This past Saturday I attended a surprise birthday party for my stepdad. Sure, the cake and wine and DJ were fun and all, but towards the end of the festivities I found a newfangled-story-idea-generator that I'm going to patent.

It's called a five-year-old.

The conversation started innocently enough. A boy was asked what he was going to be for ( Read more... )

Be sure to hop over to merriehaskell 's blog and wish her a happy book birthday!

Oh, and go and order The Princess Curse while you're at it. 

 This weekend I was fortunate enough to attend Brad Beaulieu's launch party for his epic fantasy novel Winds of Khalakovo at Boswell's in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

So. Much. Fun.

Brad read a few great excerpts from his debut novel before signing books for his new fans. After, friends and family gathered at Cafe Hollander for a cake, prizes, and rapid- ( Read more... )

Then look no further: Brad Beaulieu's epic fantasy debut The Winds of Khalakovo is available for your sleep-deprived enjoyment. Several great reviews have surfaced already. You don't want to be left behind, do you? Get to you favorite bookseller and pick up a copy. Tell 'em Kelly sent you!

A friend pointed me in the direction of this lovely review for Boondocks Fantasy. I think you need to go right out and buy it, and not just because my tale is "enjoyable," but because there are lots of great stories by some really fabulous authors.

I'm an active member of SFWA. Definitely a milestone that I've worked towards, and I'm proud to be a part of the organization.

The romantic science-fiction (or is it science-fictional romance?) anthology LOVE AND ROCKETS hit the shelves yesterday and already a review is in.

If you don't want to click the linky, a Romantic Times reviewer called my story "The Business of Love" bittersweet.

Yep, I'll take it.

So, yeah. Last week I hit a wall in my Stormy Weather outline. I'm rewriting/expanding/making awesome a YA ... novella ... I wrote about four years ago. I like the concept and I like the characters, so I wanted to clean 'em up and see what I could do with 'em. I got about 10K in before reworking the outline again. (This is usual for me: outline, ( Read more... )

Stumbled upon this blog entry by Lillith SaintCrow in my daily internet travels (thanks to kellymccullough ). In it, Ms. Saintcrow tells the aspiring writing that carving out writing time every day is important--yes indeedy--but carving out alone time is equally as important. Set aside some time each day just for you. To think. To recharge. To work out plot ( Read more... )

My paljmeadows  has just sold her first novel! A trilogy, actually. You should totally go over to her blog and give her a virtual hug. She's one of the hardest working writers I know and she completely deserves this.  Congrats, Jodi!