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October 22, 2011 / Courtney / Writing

Okay, Scifi & Fantasy Fans, This One’s for You

Ladies and gentlehobbits, I present to you: A Consortium of Worlds, Vol. 1 (Fall Issue)!

This is the first issue of the new Consortium Books quarterly, speculative fiction, short story e-magazine for Kindle and Nook. If you don’t know what spec fic is, just think sci-fi and fantasy with, in our case, a little dash of steampunk and mythology thrown in. It’s a yummy stew of otherwordly writerliness, and, as you might have guessed, I highly recommend a generous helping! My ingredient for this recipe comes in the form of a high fantasy short story….

October 19, 2011 / Courtney / Writing

Cat Vomit and Temper Tantrums

Over at UnstressedSyllables.com, I’ve posted my weekly column What I Learned About Writing This Week. Click on over to find out what cat vomit has to do with my short story crafting. There’s a connection. I promise. ; )

October 18, 2011 / Courtney

On an Unrelated Note….

By which I mean really unrelated….

October 14, 2011 / Courtney / Creativity

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….

October 12, 2011 / Courtney / Writing

My Horizon Got Embiggened

Thanks to Josh and a rollicking romp of insanity, I somehow got myself involved with the Kindle All-Stars Project. In short, KAS is the brainchild of one Bernard J. Schaffer, who is putting together a short story anthology for Kindle of various independent authors….

October 6, 2011 / Courtney / Writing

SotU: Birds Carrying Twitterwhales

This is what happens when Twitter is down.

October 5, 2011 / Courtney / Writing

SHADOWS AFTER MIDNIGHT live at Amazon!

Hello, my dears! I know it’s been a stupid long time since you’ve heard anything substantial from me here. I am so very sorry! But it’s because I’ve been working hard to get you this: The paperback of SHADOWS AFTER MIDNIGHT is now available at Amazon. Click here to buy your copy, and happy reading! …

September 28, 2011 / Courtney / Writing

Baby, You Can Too Write a Novel!

Hey sweet’eart. Missing me? Good, I miss you, too. : )

Life’s got me hustling and bustling enough to keep my blogging fingers busy elsewheres — but I promise an update SOON.

In the meantime, click to read my guest post about life, the universe, and everything, and how You. Are. Enough.

42, y’all. BANGERANG.

September 20, 2011 / Courtney

Growing Up in Bowel Town: Marauders

I grew up in the German city of Darmstadt, which literally translates to “Bowel City,” which I choose to render as “Bowel Town” because it sounds funnier. My first home in Darmstadt was an apartment building at Roßdörferstraße 55, which loosely translates to “Horse-Village Street” — I swear I am not making this up…

September 18, 2011 / Courtney / Random

And Now, a Word from Weird Al Yankovic about Email Fwds

If you’ve ever begged your friends or family not to forward emails that cc your address to 2 billion people, this is a video you’ll want to see….