Tate Hallaway's Blog, page 58
March 18, 2009
Gardening Dreams
Despite frost on my window shield this morning, the scent of spring is finally reaching the frozen north. Mason still has to wear boots to school, but now it's mostly to keep his toes dry while he stomps in the muddy puddles. There are still a few recalcitrant piles of dirty ice and snow in my back yard, but more and more ground is peeking through. At Crossroads this morning, I even saw a few, brave green sprouts of hosta (or perhaps tulips) poking through the ground.
I'm starting to look at seed
March 17, 2009
Up for a Lammy!
The anthology PERIPHERY was just short-listed for the 21st Lambda Award in the lesbian erotica catagory. My alter ego has a short story, "ishtartu" included in that, so a round of applause goes out to her... er, me!
[image error]March 16, 2009
Spring Has Sprung!
Spring has finally come to Minnesota.
Friday I complained about my car door being stuck, and over the weekend temperatures climbed into the 50s (F). You've got to love Minnesotans: a little sun goes straight to their heads. I saw FOUR young men in shorts. Despite patches of unmelted snow, Mason and I broke out his bicycle and we zipped around the block. We took a walk up to Ax-Man (a surplus store that is well worth the visit if you're ever in Saint Paul -- they have all sorts of funky remaindere
March 13, 2009
Do I Live Here? (And Why?)
Sometimes I wouldn't be able to find my own a$$ if it wasn't attached. Today, all I really want is an exacto knife. I know Shawn has one. I *thought* she kept it with her scrapbooking stuff, but it's not there (or... I didn't see it.) I want the exacto because I'm working on my Ostara altar cloth. WitchSchool is having a competition and I have never been able to resist competitions. Shawn, being the crafty one, also has a book of Celtic knotwork stencils which I did find, and I discovered
March 12, 2009
A Bit of Me Elsewhere
On-Line Murder Trial Class
****PERMISSION TO FORWARD GRANTED AND ENCOURAGED!!*****
Announcing the Heart of Carolina Romance Writer's April Online Workshop: April 2009 Workshop
How to Try a Murder
Instructor: Lucinda D. Schroeder
When: April 1-30, 2009
Cost: $20 for HCRW and CRW Members, $25 for All Others
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION:
Before your protagonist can break the rules, she has to know them! Learn the facts about legal procedures and how they can go awry. To thicken the drama in your story, stir in entrapment, illegal searc
March 11, 2009
Oh, hi... How Long Have You Been Standing There?
So, I've actually been busier than you'd think. First of all, I had a lot to say about something someone said at MarsCON both at Wyrdsmiths and on Livejournal.
Then I had a crazy lady show up at my house and either try to scam me or sell me something... I'm still not entirely sure.
Oh, and then Realms of Fantasy magazine was pulled from the ashes of a firey grave... though that has nothing to do with me, it's just cool.
And I wrote a lot.
You?
March 6, 2009
Sex Scene Writing On-Line Class
**Permission to forward granted and encouraged**
Yosemite Romance Writers is proud to present their online workshop for
April.
Date: 4/6 - 5/1/09
Workshop title: Creating Effective Sex Scenes
Writing about sex in our stories is often a literary mine field. You can easily find yourself caught up in clichés, aphorisms, and euphemisms. You might end up romanticizing or depersonalizing sex, or find the genuine emotion connected with it so difficult to capture that you exaggerate or pull away. This four-
March 5, 2009
MarsCON Schedule
I'm going to be in attendance (mostly as my alter-go, however,) at MarsCON this weekend. It will be at the Holiday Inn Select in lovely Bloomington, Minnesota, where there is still several inches of snow on the ground.
Here is my annotated schedule:
Friday, March 6
9:00 - 9:45 pm
HOW TO SURVIVE A ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE
A small group of people, who have made it be their hobby to think about what to do when zombies infest the world, share their knowledge with those who are willing to accept it. Instructio
March 4, 2009
Local Announcement -- Copyright Workshop
Tuesday March 10, 2009:
Who Owns What? Learn about permissions and copyright
On Tuesday, March 10 at 1 PM, the Twin Cities chapters of the National Writers Union and the Professional Editors Network will hold a free workshop abou t permissions and copyright and other intellectual property issues concernin g writers and editors.
Location: St. Louis Park Library, 3240 Library Lane, St. Louis Park. Two attorneys—Debra Kass Orenstein and Kenneth Kunkle-- will explain copyright and permissions.
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