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Research and Writing Place

Yesterday I should have been writing, but some friends of ours are in town. I feel moderately guilty about this, but I could feel worse, except that as part of hanging out we ended up strolling through the part of Saint Paul that I've decided is my YA heroine's neighborhood, Cathedral Hill.

The memory is a funny thing. Earlier that very day, I wrote a little scene where Ana is walking down Grand Avenue. My mental image of the place was slightly different than the real thing.

I was talking to a ...

Reader Comment #3

Donna noted:

"I think that the problem with the Garnet series is that the books cost $15.00 dollars. If you come out with the series in a regular paperback, they would sell real good. The problem is not your books, it is the economy."

Yeah, I actually agree with you, Donna. But this another thing that authors have very little control over, and something, I'll admit I don't really understand about the publishing industry. Trade paperback books have become very fashionable. Yet, they're more...

Reader Question #2

#2 (from Julie) - I have to admit I don't know anything about the writing business but I don't understand at all how you got told this was the last one. I mean doesn't the writer keep writing if she/he has more stories to tell? Because your Garnet character definitely has a whole lot more living to do in my opinion! This Honeymoon book did not wrap her story up at all... thank Goddess!

You make an excellent point, Julie. The writer often does keep writing when there's more story to tell. I...

Reader question #1

As you know, the Garnet series has come to an end. A few people emailed or commented questions about that, and I thought I'd answer them here:

#1. Would you ever consider continuing to write the GL series to put onto this blog? What about e-books? What about pushing them to another publisher (Llewellyn, etc.)?

I would consider it. In fact, just the other day I had a great short story idea come into my head involving early Garnet/Parrish days. It would be interesting and fun, IMHO, to write...

That On-line Promotion Thingie

I have to admit that I'm enough old school that I don't always get the appeal of these things. But, if you're the sort, there's an on-line contest/event with me at Bitten By Books today, starting right about now (noon) but going all day and into the night.

Also, you can read my blog about leaving behind the Garnet Lacey series, here at VampChix and enter a giveaway contest as well.

The hard part for me is being available on-line for the comments and questions, because I'm dialing up at home...

Release Day!

Today is the official release day of the last book in the Garnet Lacey series, HONEYMOON OF THE DEAD.

I have some mixed feelings about this book, because I'd just finished the final draft of the novel when I found out that it would be the last. I had always hoped that Garnet would be my "never ending" series, and had originally written in some plot points that I intended to pull out as the grist for the events of the next book. Thus, the book is not the nice, tidy ending I might have...

Beltane in the Twin Cities

Of course, nobody officially says that's what it is, but, for the past thirty-six years, a Minneapolis-based theatre troupe called In the Heart of the Beast puts on a parade and free performance in Powderhorn Park that has grown into a celebration of epic proportions.

A number of my science fiction/fantasy writer friends have talked about trying to write about this celebration in fiction. To a person, we've agreed that it would be almost impossible, if only because some of the most awesome...

Life, the Universe, and Writing

I don't really have much news to report. My partner is away on a business trip to North Dakota, which means I'm a "single parent" for the next three days. Since Mason is in school, this isn't going to disrupt my writing too much. In fact, depending, I may write MORE with her away.

I say depending, because sometimes I can't focus very well with the house is empty and my sweetie is away. Sometimes I wander around like a house cat, mewing into all the corners, looking for a warm body, as it...

Zoo Pictures

Yesterday, I chaperoned a field trip to the Minnesota Zoo. It was nearly a disaster as I briefly lost track of one of the four kids I was in charge of, but, luckily, it all worked out in the end. I'm still exhausted, but I thought I'd share a couple of the cool animal pics I took. These are both of the Amur leopard, which is part of the "Russia's Grizzly Coast" exhibit.

Mark Your Calendars!

Come say good-bye (and merry meet again) to Garnet Lacey!

On Saturday, May 8, 2010, in my persona as Tate Hallaway, I will be signing HONEYMOON OF THE DEAD, the last in the Garnet Lacey series, at Uncle Hugo's in Minneapolis starting at 1:00 pm. The Uncles are located at 2864 Chicago Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55407. You can call for directions or more information (612) 824-6347. If you are not able to attend, but would still like a signed copy of the book, you can find information on how to...