Samhain IS open to submissions
Written on May 31, 2009 by Donna · All Posts · Tags: Samhain Publishing
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Samhain is open to submissions. In the most recent issue of the RWA’s Pro newsletter (Prospects) it was reported that Samhain is closed to submissions. We’re unsure where the erroneous information came from, but we are not closed to submissions and have no plans to be. We continue to accept submissions... Read more
Did we hit a temporal disturbance?
Written on May 29, 2009 by Donna · All Posts · Tags: publishing
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Something weird happens with the space-time continuum when you get into publishing, I swear. After Bree and I sold our first book, things just slowed to a crawl. We had plenty of things to work on, so we kept ourselves busy, but it took six months (minimum) for our first three books to release. In... Read more
The tortoise or the hare?
Written on May 26, 2009 by Donna · All Posts · Tags: writing as a team, writing life
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Some people look at the number of words Bree and I kick out and think we must be very efficient. They assume that being a team means we must run at twice the normal speed, logging in words double-time. Unfortunately, that’s not really the way it works. “How do you guys write?” ... Read more
New projects are exciting!
Written on April 10, 2009 by Donna · All Posts · Tags: new projects, writing life
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As Bree has mentioned, we’ve been sucked up in a whirlwind of writing and deadlines and edits lately. The upside to staying busy is…well, staying busy. LOL You can’t knock it, that’s for sure. The downside is that sometimes finishing projects is supertough. Why? Because you’ve... Read more
Vital Stats: Mahalia
Written on March 6, 2009 by Donna · Southern Arcana · Tags: Crux, mahalia tate, Southern Arcana, vital stats
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Mahalia Tate hates the word “sassy”, but even she has to admit it usually applies to her. Over the years, she’s been a lot of things to a lot of people–a mentor to Jackson, and a surrogate mother to Nick and dozens of other supernaturals making their way through New Orleans.... Read more
Vital Stats: Nick
Written on March 4, 2009 by Donna · All Posts, Southern Arcana · Tags: Crux, nick peyton, Southern Arcana, vital stats
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Most people would call Nick Peyton a success story. She owns a popular bar and a renovated sidehall Victorian in the French Quarter, has plenty of friends, and devotes her time to a diverse range of hobbies and causes. She’s living the American dream. But to her father, she’s the prodigal... Read more
Behind the Hero: Jackson Holt
Written on March 2, 2009 by Donna · All Posts, Behind the Hero, Southern Arcana · Tags: Behind the Hero, Crux, jackson holt, Southern Arcana
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These days, it’s almost surreal to be talking about the Southern Arcana universe because Bree and I have been developing these characters for a long time. Some of them are one, two, even three years in the making. Crux was our first pro writing effort, and we’ve done a lot of worldbuilding... Read more
Behind the Hero: Captain Damon Antema
Written on February 24, 2009 by Donna · All Posts, Behind the Hero, Universes · Tags: Behind the Hero, sexual healing
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When Bree and I were doing our kamikaze-style brainstorming and worldbuilding for Sexual Healing, the first character I really connected with was our hero. I immediately felt like maybe I could capture the essence of a man who deals in pain, lives with it every day, but can usually rely on his discipline... Read more
Behind the Hero: Blake Kendrick
Written on January 15, 2009 by Donna · Carnal Powers · Tags: 13th step
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Blake Kendrick is a bit of an anomaly for us, simply because I developed him a bit differently than most of our characters. For one thing, there was no real back and forth about Blake’s perfect heroine (at least, not at the outset) because the story we wanted to tell was one of Blake’s... Read more
They’re more like guidelines…
Written on January 13, 2009 by Donna · All Posts · Tags: goals, writing life
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Well, I’ve finally managed to kind of catch my breath after the holidays, and…man, we’re going to be busy this year. It’s hard to fathom that, this time last year, we were signing our first contract. Now we have over a dozen stories, novellas, and books on sale, and another... Read more
