Chris Graham, aka the Story Reading Ape, was kind enough to feature me on his blog today, where I talk a little bit about my writing goals. I hope you’ll stop by and check it out, and don’t forget to check out some of the other things he’s got posted! His site is a virtual treasure trove for writers. 🙂
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Today I’m hanging out with Susan Finlay and talking about how to beat the dreaded Writer’s Block. (Yes, the caps are appropriate – in said post, Writer’s Block is a living, breathing thing.) I hope you’ll check it out and chime in with your own ways to defeat the evil beast. 🙂
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Today I’m hanging out over at my good friend A.F.E. Smith‘s blog, talking about fantasy and poetry and the similarities between the two. I hope you’ll stop by and check it out – she’s got worlds of other great things there, and I know you’ll enjoy your visit. 🙂
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I hope you’re not getting tired of these, because I’m having lots of fun writing them. Tonight I’ve got a guest post up on Dick Hannah’s awesome blog, Publish or Perish, all about procrastination (with a little advice thrown in for good measure).
I hope you’ll check it out, and while you’re there, have a look at some of his other posts. He’s got some great posts on first and last lines in books, as well as a nice collection of quotes about mornings. You won’t want to miss them!
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That’s right, I’m a guest on someone’s blog again. This time, I’m being interviewed by Aurora Jean Alexander over at the Writer’s Treasure Chest. She’s got lots of great stuff up there, so I hope you’ll stop by and check it out. Toodles!
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I’m guest posting today over at the Avid Reader Blog. I’m there talking about blogging and books, so stop by and check it out! 🙂
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That’s right, I’m still waxing poetic about the weather. It’s another lovely day out there, and I’ve got a nice, long lunch break ahead of me to fill with stories to my heart’s content.
More of this is definitely in store today. I can’t wait to get out there and enjoy the sunshine of another world for a little while! 🙂
How about you – what do you enjoy doing on beautiful sunny days?
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It is an absolutely glorious day out there. It’s so pretty, it’s hard to believe it’s actually a Monday. Well, sort of. After a crazy busy weekend full of family and fun, my brain’s a bit fried, so maybe it’s not all that hard to believe it’s really Monday after all. 🙂
Anyway.
See? Told you it was gorgeous. It’s pushing 70 and beautiful out there, and I wish I didn’t have to stay chained to my desk for another four hours so that I could go outside and enjoy myself. Maybe the fresh air would wake my brain up.
On the bright side, I did get out there during my lunch break. Beautiful sky, sunny day, writing progress – it was a great lunch. Too bad it couldn’t have lasted longer. 🙂
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Back in January, my friend and fellow author, Sam Dogra, tagged me in a character development challenge. I started working on my answers before her post went live, but it’s taken me till now to finally finish them. I’ve spent ten years getting to know this character, yet there were things I didn’t know about him till I filled out this questionnaire. It was quite a lot of fun, and I’m thinking about turning this into a series of posts about each of my main characters.
I’ve done this as an interview. I hope you enjoy learning about Vatren as much as I did! 🙂
Vatren
Artwork by Hazel Butler
What position do you sleep in? ( i.e; stomach, side, back, etc.) Why?
I sleep on my back, propped up a bit so that I appear awake from a distance. I used to sleep flat on my back, but these are dangerous times.
Do you have any noteworthy features? Freckles? Dimples? A scar somewhere unusual?
I’m afraid not. I’m perfectly ordinary, except for the prince bit.
Do you have an accent? What does it sound like?
An accent? Of course not. I speak normally. Well, as normally as any other noble Lokani citizen. Accents belong to the poor and uneducated. But not to me.
Do you have any verbal tics? Do you have trouble pronouncing certain words or getting your thoughts across clearly?
Verbal what? Well…
I know I’ve mentioned that I love being part of the writing community and helping out fellow authors before, but I have to say it again: The writing community rocks. It rocks so hard. Know why?
This is why:
Hey @kaysiewrites I was wondering whether you’d be interested in hosting my friend @HMGoodchild or reviewing her book http://t.co/9Wh5ogVswG
— Irene Soldatos (@I_Soldatos) March 17, 2015
If you haven’t heard of Harriet Goodchild yet, you should have. And you’re in luck! Because today, she’s going to chat with me about writing, fantasy, and her latest book, After the Ruin.
KK: Hi, Harriet. Tell us about yourself.
HG: I live in Edinburgh now but I was born in the west of Scotland and go back there whenever I can. Lest that sound a narrow life, I’ll say I’ve lived in a few other places as well, including the United States and Australia, and spent twelve years in Oxford. Life in Oxford is rather like living in a fantasy novel: pretty soon you start meeting seneschals or quaffing from an aurochs horn after dinner.
I share my flat with two pets: a Bengal cat called Talisker and a very large goldfish called, imaginatively, Big Fish. Big Fish is outgrowing her third tank and soon I’m going to have to find a safe pond in which to rehome her. Until then, Talisker enjoys sitting nearby her tank to keep her company. Or at least I think that’s her reason. Never assume nefarious intent, even in cats!
KK: Have you always written?
HG: In my teens I wrote a lot. Short stories and poetry, mostly, and a novel that rambled on and on through several college notebooks, acquiring characters along the way. It wasn’t good – and I hope it never surfaces – but I enjoyed writing it hugely and that’s all that matters. Some of the ideas in those stories, in fact, laid the groundwork for all that I’ve written since, although I think my writing has improved since my teenage years. After that, reading a lot and writing a bit was enough, although I published some non-fiction along the way. Then, about five years ago…
Suddenly they all died. The end. 