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Writer Myths

December 29, 2010 40

Castle is officially my favorite show of the year. If you never heard of it, the show features a bestselling crime fiction novelist Richard Castle played by Nathan Fillion. Castle, having concluded his long-running series by murdering its hero, Storm, must find new inspiration or default on his contract. He is contacted by NYPD to…
Thieves!

December 28, 2010 13

Today I am at Oddshots, chronicling the adorable nature of thieves.
Christmas, gifts, and romance*

December 26, 2010 84

Thank you so much to everyone for their Merry Christmas wishes. We had an awesome holiday. The dinner turned out well, everyone was happy with their presents and we all had a nice relaxing Christmas day. Gordon and the kids bought me all sorts of loot, and I even got a snuggie. It’s blue and…
It’s the day of Christmas Eve.

December 24, 2010 37

Lamb roast is buried under my special herb rub. Shrimp is thawing very slowly in the fridge. I have tea. Working to finish up this one scene and then I am off for the two days of Christmas fun. For some reason I’m terribly melancholy today. Usually I don’t let things get me down, but…
Andrea

December 21, 2010 30

Sam, one of the readers of this blog, took a stage make-up class this semester and decided to do Andrea’s beastkin face. She says, “We had the assignment of picking a character from a book that we could make a prosthetic for. Prosthetic is actually the nose and chin piece made of latex and cold…
Mishka Cake

December 20, 2010 18

Cake Mishka By popular demand translation of the recipe for Cake Bear. Originally posted at Good Cook.ru , all rights remain with original author. Recipe by Yana Rofman, who says “This recipe is from our neighbor, Klavdia Moiseevna. I keep it in my special journal.” DOUGH: 4 egg yolks 3/4 сup sugar 1 1/2 stick…
Saturday

December 18, 2010 44

I am sitting here and trying to psych myself up to do some edits. What I really want is to let my legions plow through the rival nations in Civilization V. But the edits are due January 1st, so I have to do at least some of them today. And then I get to play. …
Five Mistakes of a Beginning Novelist – Part 1

December 17, 2010 22

A while ago we received an email from someone who read a book profiling the most common mistakes of amateur writers and she wanted to know what mistakes we considered to be the most debilitating. I was under deadline pressure and couldn’t answer. Now I have a little bit of time, but profiling writer mistakes…
Magic Slays Prologue

December 15, 2010 208

Our present to you from us and Anne Sowards, our editor
Thank you for the congrats

December 10, 2010 37

Right now I am in serious trohble – I’ve been fixing up the website and Lord Panda took offense to what he views as working on my off day. I got puzzle Quest 2! It is mine! The goblins are kicking my butt! It is glorious. Help Wanted UPDATE: We’ve received over 30 offers of…