When I went to New Orleans this past fall, I met with a voodoo priest. I really went to see what a voodoo bone reading was like–it’s the writer in me, I just like to go check things out. To get ideas for stories.
It was fascinating. He didn’t actually throw bones. He used shells. The […]
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Answers Come When You Stop Asking
November 30, 2006; 8:38 am
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When the World Stops
November 29, 2006; 6:20 pm
Have you ever looked up from a book and been startled to discover that you were actually in your own home, snuggled on the couch, instead of deep in the Amazon jungle, dodging bullets with the hunkiest vampire ever keeping you safe from harm, but not from himself?
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Seat of the Pants, Outlining, or Any Other Form of Getting Your Ideas Down
November 28, 2006; 12:58 pm
I’m teaching a workshop this week for Passionate Ink, and the question came up about how I write. Do I outline, or am I a seat of the pants writer?
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How dark is too dark?
November 27, 2006; 9:26 am
Paranormal is an odd genre. In it, we’re allowed to have vampires, demons, and werewolves as our heroes. Creatures who may at one time have murdered, who may be soulless and evil and without compassion.
If you put a character like that into a regular romance novel, it’s unlikely that it would be well received.
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Signing tomorrow in Toronto
November 24, 2006; 12:18 pm
If anyone is in the Toronto area and interested in coming out to a signing that will include yours truly, Kelley Armstrong, and four other fabulous authors who don’t write paranormal, but they still totally rock *g*…come out and see us tomorrow, Saturday, November 25th from 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. at The World’s Biggest […]
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Spam sucks
November 24, 2006; 9:17 am
While I am slightly web-savvy, I am not exactly a web guru, therefore to combat the evil threat of spam, I have changed the Midnight Hour so if you would like to make a comment, you will need to register (see bottom of sidebar). It’s an easy process, and you will be part of the […]
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A Writer’s Thanksgiving List
November 22, 2006; 10:59 am
A Writer’s Thanksgiving List
(Note: I am skipping the editor, family, friends etc b/c Chey & Michelle already mentioned it and it’s obvious so….) PS. Michelle? I’m the one posting today, not Kathy.
Twelve things I am thankful for (as a writer):
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Win an ARC of Hell’s Belles
November 22, 2006; 9:54 am
I’m just going to sneak in here before Kathy’s post today and say that I’m holding a contest for an advanced reading copy of Hell’s Belles by Jackie Kessler on my blog. Head over there and tell me: if you were a succubus (or incubus if you’re a guy) who would you demonically seduce?
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What Cheyenne is thankful for this Thanksgiving
November 21, 2006; 5:00 am
Michelle covered so many of the things that I’m thankful for. So I should just say “ditto!” :-)
1. My 3 sons, hubby, mom, dad, and 2 brothers, and 1of my sister-in-laws. ::WEG::
2. Our cockapoo, Sugar; our pomapoo, Twizzler; and our cockerspaniel, September.
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20 Things I’m Thankful For
November 20, 2006; 10:07 am
It’s Thanksgiving week for all my American friends. Here in Canada we celebrated the holiday back in October (I can only surmise it’s because once-apon-a-time some Canadian politician decided that having two large turkey dinners within six weeks of each other was too much for our delicate Northern tummies) but I don’t think it matters […]
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Guest Blogger: author Emma Holly
November 17, 2006; 1:08 am
The Midnight Hour is thrilled to welcome author Emma Holly. Emma will be giving away THREE autographed copies of THE PRINCE OF ICE! Whoo hoo!! And check out the pecs on her cover model. Yum, yum, Yum!
Prince of Ice: A Tale of the Demon World
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Nearly Missed It!
November 16, 2006; 7:10 pm
Okay, so I know I told you all about moving to a new house. A beautiful house out in Western Maryland. Very quaint, very small town…and at times very annoying.
We’ve been having internet issues off and on since we moved here. Today was one of those days. Grrr. But it […] -
Michele Hauf winner
November 16, 2006; 6:35 pm
Nozomi is the winner of the autographed book and “something sweet” (I think she’s going to send you chocolate…). Please email Michele your snail mail address at mhauf at mninter dot net (I wrote out the email address so the spambots couldn’t troll for it). Congrats!
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MH Announcement
November 16, 2006; 1:07 pm
I’m happy to announce today that the 5th member of the Midnight Hour blog has been confirmed. Lilith Saintcrow, urban fantasy writer extraordinaire of such awesome books (yeah, I’m a fan) as WORKING FOR THE DEVIL and DEAD MAN RISING, will be joining us in December as our regular Friday blogger! Woo hoo!
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Happy Hump Day
November 14, 2006; 8:50 pm
Okay, so last Tuesday, I headed out to the polls an hour before closing to drop off my ballot, but when I got there, it turned out I’d forgotten the privacy envelope, so I had to turn around and go home, get the envelope and then drive back to the library to drop it off.
But […]