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Guest Blogging about Ruin

Leah Braemel was kind enough to host me today where I talk about the hero of The Bloodgate Guardian, Ruin: The Trials and Tribulations of Naming a Hero.  Coming June 14th from Carina Press!

For vacation day 2, Littlest Monster was home again.  She probably could have gone, but it was field day, aka play outside all day, and her ear was still hurting.  Plus she fell asleep in the car on the way home from taking Middle to school, so she just wasn't feeling the best yet. 

I still managed to work o...

MayNoWriMo Guest Teresa Wymore

If you're interested in writing effective erotica, check out Teresa's post Writing Erotica:  Do You Know the Code.  Also, don't miss our Tranformative Sex panel this weekend!

Vacation Day 1

Thanks to insomnia, I stayed up until midnight hoping my brain would finally shut down.  I was in bed by 12:15.

At 12:39 I heard youngest monster crying and a crash in the hallway.  She'd stumbled over some books Middle had left out, but that wasn't why she was crying.  Her ear hurt.  I gave her Motrin and checked her for fever, but it was just her ear.  She headed back to bed and so did I, but I was immediately worried about whether she'd need to see a doctor today or not.

At 2:00 am the...

A Week's Vacation

So I have the next week off from the Evil Day Job…and a terrible case of insomnia.  I could NOT sleep last night, and although I should be asleep tonight to make up for the lack, I'm totally wired.  I switched allergy meds and they're totally kicking my fanny.  Hey, I can breathe though.  *rolls eyes*

My plans for this week — if I can ever get to sleep — is to work super hard on plotting Maya #2.  I have a few plot points outlined but significant work lies ahead or I'll never get this...

MayNoWriMo Guest Maria Zannini

Want to devise a killer compaign?  Check out Maria's Promo Bucket List!

MayNoWriMo Guest Juliette Wade

I love articles about the hero's journey!  Check out Juliette's post The Inciting Incident and Your World – Revisited.

MayNoWriMo Guest Kal Cobalt

Kal's article for Coyote Con and MayNoWriMo is:  "What Writers Can Learn from Cats."

Carina Countdown

I'm the featured author today over on the Carina Press blog as we count down to launch!  The first post is up, which describes the premise of the book and where the original idea came from.  Later today, the first chapter will be posted to whet your appetite for June!

Fun facts about the book and me will be posted on Facebook and Twitter today as well.  For example, I ordered coffee from Atitlan, Guatemala because that's where the bulk of the story is set.

MayNoWriMo Guest Amber Leigh Williams

[image error] Amber writes about Books She's Trusted Along the Way.  Stop by and wish her a happy birthday!  (Sorry,  I *thought* I posted this but evidently it saved in draft only, so it's a day late.)

Lynn Viehl on Science Fiction Romance

Lynn Viehl has responded to all our questions from the Coyote Con Science Fiction Romance panel here.  You can also read the transcript from the chat.