by Charlene Teglia | Jan 17, 2007 | Uncategorized
That’s right, I’ve got no better ideas today, so it’s Thursday Thirteen! Thirteen things I’ve written about in my books but never done.
1. Seen Bigfoot (I Was An Alien’s Love Slave, EC June 07)
2. Been abducted by aliens (I Was An Alien’s Love Slave, EC June 07)
3. Tested fireworks (Love and Rockets, Ellora’s Cave)
4. Talked to an AI (Dangerous Games, Ellora’s Cave)
5. Met a band of Vikings (The Gripping Beast, Samhain)
6. Cast a love spell (Love Spell: Ellora’s Cavemen Legendary Tails II)
7. Invited a vampire home (Night Music: Beginnings Anthology, Samhain)
8. Shot a werewolf with silver bullets (Wolf In Cheap Clothing, Ellora’s Cave)
9. Fought as a wolf (the hunt scene in Wolf In Shining Armor, Ellora’s Cave)
10. Painted pictures of psychic visions (Only Human, Torrid Tarot EC 07)
11. Conspired with a partner to evade holiday matchmaking (Yule Be Mine, Cerridwen)
12. Laid a trap to catch a con artist (Miss Lonely Hearts, Samhain, coming soon)
13. Got a tattoo (Wild Wild West, St. Martin’s Press, Aug. 07)
There’s no example from Catalyst, because I’ve lived in a Victorian town with an attack cat and I learned to cook very late in life. The fun thing about fiction is that you can vicariously experience pretty much anything, no matter what your reality is.
by Charlene Teglia | Jan 17, 2007 | Uncategorized
Those Crayola Wonder pens that only write on Crayola Wonder paper, thus thwarting budding young muralists from using bedroom walls as their canvas? An enterprising toddler can break the ink tip off and jam it so far up her nose that it has to be removed. Just FYI.
by Charlene Teglia | Jan 16, 2007 | Uncategorized
“I went back to collecting Buck Rogers. My life has been happy ever since. For that was the beginning of my writing science fiction. Since then, I have never listened to anyone who criticized my taste in space travel, sideshows or gorillas. When this occurs, I pack up my dinosaurs and leave the room.” – Ray Bradbury, Zen in the Art of Writing
by Charlene Teglia | Jan 15, 2007 | Uncategorized
I’m guest blogging at The Raven today. My thoughts on the appeal of ghost stories and why fantasy fiction is good for us. Come visit!
In other news, Comet McNaught is still at its brightest today and visible in the daytime skies. Or you can watch it on the webcam if your view is blocked.
And I am now a member of NINC. Today my membership application is officially approved. I’ve intended to join for a while and now it’s done! There are lots of reasons for this, but mainly I could see the need for something not so much genre focused as novel/publishing focused.
by Charlene Teglia | Jan 14, 2007 | Uncategorized
No floods, power outages, 60 mph winds or trees falling on buildings. Wow! The roads are frozen and it’s cold, but that’s so mild compared to how the weather has been. So instead of weather drama, I’ve been thinking Deep Thoughts about author voice and why it is the one crucial thing. No, I have no coherent essay on this, maybe I’ll write one after I’ve pondered it some more.
I baked chocolate chip pecan cookies, which made everybody in the house really happy. I wrote 5K yesterday. And I’ve been reading Cascadia Wolves by Lauren Dane. I’ve been meaning to read this series for a while, because, well, werewolf mafia! Come on, do you really need any more reason to read these books? Werewolf. Mafia. Off to write some more, and hopefully get out for a walk if it warms up a bit.
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