Tina Christopher's Blog, page 19
July 26, 2013
I find myself intrigued…
I stumbled across this trailer and am not quite sure how I feel about it. It looks fabulous, but Keanu Reeves?! This is based on a real Japanese story. I would have thought they go with someone who has long-standing martial arts training and, you know, the correct heritage. Still, I find myself intrigued…
July 19, 2013
Friday Funny
Someone reminded me of how funny this was:)
July 18, 2013
The Downside of a Good Imagination
I sometimes wish my imagination wasn’t quite as good as it happens to be.
I know, not something you expect a writer to say. However, it is still something I think about.
This is the first summer Emma, my cat, and I are spending together. I love my flat. It is beautiful and filled with sunlight. After all the moves and all the buildings I’ve lived in, this particular place has been the closest to being my absolute favourite. I just love coming home to it.
And still I sometimes shiver with worry.
The windows I just mentioned I loved so much because they fill my flat with light and warmth?
My biggest nightmare.
Emma loves to climb, loves to explore and especially loves to hang out on my narrow windowsills. Did I mention I live on the eighth floor?
She loves to look out of the window and I don’t mind her doing so on the window facing the balcony. But the one I have in my office, the one that faces an eight floor drop only covered by a flimsy screen? A screen only good enough to keep insects out?
No, I don’t like her sitting on the sill where she loves to press her nose against the flimsy screen.
It is all right if I can watch her or if I can push the glass part-you know the part I pulled back for that glimmer of a breeze-she’s doing it right now as I write…
I had to close it again and make the part of the screen she can touch less than the part of her whole body.
What if?
What if I wasn’t there and kept the window all the way open?
What if she enjoyed the sun and saw fly going past her face?
What if she leaned all her considerable weight against the screen and tried to capture it?
What if that insubstantial piece of material wasn’t enough to hold her back? I don’t know how much it is supposed to hold and my super isn’t particularly helpful.
What if she dropped eight stories and died?
Because in my head I can see all of it happening.
I can picture it and describe it in minute detail as if it was a story.
No.
Let’s close the window nearly all the way and sweat a little more.
Does that ever happen to you? Your writer brain imagines all the possibilities and you do something just to stop the unlikeliest of occurrences from happening?
I find myself doing it. It’s a downside from having a detailed imagination…
July 9, 2013
Digital-First Read-A-Thon & Give-Away
I am over at the Book Reading Gals with an excerpt of Tangled Indulgence. Just enter for a chance to win a copy.
They are part of the fabulous Digital-First Read-A-Thon. The Book Reading Gals and their friends at Tracy’s Place, RR@H Novel Thoughts and Book Binge are celebrating all things published digitally first with massive daily give-aways.
Have a look around and win some book!
July 8, 2013
I Have Not Been Kidnapped by A Sexy Space Pirate!
As much as I would have liked to, I have not been kidnapped by a sexy Space Pirate (and I’m quite disappointed about that;). Nor have I dropped off the edge of the world or found a time machine. I do however have a new job, which has eaten up huge chunks of my time as well as my mental engergy. I am hoping to change that and the first thing on the list is to whip out the featherduster.
Get your mind out of the gutter, I need it to get rid of the dust that has settled on the blog! *waves around the featherduster, stops the dustbunny orgy and coughs at the motes whirling around her* There now, that’s better.
I enjoy my new job, but I am so far out of my comfort zone I am in a new dimension. I still work with books, but in quite a different way. After a month things have gotten a little better, which I why I hope to spend more time online.
I have managed very little writing. I am still working on Sexy Steampunk 2, the sequel to Rescue by Ruin, and have drafted an outline for a rewrite of a steampunk Christmas story I wrote a couple of years ago. All I need now is the mojo to sit down and write…or a seat on the morning subway to write longhand. Both are very, very difficult to come by.
I hope all of you are doing fabulously well! Let’s all have a fantastic week!
June 28, 2013
LGBT Month
I am over at the All Romance eBook Cafe talking about Tangled Shadows, Sexy Steampunk 2 and having two men who love each other as much as they love the heroine in my menages for their fabulous LGBT Month.
June 22, 2013
GMC-My Bible
I am over at Darker Temptations talking about the one thing I do for every story before I write it no matter what. For the last two weeks everyone has been sharing their writing tips. Come on over and have a look.
June 8, 2013
Dragon Love!
I am over at Darker Temptations talking about my obsession with dragons and sharing my dragon jewellery. Come and join me.
May 31, 2013
Guest Blog At Steampunk Cafe With Contest
I am over at the Steampunk Cafe talking about what steampunk means to me. Head on over, pour a nice cup of tea and settle down for a chat. Tell me your favourite steampunk romance books for a chance to win a copy of Rescue by Ruin.
May 19, 2013
Sneak Peek Sunday
I am finally making progress with Sexy Steampunk 2!
“The magic of the moment collapsed around Susan. The protection of being a model vanished. Embarrassment heated her cheeks. She didn’t meet his eyes when she took the garment.
Warren growled when she moved.
Susan flinched and held the fabric before her body.
Archer rested a hand on her shoulder, his thumb rubbing across her tense muscles.
Her nipples tightened. The tension she’d carried with her since she’d left the day before spread across her core.
She didn’t want to step away.”
