I Heart This Thursday May 2022
Join me for I Heart This Thursday, a discussion thread for sharing stuff you love (because we need more of that in life!).
Welcome to I❤TT, a discussion thread for sharing stuff you love because we need more of that in life.
Here’s something I really love: a detailed list of non-Amazon places to buy books, audiobooks, and eBooks. As an author, I cannot eschew Amazon, no matter how much I’m against their labor practices. That doesn’t mean I can’t point you toward less morally-knotty storefronts with the same…
It’s My Birth Week + Podcast News + New Game Who Dis | April 2022 Tea Time With Tempest
Come to my virtual lounge for Tea Time With Tempest! I have some news to share (ORIGINality is back!) and I invite you to share yours.
It’s my birthday week! *confetti toss* Sadly, we’re still in a panorama and thus I cannot celebrate by gathering friends for a party to end all parties. Until I can, I am not “celebrating” exactly, but I am putting my birthday wishes out into the world.
First Wish: I’d love to raise $3,000 by Sunday for the Vonda N. McIntyre Sentient Squid Scholarship fund that supports authors who want to take…
Cover Reveal! Awards! Mayhem! | March 2022 Tea Time With Tempest
Cover Reveal! Awards! Mayhem! | March 2022 Tea Time With Tempest
Y’all, I have been holding this newsletter until I finally had all the ducks in a row for the cover reveal for my debut novel! It’s here and it’s beautiful and I am so happy I’m just spinning around and around.
🧡 Tempest
I have a bit of news to share with you below, but down in the comments I want to hear your news. Tell me about the stuff going on in your life that you’d like to share. Can be…
Next Class: Deep Dive Into Dialogue, Dialect, and Narrative Voice
The next @writingtheother class I’m teaching is the Deep Dive Into Dialogue, Dialect, and Narrative Voice. It’s going to be amazing!
The next Writing the Other class I’m teaching with Nisi Shawl is on Dialogue, Dialect, and Narrative Voice. Details below!
When: April 9 – 23, 2022
Where: Online via Zoom or Asynchronous classroom, accessible at your own pace
Price: $200 – $300 (Scholarships Available)
An essential part of creating a character is understanding how that individual speaks or communicates. For writers who are…
BIPOC Creator BOOST - February 2022
BIPOC Creator BOOST - February 2022. In the comments I’d love to know what books by BIPOC authors you’re reading!
Come Write With Me… or just hang out | February 2022 Tea Time With Tempest
Come Write With Me… or just hang out | February 2022 Tea Time With Tempest
Welcome to the new home of the Teapot newsletter, my own blog! I’ve been thinking about moving away from Substack since last year when we discovered, in the words of Annalee Newitz, that Substack “paid a secret group of writers to make newsletter authorship seem lucrative.” Recent policy communications from SubStack pushed me over the edge, and my reasoning is very close to that of Grave Lavery,…
Awards Eligibility 2022
I’m one the contributors to Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft, eligible for the Nebula in the Game Writing category and the Hugo in the Best Related Work category.
I’m quite late in doing one of these posts because I’ve been recovering from Egypt and also focusing on book stuff. (OMG I have book stuff, so excite!)
I did do a thing last year that I think deserves award consideration: Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
I’m one of several contributors to this, and so we’d all be included in a group nomination for the book. It’s eligible for the Nebula in the…
33 Days of Inspiration: An Auto-Class for Writers
33 Days of Inspiration: An Auto-Class for Writers
Need to rekindle your creative spark? Reconnect with your muse? Generate some new ideas? Get back to the story/book/narrative you put down when things got to be too much? I have the perfect balm for all of your woes: Writing Exercises!
WAIT, DON’T LEAVE!
I know the phrase ‘Writing Exercises’ gives some wordsmiths the hives. You’re probably thinking:
What’s the point?
or
I don’t need to waste my…
Daily Writing Exercises Returns! Get ready for NaNoWriMo (or not-NaNo)
Daily Writing Exercises Returns! Get ready for #NaNoWriMo (or not-NaNo)
It’s almost October, which means it’s almost November, which means that a bunch of writers around the world are about to take part in the ritual of setting a goal to write fifty thousand words in one month. NaNo excitement!
Given all this writerly energy in the air, this is also a great time of year to try and get back into a regular writing practice, if possible (sometimes it really, really…
Webinar Weekend: The Author’s Web Toolkit
Webinar Weekend: The Author’s Web Toolkit. Learn how to make an author website (even if you’re not a coder) & best practices for a social media presence.
I’ve teamed up with my fellow Debut22 author Lisa Stringfellow to bring you two webinars for writers, pre- and post-published. We both feel strongly that authors should have a web presence, even a basic one. We’ll give you the tools to create and maintain a website and a social media presence even if you aren’t tech-savvy or trained in digital marketing. Join us for:
Build It Better: Essentials…
