Tate Hallaway's Blog, page 59
March 2, 2009
TGI-March!!
February 2009 is going to always be remembered in my household as the month everyone was sick. We started off the month quite nicely with a poetry party in honor of Brigid, but after that, everything pretty much went to hell in a hand basket.
The very day of our party, Mason got sick. Turns out he had strep AND what the doctor described as a "macho" cold. That took him (and his mom, Shawn, who is susceptible to ANY virus that comes into the mere vicinity of her) out for at least a week. Then, in
February 26, 2009
How-to Write Pirates! (On-Line Class)
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Class: Bringing Pirates to Life
Instructor: Cindy Vallar
Dates: April - May, 2009
Registration Deadline: April 1, 2009
Fee: $10/HHRW members, $20/others
For Registration Form: http://heartsthroughhistory.com/classreg.htm
FMI: HHRW Campus Coordinator: classes@heartsthroughhistory.com
Class Description: Peter Blood in Captain Blood, Long John Silver in Treasure Island, and Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean conjure up images of buried treasure, black sc
February 25, 2009
Dolly Domestic
This is "Flo" (as in Ice Flo) that Mason and I built in the back yard today. The temperatures were reported to be in the 40s, and I can believe it. So the melty snow was perfect for building this fabulous snow lady. (She's got a GREAT hat, no?)
Then I pretty much did in my entire dolly domestic quotient by baking and decorating spring cookies today as well.
Finally, Waxing Moon!
I've really been feeling the various moon phases in terms of writing this year. Last night, I actually started really thinking about my book again and I realized, looking at the moon calendar in the bathroom, that it was NEW MOON. Weird, huh?
In other news, I swear Hotmail eats my really thoughtful responses to my WitchSchool Study Group questions. One of the mentors on the list asked if there was anything about Wicca that we could change, big or small, what would it be and why. (An excellent
February 18, 2009
NYT Best Seller!
According to Toni LP Kelner, MANY BLOODY RETURNS has done it again; we debuted at #29 on the NYT Trade Paperback Best Seller List! Go team!
This is one of those successes that I really wish I could say I had more to do with, but I can only hope that half of the people out there who read the book for Charlaine Harris or Jim Butcher or whomever else they really bought the book for reads my story and thinking, "Hmmm, not bad. I'll have to go look for something else by her."
February 16, 2009
It's Monday...
I managed to blog about writing observations and being sick as a dog over at Something Wicked: Devilish Details.
I also managed to name drop *cough*NeilGaiman*cough* since he's like the most famousest guy I ever interviewed for Science Fiction Chronicle. Still, I get a LOT of milage out of that one interaction.
And I'm still sick as a dog. Did you listen to me on AM 950? I was upright! I said things when asked questions! My fever broke "on air." I'm impressed I made any sense at all (althou
February 12, 2009
Pacing Class On-Line
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Online class: March 1-31, 2009
"Pacing: How To Create A Page-Turning Manuscript"
by Mary Buckham
Registration $30 at www.WriterUniv.com/
What keeps a book intriguing enough to have fans turn the pages and not set it down? How can one author's books have you riveted and another's leave you feeling ho-hum? Ever wondered if there are key craft tips and techniques to balance fast-paced conflict, tension, suspense or mystery, action and emotion? In PACING: HOW TO CREATE A PAGE TURNING
