Experience in genre
by Diana I’ve been a member of a local literary society for a while, and, since I have a recent book release, I was invited to be the speaker for the August meeting. It’s a terrific group of people...
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Zombies scare me. I know that this is part of the point of zombies; they’re not usually in a story to make it more cuddly or increase the romantic angst, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies...
View ArticleWhy we should all say thank you to Stephanie Meyer and J.K. Rowling
This post was partially inspired by Nora’s excelent post on the Urban Fantasy boom (one scroll down, no turns) and partially by my normal answer to the “what do you think of Twilight?!” question....
View ArticleGenre dilettante
Even though I’ve been out of it this last week (sorry about that), I’ve been thinking a lot about Nora’s and Rachel’s posts on the boom in urban fantasy and the benefits of Twilight’s or Harry Potter’s...
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So it’s that time of year again. I speak partially of National Novel Writing Month, but not really. The part of NaNoWriMo I love is actually October, the month before the legion scribblers begin to...
View Articlea musical interlude
So this morning I was crusing my usual internet haunts and I saw this awesome video on Smart Bitches, which I will let speak for itself. I promise this goes somewhere! Besides the general coolness and...
View ArticleOn Batman
When I was a kid I was never really in to American comics or superheroes. That said, I LOVED Batman. I watched the animated series religiously every day after school (favorite episode: Harley and Ivy),...
View ArticleNever assume you know your readers
Sorry about the Sunday post… AGAIN. Fridays keep blowing up in my face, mostly in good but terribly busy ways. So the other night my husband and I went to a local place called Taco Stand which serves…....
View Articlekeeping the balls in the air
A few days late, but I was overwhelmed this weekend launching my website! www.rachelaaron.net! This is also why my first three blog entries are magic district cross posts, no time to write three new...
View ArticleGlorious celebrations demand free books!
ETA: It’s now noon on Friday, and the giveaway contest is closed! Thank you to everyone who entered!! I am now putting all the emails and comments together in a big virtual hat. Since I love all the...
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