Don We Now Our Contracted Apparel
Everybody always picks on the word “gay” in the familiar Christmas tune “Deck The Halls,” so I thought I’d share something with you concerning one of the other words in the song….
Category: Courtney / Inspiration
Why #NaNoWriMo? (Of Plot Bunnies and Ninja Zombies)
Hello, my lovelies. In case you hadn’t noticed, I spent November firmly and happily ensconced in this year’s National Novel Writing Month, abbreviated to NaNoWriMo for your convenience. NaNoWriMo is the manic, overcaffeinated, unpaid, underslept, head-desking, face-palming, keyboard-hammering, plot-bunnying, ninja-zombieing, annual November endeavor of hundreds of thousands of writers world-wide, each writing their own 50,000-word …
#KindleAllStars: The Punk Rock of Literature
Kindle All-Stars El Presidente Bernard Schaffer calls us indie authors “the punk rock of literature.” My fellow punk rocker, Tony Healey, has conducted interviews with the rest of the troupe, so that you, my dear inklings, can get to know us all better….
In the Beginning (Consortium Roots)
“Did you ever walk into circumstances and come out with a lot more than you bargained for?” Yes. ; ) Here’s the story….
Stop and Smell the Everything
We all need frequent reminders to stop and pay attention to the little things that infuse small threads of joy into our hearts. Those threads wind and bind together until they form a powerful net of joy that catches the negatives of life….
Sometimes, a Lady’s Just Gotta Get Naked
Thought of the Day: To get what you want, you’re going to have to change. You can’t keep doing just what you’re doing and expect to achieve a final destination that’s not at the end of your current path. You know what your current path is and what it leads to. …
Harlan Ellison, Alan Dean Foster…and Courtney Cantrell
Around Christmas of this year, I shall have a story in the SAME short story collection as HARLAN ELLISON and ALAN DEAN FOSTER. As my friend Josh (who’s gonna have a story in the same collection) says, “This is what we in the business call a pretty big deal.”
Of Figs and the 9th Circle of Hell
a few days ago I was tooling around in Google Analytics again, and I thought to myself, “Self, you really should write another blog post about keywords again, because that was just rockin’ awesome fun,” and myself replied, “Heck YEAH.”
So. Here are a few recent keyword phrases that have led people to my blog. Some of them make sense. Some of them, like haiku about refigerators*, do not….
Music To Demon By
My dear inklings, I realized I’ve been remiss in sharing my writing music with you. So, without further ado or adon’t, here are my playlists for the first two novels in the Demons of Saltmarch Series, as well as characters and scenes the music inspired….
Booty-Gouty Flips My Bangerang Switch
So. If you are… …one of my followers on Twitter, someone considering following me on Twitter, or someone considering joining Twitter and then following me… …I feel it’s only fair to let you know what you’ve gotten / what you’re getting yourself into. You see, sometimes, on Twitter, it starts out simple. Like a conversation …