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Mae Clair’s Mythical Monday: Gargoyles

A winged guardian frozen

in stone masquerade,

sentinel of antiquity

as centuries fade.

Happy Labor Day everyone! I hope you’re enjoying a restful day filled with relaxation and play.

My Mythical Monday question for the day: what does the word gargoyle inspire in your imagination? A hideous mythical beast, or an ornamental (albeit, usually grotesque) stone carving jutting from a cathedral rooftop?

I almost didn’t do an MM post today because of the holiday, but then decided to go with something that...

Mae Clair’s SSS: Werewolf Friends and Rivals

Six Sentence Sunday 9-2-12

Hi, sixers! It’s Sunday again and I’m excited to be able to share another snippet from WEATHERING ROCK which will be released on October 8th. Check out the new “coming soon” link on the website of my publisher, Lyrical Press. How cool is that? *happy dance*

If you’ve been curious about Caleb’s werewolf tendencies, there’s a nice lycanthrope excerpt to go along with it. Just scroll down a bit.

Back to today’s six: Last week, after having dinner with Caleb DeCardian (Civ...

Mae Clair: The Booker Award ~ Five Fab Reads

I’ve been nominated by the talented Kate Meader to participate in the Booker Award. Kate is one of my Six Sentence Sunday buddies whose excerpts always amaze me. Be sure to check out her blog for lively and engaging writing!

So exactly how does the Booker Award work? It targets literary and book-centered blogs.

The rules are simple:

Post your five favorite books of all time

Post the booker award icon

Nominate other bloggers to do the same

Here are mine:

CHECKMATE by Dorothy Dunnett

This is the last n...

Mae Clair: Writing and Recipes

Welcome to Thursday (hey—wow–that could be a weekly thing, LOL!). I wrote thispost for my book publisher’s blog several months ago and thoughtI’d splatter it over here for those of you who may have missedits riveting debut.

In case you’re wondering how writing and recipes are related, allow me to connect the dots. I have a passion for writing, something I’ve loved since childhood.I write constantly. If I go longer than a week without keying some form of creative idea, characterization or story...

Mae Clair’s Liking the ‘Look’

The wonderfully talented L.J. Kentowski has tagged me to take part in the “LOOK” challenge. L.J. is the author of GUARDIAN OF FATE, an urban fantasy that I had the pleasure of reading over the summer. Check it out, if you haven’t already. Book #2, SEEKER OF FATE is scheduled for release in December.

So how does the LOOK challenge work? ‘Tis fairly simple and a lot of fun!

Find the first usage of the word ‘look’ in your WIP and paste the surrounding paragraph into your blog.
Tag as many people as...

Mae Clair’s Mythical Monday: Ghost Lights

Beware the marsh when night unfolds,

and darkness sends the sun in flight.

‘Tis no place for mortal creature,

but faerie, nymph, and ghostly light.

They have many different names depending on culture and location, but ghost lights have long been intertwined with magical things that go bump-in-the-night. Often referred to as ‘foolish fire’ for the propensity to lead night time travelers astray, these lights have various names including will-o-wisps, elf light, fox fire, and spook lights among othe...

Mae Clair’s SSS: Check, Please!

Six Sentence Sunday 8-26-12

It’s Six Sentence Sunday! SSS = reading + fun.

Sometimes, it also equals frustration.Grr! I’m sure I’m not the only one who struggles to come up with six fluid lines that make sense each Sunday. For the last few weeks, I’ve been sharing snippets of a dinner date between my leads in WEATHERING ROCK, Caleb DeCardian and Arianna Hart. Arianna was hesitant in agreeing to have dinner with Caleb but she finally consented. As the night progressed, she found herself swayed b...

Mae Clair: If You Write it . . .

. . . will they read it? I hope so!

I haven’t done a Friday post in a while, but I have some wonderful news I couldn’t wait to share. My sister author at Lyrical Press, Renita Pizzitola did some sleuthing on Goodreads and told me WEATHERING ROCK has appeared! Squeeeeee!

It took me all of three seconds to hop over and bask in the glorious glow of the screen. Do you know what this means (er, aside from the fact I had to be peeled from the ceiling and resuscitated by invisible book knaves whose jo...

Mae Clair: The Sunshine Award

Hey, everyone and happy Thursday! I’m skipping my maybe-might-become-weekly-haven’t-decided-yetThursday Thirteenbecause I’m excited to say Kathleen Doyle nominated me for the Sunshine Award. Wow! If you haven’t figured it out by now, I tend to get jazzed about these things. Kathleen, thanks so much for thinking of me and my humble blogging haunt.

So how does the Sunshine Award work? ‘Tis fairly simple:

Thank the blogger who nominated you *waving to Kathleen again*
Post the award icon (see above...

Mae Clair: My Shameful Addiction

It began at an early age. My parents made several attempts to intervene and steer me onto the straight and narrow. I believe they thought I‘d grow out of it given time. Later, my husband tried to help me break the habit, suggesting I go cold turkey. Instead, I ended up corrupting him and introducing him to the dark side. You see…I am a chipaholic.

Yes, you heard correctly. Those innocent crisps of potato and salt are my downfall. Before you roll your eyes and reach for an Utz,allow meto put th...