I’m hosted over at Patti Abbott’s blog where I reveal: “How I Came To Write This Book” How I Came to Write this Book, K. A. Laity THE MANGROVE LEGACY Kit Marlowe, Tease Publishing, Dec 2010, ISBN 9781607671275, $5.99 In 2002, I moved to Houston, Texas with my husband. I hadn’t quite got around to…
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Carrot & Stick
I have a favor to ask of you: it’s not really much and this time of year, you might be spending a lot of time in the particular location anyway. I have a birthday wish. I realise it’s a few weeks away yet, but you need some preparation time. The good news is that it…
La Ronde, Part Three: Provocateur
Here’s a fun thing: I’m part of a Round Robin story sequence thanks to Patti Abbott, which circles around envy. One character envies another in Patti’s story, then that character envied, envies another in Dana’s story and now I’m writing about that character envying a third. Hence the lovely woodcut of the punishment of the…
Utter Nonsense
Thanks to the fabulous Adele at Un:Bound, I have a post up at Everybody’s Reading, the site for the festival of reading in Leicester this week. I wish I could be in Leicester for the celebration, but I suppose this will be the next best thing. I write about my love of nonsense and its…
Moonlight, Lace and Mayhem — and Me!
I’m guest blogger over at Moonlight, Lace and Mayhem today. Stop by and say hi and read what I have to say about… football?! Yep, it’s true (and why there’s a picture of Mesut Özil here). No, I didn’t have a choice, it was just their theme for the month. While I’m not much of…
Kit Marlowe Visits UnBound
Kit Marlowe is over at the UnBound blog with the Ravenous writers today. She’s writing about cant, jargon and slang in her books and in her favorite novels. Join her and the whole crew, who are a fun bunch of folks and our wonderful hostess, the fabulous Dana Fredsti. Here’s a snippet: I love language!…
Talking Book Trailers at Sia’s
Here’s Sia’s introduction to my piece on what I learned from making book trailers: please stop by and comment, and be sure to check out the many interviews with writers featured on her blog. PROMOTION AND BOOKTRAILERS My guest is a favorite of mine, Kate Laity. She’s written some wonderfully entertaining stories under various names, including…
Fairy Tales with Cate Masters
Join me at fellow writer Cate Masters’ blog to talk about fairy tales: what’s your fave and why? Yes, of course — this is another chance to talk about PELZMANTEL! By the by, because a few people have asked: if you are not within signing distance, send me your address and I will be happy…
My Fabulous Friends
In the middle of a manic Monday (as usual) — no, the conference paper isn’t done; no, the book proposal isn’t ready; no, I haven’t done whatever it is I promised you that I would do for sure by today — so in lieu of the film review I had hoped to write, I’ll tell…
Adele AKA Hagelrat: Why People Don’t Read
Adele is the fabulous hostess of Unbound, a lively book blog that covers a broad swath of authors (yes, I was recently a guest there myself!). She’s also pretty darn funny and an astute reviewer. As her post shows, she’s passionate about sharing the flame of reading. Our awesome hostess has invited me to come…