D. Renee Bagby's Blog, page 28

Around My Office: Beanbag Cat

I figured out what to put on Saturdays -- stuff from around my office. I have a home office and it's full of the most random stuff that is either here to help me write or distract me, depending on my mood.

The first thing is my beanbag chair and my kitty.



Forgive the quality of the pictures. The bottom close-up was taken with my iPhone and the top one was with my Kodak camera.

Anywho. This

Writing Update: 31 August 2012

- PLOTTING (25 August): I got some much needed sleep after two nights of crappy sleep. When I woke up, I had a flash fiction piece running through my head (now posted in the Changeling Press Yahoo group) and the complete plot for the MM novella in the GUARDIAN'S TALES series I was thinking about writing. Obviously my muse wants this novella to be a reality. I don't usually plot books like this

Writing Advice: Judge Not By Others

It's called keeping up with the Joneses. Pretty much everyone knows that idiom. Using the success of another person as a benchmark for your own.

You are you. You cannot be anyone else but you... well you can be someone else, but the last time I checked Hand That Rocks the Cradle and Single White Female were horror/thriller movies. :P

Yes, there are bestseller lists everywhere. Yes, agents and

No More Hentai

So I just got a takedown notice for my post about La Blue Girl. I have no clue what in that post would have prompted a DMCA. I had my opinion of the anime (highly recommending it), the stats for the anime (manufacturer, number of episodes, my re-write of the blurb) and a buy link (supplied by the Amazon affiliate program) leading to where people could get said anime LEGALLY (because lord knows I

Music: I Want It All

I've been totally feeling like this lately. Seems like I'm doing a ton and not getting anywhere. I want it all and I want it NOW. :)


I Want It All ~ Queen

Manga Review: Drops of Desire

Drops of Desire by You Higashino

Publisher: SuBLime Manga
Price: $5.99
Genre: Drama, Romance, Fantasy
Themes: Demons, Bullying, Teacher-Student
Rating: Mature 18+
Volumes: 1 Volume
ISBN: None

Buy Link: SuBLime Manga


Basic Premise:
Yuzuru Aihara is ignored by his father and step-mother as well as bullied at school. He's a mousy individual who is just trying to get by until he meets

Coming to Theaters 31 August

Coming to Theaters 29 August

Lawless (Crime, Drama - R):
That's okay. I can pass on the history of moonshining.


Coming to Theaters 31 August
The Possession (Horror, Thriller - PG13):
Well it's getting close to October. Why not? I'll pass.

Ecchi: Tenjho Tenge

This fits under the heading of violent ecchi. Lots of T&A and panty shots and near misses mixed in with people getting their asses kicked while trying to solve a half way decent plot. The characters are fun, though I have to wonder about a school with students that strong. How strong are the teachers? We're talking DBZ-level Earth-destroying power here... wait, did I go too geek on that one? :P

Writing Update: 24 August 2012

Here's to another week...

- EDITS (18 August): I've finished the first round edits for UNDERCURRENT. Nothing too extensive. Just shuffling around some info and padding the ending. I have an issue with abrupt endings. I'm seeing that. It's the major complaint with PET'S PLEASURE. I'll have to keep an eye on that so it doesn't happen or just start including epilogues with every story. I like

Cover Reveal - Wet: Undercurrent

Coming to Changeling Press on 14 September 2012!


Still waters hide deep passion.
Lulu was sent to spy on the competition while pretending to be a guest so she could find out the secret of their success. Her search turns up Hotsuma, a man bound to water so he can use his power to bring good luck to those who imprisoned him.

Working to set him free ignites a passion in Lulu only Hotsuma can