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A J Hartley

Act of Will

Anthology

Rum and Runestones w/stuart

David B Coe

Robin Hood

Faith Hunter

Blood Cross

Misty Massey

Mad Kestrel

It’s my turn and I’ll cry if I want to…

My husband sent me a link to a review of my book this morning.  It was a favorable review, but I felt like crawling under the table and sobbing.

You see, there have been three reviews so far (well, three that I’ve seen, anyway.)  All of them have been lovely, complimentary and packed with praise.  PW [...]

Blogs: Distraction or Inspiration

Expanding a bit on Catie’s post from yesterday…..

We all have our distractions:  the metrics Catie described, our favorite computer games or web sites, those household chores and long-neglected repairs that never seem to matter until we’re supposed to be writing.  I could write a whole post just about this (and probably will, at some point).

But as someone who [...]

fiddling with metrics

First day of Magical Blogging! How cool.

I deleted solitaire off my work computer a few months ago, and I’ve pretty much gotten over missing it. But, of course, I’ve found another way to goof around, which is fiddling with metrics.

I mean, I did this anyway. Everybody does (she said, looking [...]

Fantasy: It’s all in a Name…and the Spin

 I was looking for the old manuscript of one of my out of print mysteries the other day—okay, I know, this is a fantasy blog.  Bear with me— and I came upon my first fantasy (got there!) attempt.  I say attempt because it failed so miserably.  I couldn’t get the mix right.  Mix, you say?  [...]

Doing As I Say

When Faith, Misty, C. E., and I first started talking about what we wanted this site to be, we agreed that it would be fun to discuss issues we encounter as writers of speculative fiction.  Each of us specializes in different subgenres of fantasy, and each of us has dabbled in other genres as well, [...]

Where’d everyone go?

Last night we watched a History Channel special called “Life After People”. It posed the question of what would happen on Earth if people were suddenly gone. And except for the short discussion of house pets and their awful fates (I just hate it when dogs are in trouble!) it was [...]