Another stop on the blog tour!
Today I’m guest blogging at Wicked Thorn & Roses! You could win a copy of the Magic University 1 or 2 ebook by commenting on my guest entry there today. The essay is on making characters suffer: https://bit.ly/doMhKh
On "Virtual" Tour!
So, to promote the ebooks I’ve had come out in the past 5-6 weeks, I’m “on tour” virtually. This means I’ll be doing a bunch of online chats, some of them live, some of them in slo-mo via Yahoo loops and Livejournal communities, and guest blogging about eight different places. Writing a lot of guest…
News tidbits!
Jean Roberta reviewed Royal Treatment! You can read the full text of her review on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/86122867 She does go into the plot in detail, so if you like BDSM & science fiction, but not knowing in advance what’s coming, I suggest instead of the review, you just read the sample chapter up on the…
Magic U review
Tamela Quijas, the author of paranormal romances Blood of the Beast and My Lord Raven, read Magic University Book One: The Siren and the Sword, and loved it! Her full review is up at her blog here: https://tamelaquijas.wordpress.com/2010/01/04/the-siren-and-the-sword-by-author-cecilia-tan/ but among the things she said that made me squee: “I enjoyed every word Ms. Tan had…
Royal Treatment is out
I know I blogged about my writing process on Royal Treatment, but haven’t yet done the OMG THE BOOK IS OUT! post yet, have I? OMG, THE BOOK IS OUT. What’s kind of neat is that Torquere Press always has one of their established authors review the book, so I have my first review already,…
Goodbye Forest Cafe
It is with a heavy heart I report that the Forest Cafe, my neighborhood bar and watering hole, is closing its doors forever. There’s an article online from our local newspaper about it: https://www.wickedlocal.com/cambridge/news/x985678695/Closing-down-the-only-option-for-Cambridges-Forest-Caf?popular=true The gist of the article: the bad economy is forcing one of the last family-owned bars in Cambridge out of business….
Web serial novel: the experiment in progress
So here’s a little piece about publishing a novel online. This piece should not be taken as a “how to.” Why? Because although this piece is about what I’m doing, as will become rapidly clear, I am making it up as I go along. Several people have asked my why “a writer of [my] stature”…
Cocktails, sushi, and my iPhone camera…
So the one bad consequence of the fact that my iPhone went through the laundry a few months ago, other than voiding my warranty, is that the camera is blurry now. There’s probably nothing I can do to fix it, but I figured I’d post and see if anyone had suggestions out there. Everything else…
The story of writing backwards (Royal Treatment)
So, many of you know that probably my most “iconic” story — and certainly the one that has been read by the most people over the past 18 years — is “Telepaths Don’t Need Safewords .” One of the unusual things about the story and the characters of Arshan (the dom) and Mriah (the sub),…
Holiday spirit
My Xmas vampire romance story on sale today $1.99 at Ravenous Romance: https://www.ravenousromance.com/ravenous-rendezvous/seven-swans-a-swimming.php It’s the seventh story in their “12 Days of Christmas” — so it’s the seven swans a-swimming. As the marketing blurb reads…