Laylah Hunter's Blog, page 4

September meetup; free short story

Two quickies! First: there’s going to be a Gay Romance Northwest Meetup on September 14 right here in Seattle! I’m so excited. My finances haven’t allowed me to travel for any of the cons happening elsewhere in the country this … Continue reading →

with silver bells and cockleshells

So living in an apartment in a fairly large city, as I do, has many benefits, but “available land to garden” is generally not one of them. (Container gardening on windowsills is right out, because I have no means of … Continue reading →

zomg!

This week I have taken my writing procrastination to new heights: I have gotten involved in boutique perfume making. No, okay, it’s more reasonable than it sounds. I’m friends with the lovely ladies who run ZOMG Smells (“Fine nerdy scents … Continue reading →

coming soon…ish

I swear the hardest part of publishing is the waiting period in between finishing up work on a story and having it go on sale. But here we are! At this point it looks likely that my next release will … Continue reading →

reading standards

Well. Most of my corner of the internet is making noises about Amazon’s acquisition of Goodreads this week. I’m trying not to panic too soon but I’m wary and not pleased; I really like Goodreads, and if it goes the … Continue reading →

spring! when a young writer’s fancy turns to thoughts of… new projects?

The days are getting longer! We’re getting occasional sunlight in Seattle and the first trees are starting to blossom. My energy and enthusiasm generally hits a slump during the dark season, but now that we’re moving into brighter times, I’m … Continue reading →

“Cultural Hospitality” and full collection MASKS OFF TOO! now on sale!

Release day! Cultural Hospitality is now available direct from Torquere, with third-party options coming soon. This was one of the most straightforwardly fun stories I’ve written in quite a while — the submissions call wanted vampires and masquerade balls, both … Continue reading →

the long dark teatime

I woke up this morning to both of my cats investigating me curiously, purring in the hopes of coaxing my hands out from under the blankets and into petting range. I got up and went to turn on the computer … Continue reading →

trawling the wasteland

It seems like there’s a direct inverse relationship between how much I’m writing and how vividly I dream — like there’s a limited pool of imagination for me to draw from, and if I don’t use it up during the … Continue reading →

an actual website!

Yesterday I coughed up for a domain name at last and got the beginnings of an author website up and running: http://www.laylahhunter.com/

It's very basic for the moment, but it's present and it's a start. I'm going to be trying to keep up with blogging there in a public-facing-author capacity, and might add a few more static pages (probably a "coming soon" page to list contracted stories that aren't released yet, first and foremost). I like the wordpress theme that I'm running right now but would definitely like to plug in a custom image instead of the default one, so I'll have to think about what I want for that & who to commission to make it.

Before I spend too much more time dicking around with it, though, I should probably do some actual writing & editing. The promo stuff is nice but it isn't the actual primary part of being an author. Whoops.

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