Not my usual monthly update… (got married)

Yeah, so… biggest news of the week is that corwin and I got married. You might be surprised to find that, given all the romance I’ve written, I considered myself “anti-marriage.” I’ve never been anti-love, of course. I’ve always been a fan of soulmates finding each other. It was just “marriage” that made me itch….

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Duck Day 2024 Wrap-up & Picspam!

Bright colored booklets that say Duck Day 2024 with a small brass key dangling from each one.

Duck Day 2024: Foods & Dishes You Can’t Get Anymore Here we go, our annual Thanksgiving gourmet cooking extravaganza, in which we make no turkey, but do make duck. Each year with a different theme. This entire menu came about because when we sat down to plan this year’s theme and looked into our notes…

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Let’s Talk About Fear (and erotica)

Thinky Thoughts: Let’s Talk About Fear Welcome to the spookiest month of the year! I figure this is a great time for some thinky thoughts about fear—specifically how crucial fear is in erotic fiction. For me, at least. I was a fraidy cat as a child. I was one of those kids who would see…

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Now Available: The Blossoms of Summer erotic steampunk

Available for purchase almost anywhere books are sold, including: Porter Square Books (my local indie bookstore!) Powell’s! Amazon (ebook and paperback) Bookshop (paperback only) Barnes & Noble (ebook and paperback) Goodreads (to rate and review) The Blossoms of Summer by Cecilia Tan An erotic steampunk adventure novella, told in epistolary fashion, through letters and diary entries. A botanist…

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Are we in a Golden Age of Queer & Trans SF/F?

Hello and welcome to another ctan monthly updatet! It’s Pride Month, so today let’s talk about queer science fiction and fantasy. First some housekeeping: Mailchimp has been driving me nuts, with the newsletter sometimes displaying so tiny on mobile devices it was illegible. I’m trying on a new template today, with new fonts. Please let…

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