http://www.themidnighthour.net Thu, 08 May 2008 06:38:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Yesterday I had a new washer and dryer delivered, and I wrote the opening scene of what will be my sixth Paladin book. Guess which one of those two events has me feeling buzzed and on the brink of a great adventure? I guess that’s really a no-brainer. ... http://www.themidnighthour.net/going-for-a-spin/ I'm excited to share that SHADOW MAGIC made the USA Today bestseller list! :o)  Thanks to everyone for your help in SM making the list! (It's her shoes. That's what did it. ;-) http://www.themidnighthour.net/usa-today/   With a little help from two of my most troublesome best friends, the monster child Calvin & the much smarter but imaginary Hobbes, I'll share with you all something every writer-supporter should know-- THE TOP TEN MOST IMPORTANT THINGS for The Care and  Feeding of Writers: 10. An editor, an agent, and a critique partner who ... http://www.themidnighthour.net/the-care-feeding-of-writers/ As I've said in the past, I keep a spiral notebook of upcoming books that I MUST buy on the day they are released. This past Tuesday I was at a local bookstore, bright and early, to buy Keri Arthur's THE DARKEST KISS and Jeaniene Frost's ONE FOOT IN ... http://www.themidnighthour.net/worlds-apart/ Wow how time zips by. Shadow Magic is here!  For fun, here's an excerpt. Excerpt from SHADOW MAGIC by Cheyenne McCray © Copyright Cheyenne McCray, 2008. All Rights Reserved, St. Martin's Press Paybacks are a bitch. And Hannah Wentworth would see to it that Ceithlenn, a dark goddess from Underworld, paid. Big time. Banshee, Hannah’s falcon familiar, ... http://www.themidnighthour.net/shadow-magic-is-out-today/ True to form, life hath served me my Friday post. Last Wednesday I was at a signing for for Elizabeth Lyon and saw some of my old writing students; we chatted a little bit about this very thing. And I've been reading f-listers' thoughts about this particular issue all week. ... http://www.themidnighthour.net/permission-to-createbad-art/ Shhhh! Don’t tell anybody, but I just found out one of my favorite guilty secrets is out in DVD. I don’t know how long this particular series has been available, but I heard about it this morning. In fact, I just printed out the information ... http://www.themidnighthour.net/guilty-secrets-of-the-dvd-variety/  It was wonderful to meet so many of you at the convention! What a terrific time. I can't even begin to recap it and do it justice, so I'm going to let some other bloggers do it for me. There are a couple of blogs with a lot of negative comments, ... http://www.themidnighthour.net/romantic-times-2008-convention/ Cross-posted to Fangs, Fur & Fey. The trouble with each Friday post isn't finding something to write about, it's more choosing among the plethora of things to say about writing. This week, for example, there's three things I'm thinking about, each of which deserves a big long post of its own. However, ... http://www.themidnighthour.net/three-thingsabout-writing/ About a year ago I decided that DJ Clayborne, one of my Paladins, needed something to do to help keep him out of trouble. In order to keep an eye on him, I gave DJ his own blog on my website (www.alexismorgan.com) and gave him the assignment of blogging ... http://www.themidnighthour.net/when-characters-take-over/