The Connecticut Writers' Circle
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ļøCelebrate Pride Month with new books! If you havenāt read After Midnight, you can enter to win it today ā plus 30+ exciting LGBTQ+ novels from a great collection of authors AND a brand new eReader šHereās the link bit.ly/PrideReads-June21 When youāre done, comment to let me know youāve entered! Find Trevann at http://www.trevannrogers.com Picture… Continue reading Celebrate Pride with š Books
Many of us have had more time at home over the past year. If you're like me, my TBR pile (To Be Read) dwindled to next to nothing. In this book promotion, my fellow fantasy authors and I are offering over sixty books, short stories and previews for you to peruse. It's a chance to… Continue reading Quarantine Reading
Rocky Horror Picture Show is still going strong after 18 years and has become standard Halloween fare throughout much of the country.Ā While I have been a fan of the movie, I have never had the opportunity to see a shadow cast performance until last week.Ā Ā I started the evening freezing my well-covered butt off… Continue reading Why Yes, I Did the Timewarp Again.
In the world of comics the antagonist is often a menacing creature with no explanation of why heās so angry. They usually have no redeeming feature. That is not the case for Black Pantherās Killmonger.
It's insanity season again--otherwise known as National Novel Writing Month. This is a time when a group of ambitious writers vow to write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days. This will be my 5th year as a participant. I've never won. I usually do well until Thanksgiving week when we have out of state… Continue reading The Most Wonderful (insane) Time of Year
Attending writing conferences has been my favorite activity for the past several years. I've attended many of them, usually several each year. I loved the workshops, enjoyed meeting new authors (both published and not yet published) and took the opportunity to pitch my stories to agents and editors who attended for the purpose of hearing… Continue reading Writers’ Conferences: Evolving to Extinction?
Ā I'm not one of those writers who believes her characters do whatever they want to do. I'm not interested in interviewing them, asking them what they want to wear or anything of the sort. I'm a plotter. I write what I want to see happen. It would be a little psychotic (if one can be… Continue reading I Write the Story
Weāre often asked what inspires our writing. Itās a tough question as weāre inspired by many things, such as city lights, nature, beautiful men with long hair, and vampires. That being said, our most consistent inspiration is music. One might say weāre addicted to it. Sometimes, itās the lyrics. Words are powerfully moving when combined… Continue reading The Wrap Tour
House of the Rising Son is set to release on Tuesday! Thought you might want a peek at our back cover blurb: Living After Midnight, Book 1 Cheyenne is a half-human incubus whose star is on the rise in the Unakite City rock scene. His father, the leader of the supernatural races, would prefer he… Continue reading House of the Rising Son–Releases on Tuesday 9-22!
A short time ago, I had the opportunity to go to a workshop at the New Jersey Romance Writer's Put Your Heart in a Book conferenceĀ on world building in novels. The presenter, Kristen Painter, told us that no matter what kind of story is being told, the author has to engage in at least… Continue reading Series Weary
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