The #RWA17 Workshop on Creating Ensemble Casts

I’m at the RWA national conference in Orlando right now, where there’s always something more to think about, learn, or analyze about writing or romance publishing. In particular one writing craft panel I wanted to highlight was yesterday I attended a great panel workshop given by four New York Times bestselling authors: Lexi Blake, Cynthia…

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Coming Out as a Slytherin

Ars Technica published an article by me on Pride Day (yesterday, traditionally the last Sunday in June) entitled “Coming Out as a Slytherin.” In the article I detail how there have been a series of “closets” whose doors I have had to kick down, from coming out as bisexual in the 1980s, to coming out…

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Where to find Cecilia Tan at #TheBookCon – Diversity Panel & Autographing

The annual book industry gathering known as BookExpo America is going on right now and then over the weekend it turns into booknerd paradise, an open-to-the-public extravaganza called The Book Con. See the full star-studded lineup of guests here: https://www.thebookcon.com/guests/2017-Guests/ (Holly Black! Bill Nye! Christina Lauren! Gabby Rivera! Heather Graham! Janet Mock! Majorie Liu! etc…

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The #RT17 BDSM panel wrapup and handouts

Thanks everyone who attended the panel at RT Booklovers in Atlanta on BDSM: What’s Next for BDSM Romance? If you need the handout, you can grab the PDF from here: RT BDSM HANDOUT. It includes some specific sales numbers from the authors on the panel demonstrating the rise and fall of sales numbers. I opened…

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2016 Winners of the NLA Writing Awards

Did you all see that the winners of the NLA Writing Awards were released? These annual awards celebrate the best in BDSM-positive writing and publishing, in both fiction and nonfiction categories. As a member of the awards committee I’ve been involved with these awards for several years and this year had a bumper crop of…

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