7 Degrees of Separate Villians

I have to say, I really love to write villians. There is a certain freedom in writing them that I don't necessarily feel with my heroin...

Eeee-Vil

What makes a truly evil character? What makes an engaging villain? Who are the ones you love to hate, and why? This is a question that pla...

Fable Me Evil

Mwahaha! That maniacal laugh would be the call to arms (or final gloat over your dying body) from Rumius, villain-superb from TIES OF VALOR....

What Makes A Good Villain Tick?

To continue our discussion of villains, let me ask this. Is the best villain someone who personifies the ultimate evil, who has no redeeming...

Villains! You got to have them!

Starting today, we're having a two week period to discuss our book's villains and I get to lead off :D As you all know, the hero/her...

Celebrating Heartstone

To celebrate the release of Heartstone, I'm offering a prize drawing for members of my newsgroup (to be chosen at random). The prize: A ...

sci-fi/futuristic romance Food musings

well, isn't this just ducky! I'm supposed to be doing a post (and late again - someone smack me with a wet noodle!)...and my mind i...

The Flexibility of Time

Sounds like a great title, right? I should be launching right about now into an exciting discourse on time travel, or temporal streams, or ...

Day Late and $1.98 Short- Again

Damn and Crap!!! Once again word comes to me that one of the ideas that I have had brewing in my most troubled and twisted mind is being mad...

What's In A Name?

Why is it that choosing a name for someone seems like witling characters out of stone? I mean I can see the necessity to name a real child, ...

Never Go to Pluto

It’s a Mickey Mouse Planet. That joke is older than I am, but now it has a new punch line. Never Go to Pluto – it’s not a planet at all! Acc...

Survival Tactics?

This has certainly been my week to blog :D I had a turn at the Triskelion Authors Blog and one at Sisters of the Night . You might want to ...

Star-Crossed Romance

High Tech vs Medieval-style sci-fi Why is it, I wonder, that so many sci-fi/futuristic romances are set in either high tech society, or in a...

A Vacation From the Vacation

Why is it that I feel like I need a vacation to recover from my vacation? This year, Clan Xandra divided our time between the Pennsic War a...

Zara Grills Somthing Besides Supper

“When I crash landed on Beryl what was the first thing about me that caught your eye?” Zara Dior nudged her significant other’s knee with he...

Coming in September to Amber Quill

Yesterday I got my cover art for my new science fiction romance! Ravensatr's Bride has been on the drawing board for a long time and I&...

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Plot

By now most people who know me also know that I get most of my ideas from dreams or that hazy little twilight of storytelling I do right bef...

Star-Crossed Romance

Star-Crossed Romance Hi all! It was actually my day yesterday, but for some strange reason, cyberspace didn't like me and woudn't l...

Heartstone -- Eric d'Ebrur

I wanted to let you all know that to celebrate Heartstone's release, I'm having a contest for members of my newsgroup. The prize wil...

Heroes Among Us

Sci-Fi wants to know WHO WANTS TO BE A SUPERHERO? My answer—jumping up and down like a cheerleader on a sugar high, my hands waving wildly i...

Heartstone is here!

Just thought I'd let you all know that Heartstone is now available to purchase at Triskelion! I didn't expect it to be available un...

An Interview With Chance MacKenzie

Recently, I caught up with the globe trotting hero of my paranormal romance, The Soul Jar [New Concepts Publishing, June 2006]. Mr. MacKenz...

Star-Crossed Romance

Star-Crossed Romance Hi all! ahhh...Hunks week. And we all love a good hunk! Tall, handsome, dreamy, muscles you could use as speed bumps....

Eric d'Ebrur -- Heartstone

The following takes place prior to the opening of Heartstone. "I'll fight the Gawan with sword or blaster, fang or claw," Eric...

Hanging Out in the Outer Sphere

Well, hopefully, you aren't checking in to see Xandra's thoughts on RWA National...because I'm not there. ToT (is there an emot...

Let's Blog About It!

Hi Everyone! I'm here in Alanta right underneath the place to meet & greet the upper echelon of publishing--AKA the bar. Have to say...

Greetings from Atlanta!

I got here yesterday morning and though the conference wasn't in full swing, the place is full of 'alive' with industry professi...

World Building

How do you build a world? That’s a question I get asked a lot as a writer of science fiction, fantasy and paranormal romance. All right – I’...

Thank You Patti!

It's been a great week with Patti here to blog with us. I, as I'm sure everyone else has, enjoyed your posts and insights on futuris...