The Selkie (otherwise known as the other half of my writerly brain) sent me a link this morning about the costumes for the HBO show Deadwood. It’s fascinating stuff, if your machine can handle the flash.
I loved the first season of Deadwood (a friend had it in DVD, and I haven’t seen any more since […]
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The Deliberate Art
February 29, 2008; 11:27 am
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SEDUCED BY MAGIC excerpt
February 26, 2008; 5:00 am
This is a *tame* excerpt from Seduced by Magic. If you want a HOT excerpt, check out this page on my site, CheyenneMcCray.com.
Seduced by Magic (available now–Amazon Link)
(BTW, Zephyr is Copper’s honeybee familiar!)
San Francisco
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What Makes A Story?
February 22, 2008; 9:02 am
One of the most useful metaphors I ever got about writing was actually in a junior-high English class. The teacher–a Mrs. Young–traced a bell curve on the chalkboard and said, “This is a story curve. At the beginning, you have a situation at rest, in equilibrium. Something happens to disturb that equilibrium, and the consequences […]
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Git ‘er dun.
February 21, 2008; 1:25 am
I have lots of things on my plate this spring. More than I had ancipated when I began scheduling deadlines for this time of year.
I have even more than I did *last* spring, and last spring was hell. Last spring, I had to write five books in seven months, including a couple sets of revisions. Last […] -
FORBIDDEN MAGIC excerpt
February 20, 2008; 9:45 am
Last week, when I asked what you enjoy reading on blogs, one of the most popular answers was “excerpts.” Well, cool, I have excerpts! I’m going to start this week with FORBIDDEN MAGIC, the first book in the “Magic” series.
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Winner of C.L. Wilson book
February 19, 2008; 12:49 pm
Thank you so much to C.L. Wilson for guesting with us yesterday!! :-)
The winner of their choice of a signed copy of LORD OF THE FADING LANDS or LADY OF LIGHT AND SHADOW + a signed collector’s card for that book is…
Carolynn
Please email your mailing address to michelle@michellerowen.com and I will forward your info on…
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Guest Blogger: Author C.L. Wilson
February 18, 2008; 1:44 pm
The Midnight Hour is very happy to welcome C.L. Wilson author of the bestselling and award-winning epic fantasy romances Lord of the Fading Lands and Lady of Light and Shadows. C.L. will be giving a lucky commenter a choice of one of her books, signed, along with a signed collector card for that book. So […]
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What Are Writers Responsible For?
February 15, 2008; 6:53 pm
Kit over at the DreamCafe had a good question this morning. Does an author have a responsibility to do anything for their readers, other than tell an entertaining story?
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A reason to smile
February 14, 2008; 11:36 am
First of all, let me wish everyone a Happy Valentine’s Day! My poor hubby has been sick all week, but he still managed to surprise me with a mushy Valentine card this morning. For a lot of reasons, we decided to keep the day low key this year, but he won […]
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Cheyenne’s Announcement Only Newsletter
February 14, 2008; 11:10 am
By special request…
I have a newsletter that is sent out once a month. The only thing else you will receive are announcements when my books are available. So, for example, my April newsletter will come out in the middle of the month, and then when SHADOW MAGIC is released, I’ll send out a special announcement.
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We have a winner!
February 13, 2008; 1:41 pm
Lis, you win a copy of MOVING TARGET! Just email me at chey (at) cheyennemccray.com with your info, and I’ll make sure the book is in the mail to you. Put BLOG CONTEST in the subject line in case my spam filter tries to eat you. :D
Thanks to EVERYONE for your valuable input! Congratulations, Lis!
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A question and a contest
February 12, 2008; 10:45 am
It’s a way easy contest!
I’d love to hear everyone’s thoughts, so jump in–and you’ll have a chance to win a copy of MOVING TARGET! Everyone who posts today will go into a drawing and I’ll draw the winner first thing in the morning.
Question:
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Achieving your childhood dream
February 11, 2008; 8:13 pm
I found this video via Holly Lisle’s blog.
Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch, who is dying from pancreatic cancer, gave his last lecture at the university Sept. 18, 2007, before a packed McConomy Auditorium. In his moving talk, “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams,” Pausch talked about his lessons learned and gave advice to students on how […] -
Getting Published
February 8, 2008; 2:07 pm
Since I wrote about “books about writing” last week, I thought I’d take a little time this week and write about getting published, that Holy Grail of a lot of writers. It is neither as easy or as hard as you think, dear neophyte (or apprentice) writer. But it does require persistence, patience, skill, luck, […]
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Guilty Secrets
February 7, 2008; 9:02 am
Here’s one of my guilty secrets: I love to brainstorm other people’s books. Mind you, I don’t want to write their books for them. I have enough to do getting my own stories down on paper—or rather on the computer screen. But when a friend wants to get together […]