I’m pleased to present a new Girlfriends Cyber Circuit interview today with Kelly Parra, two-time RITA Award finalist and author of such YA novels as GRAPHITI GIRL and INVISIBLE TOUCH. She’s here today to talk about the new anthology SOMETHING WICKED. SOMETHING WICKED: Young Adult Short Stories Published by Buzz Books USA | October 2012Continue reading “GCC Interview with Kelly Parra”
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Men of Urban Fantasy Week – kick off with James Tuck
I’m very excited to present to you all my “Men of Urban Fantasy” week here on the blog. Urban (aka contemporary) fantasy is so female dominated, that I thought it was high time for me to shine a light on some of the amazing men on the scene and their more-than-memorable protagonists. I’m thrilled toContinue reading “Men of Urban Fantasy Week – kick off with James Tuck”
Saving Your Sanity
First, I want to wish an incredibly happy book birthday to D.B. Jackson and Kalayna Price for THIEFTAKER and GRAVE MEMORY respectively! Check out last week’s guest blogs by D.B. Jackson and Kalayna Price (and, of course, I hope you’ll want to check out their new works as well)! Actually blogging on my own blogContinue reading “Saving Your Sanity”
N.K. Jemisin Guest Blog and Giveaway
Quick note before I introduce the amazing N.K. Jemisin: Faith Hunter was kind enough to host me over on her blog this week, so I didn’t want to miss out on sending y’all over there as well. I’m talking about the writing life. And now, without further ado…. When I think new and innovative inContinue reading “N.K. Jemisin Guest Blog and Giveaway”
Lynn Flewelling Guest Blog with Giveaway!
Lynn Flewelling’s wonderful Nightrunner series and Tamir trilogy have been continuously in print and back (and back!) to press since their original publications. She’s truly one of the masters (mistresses?) of high fantasy and one of my earliest clients. We’ve been together ever since the beginning, and I couldn’t be more please to present LynnContinue reading “Lynn Flewelling Guest Blog with Giveaway!”
I HUNT KILLERS by Barry Lyga
For those of you who haven’t yet read I HUNT KILLERS by Barry Lyga, he’s written an intense novel in which Jazz, the teenaged son of the world’s worst serial killer, becomes obsessed with hunting a new murderer in order to prove that the “training” he received from his father during his formative years canContinue reading “I HUNT KILLERS by Barry Lyga”
Why I Do What I Do
I get the question in interviews all the time, “How do you do it all?” They’re talking about agenting, authoring, mothering, wifing…okay, I made up that last word. The real question is, “How would I stop?” Here are the hard truths: -Any day I don’t write feels wasted. It doesn’t matter what else I doContinue reading “Why I Do What I Do”
Lotsa Sandboxes by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Today on my blog, the superlative…wait, no…the stupendous…no, no, that’s not quite it either…the, well THE Keith R.A. DeCandido, author of everything from the Serenity novelization to tie-ins for Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Supernatural, Resident Evil, Spider-Man, etc. to original fiction, like his newly released SCPD: The Case of the Claw. He’s talking today aboutContinue reading “Lotsa Sandboxes by Keith R.A. DeCandido”
Action Distraction
I wrote this guest blog last year for Babes in Bookland (hey, all!). Since it’s something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately, having just turned in the second book in my Latter-Day Olympians series, I thought I’d reprise it here. Hope you enjoy! Action Distraction I don’t know about you all, but I dreadContinue reading “Action Distraction”
Why Your Work Never Gets Read as Quickly as You Want it to
Inspired by my status update this morning on Facebook and Twitter, I thought I’d give you another snapshot into the life of agents and editors, this one about why your work is rarely read as quickly as you like it to be. I’ll start with some specifics from my own personal experience. I represent fortyContinue reading “Why Your Work Never Gets Read as Quickly as You Want it to”
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