, I\’ll be talking about one of my favorite subjects – the fantasy genre in all its wonderful variety, and specifically looking at the GLBT subset within it. We will offer flash fiction, essays, and excerpts from our own works. I hope you enjoy!

    My first entry is up today, \”Worldbuilding – M/M Style.\” I talk about some of the unique challenges presented to authors of M/M romance as they venture into creating worlds of their own.  Stop on by!

    Today is also my day at the Writer\’s Retreat Blog, where I talk about new beginnings.

    In addition, I start a new job today.  I\’m very excited.  Wish me luck!

  • Tue Cent Twosday – Research

    The Nine Naughty Novelists blog hosts Rachel and I today and we talk about the pitfalls of research, as well as tips for success.  Join us!  \”Researching Beyond the Internet.\”

  • Join the Two Tauruses today! (and say that 10 times fast…)

    Stop by the Noon and Wilder Blog, Taurus and Taurus, for my thoughts on the perils of research.  I hope you enjoy!

  • Hair Tea – Emerald Fire and Herbs

    In writing, we get to use what we know.  This used to intimidate me (what if I don\’t know anything??) until I realized that\’s my inner critic talking.  I do too know stuff.

    So.  What do I know?

    The airspeed veloc…  Nevermind.  Hair tea!  I know how to make hair tea.  Not tea you drink, though I do know how to make that too, but tea you put on the hair to make it healthy and shiny – and augment the color.  In writing Emerald Fire, Rachel and I got to put that knowledge to use and give it to the Keepers.

    I figured I\’d share some of the secrets today at Torquere Press:

    \”Research and World Building – Teeka’s Special Hair Tea Blend\”

    I hope you have a moment to stop on by!

  • Worldbuilding with Emerald Fire

    Join me today on the Writer\’s Retreat Blog where I talk about the process of worldbuilding as it applied to our experience of writing Emerald Fire, as well as some tools you can use in your own writing.

  • Win An Ebook!

    Watch for posts on Facebook and Twitter about my book. Then comment on it and share with friends. Your comment will enter you to win a free copy of the ebook. Everyone participating and commenting will also receive a coupon code for discounted shopping.

  • I\’m Blogging at Samhain Publishing and the Writer\’s Retreat Today

    I have two articles for you today.  The first is at Samhain Publishing, Who To Write About (When You Can’t Write About Your Friends and Family).  Rachel and I use pictures to inspire us in our stories, and I share some of what works for us.

    The second is Why Big Goals Don’t Work – Baby Step Your Way To Success.  I\’m forever hearing from people who want to make some gigantic goal their sole purpose in life (lose a hundred pounds, write a book, etc.).  I\’ve been told \”I\’ll just do P-90X,\” \”I\’m not in this to play, I\’m in this for a New York contract,\” \”Little goals are a waste of my time,\” etc.  Those people, the ones who said those things to me, aren\’t around doing their work anymore.  P-90X was designed by a triathlete who found to his shock that yoga challenged him.  But the part about him already being a triathlete meant that he understood how to accomplish things.  The one who told me they wanted the New York contract isn\’t even writing anymore.  See how dangerous such large goals can be, when they\’re not tempered by small, achievable steps?

    I hope you\’re having an enjoyable and productive Wednesday.  Remember, today is in your hands.  What do you want to do with it?

  • Collaboration

    Romance Divas is back up and running and, from the looks of it, going full steam ahead.  I\’m very excited, since I\’ve been a member there for several years now, and it\’s a terrific resource for writers.

    I\’m very excited to report they hosted an article of mine, \”Collaboration.\”  I hope you\’ll stop by and, if you\’re so inclined, leave a comment.

    Write on!-

  • Release Day Festivities

    As part of the Release Day festivities, I have two posts today that I\’d like to share with you.

    The first, Music, Art, and Writing – How The Three Support Each Other, is at the Torquere Press blog today. Please stop by and take a look and, if you\’re so inclined, leave a comment. (I respond to all comments.)

    The second, A Journal of Two Writers – Thoughts From the Other Side of Edits, is at the Torquere Live Journal.  Rachel and I share our thoughts on the editing process now that we\’ve gone through it.

    Enjoy!