Monthly Archives: March 2011

Mar
22

Fools Rush In: Whither the State of Publishing?

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I’ve often found Tarot cards to be useful tools – for writing, for soul-searching, for fun. The Fool has always struck me as a card of potential. Is he so absorbed with his own thoughts that he isn’t paying attention to the cliff he’s about to walk off? Is the dog warning him? Attempting to push him off? Is there another path we aren’t seeing? Or does the fool take the leap of faith to reap whatever rewards or failures await? Note the staff upon his shoulders, the red bag a representation of his earthly belongings (or perhaps emotional ones). Are they holding him back? Or symbolizing his need to be free? And yet, the stick may also be used for balance as he traverses the edge. The last few days in the publishing world have been in a bit of an upheaval. One moment, we learn about self-publishing queen Amanda Hocking… Read more
Mar
21

Monday…and Contest Winner!

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Clearly I didn’t blog yesterday…but since I hit you guys up like three times on Friday, I figure a little overlap is okay. Besides, yesterday was a bit of a cluster, so I will give myself a pass on that. I spent about 12 hours off-roading with the family on Saturday. Off-roading isn’t generally my thing, but I can usually get some writing done on the way down and back (usually a few hours each way), so that’s always worth something.  Plus it was a nice family day and those are becoming a bit more rare than I’d like, so I wanted to take advantage of the time while I could. Sunday…started off with good intentions. I dragged mr myn out to look for a new treadmill (finally – I know I’d said I was going to get one like two months ago, but things just didn’t work out until… Read more
Mar
18

Friday Afternoon Shiny

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The brilliant @Darchala painted up a larger shot of Brystion from his trading card. (It’s not completely finished, but I actually really like it rough like this**. It suits him.) Go visit her DA page and give her some love! ** No, that’s *NOT* what I meant. Get your heads out of the gutter, pervs.… Read more
Mar
18

Gotta Get Down on Friday. AKA: Earworm from Hell.

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Just spreading the love…… Read more
Mar
17

Word Whore Thursday & St. Patty’s Day Contest!

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I’m over at Word-Whores today talking a little bit o’ the drink (complete with ragingly sexist Guinness commercial), and a killer Guineess & Bailey’s cupcake recipe that I found online, so go check it out! In the meantime, because it’s St. Patrick’s Day and therefore full of win, I’m giving away a set of all four of my new trading cards! Open to everyone/international – just leave a comment down below stating which character from A Brush of Darkness you’d like to have a drink with…and what you’d be having! Winner will be drawn at random. 🙂  (Quite possibly by hedgehog, if I can get Tumbleweed to deprickle a bit…) Here’s a shot of the fronts of the cards if you haven’t seen them before:… Read more