Interview with a DemonTrapper author

Hey, I'm over at Blame It On the Muse today interviewing YA fantasy author Jana Oliver whose release in January was the top seller in the UK.

Jana's chatting about her writing process, cemeteries, and plotting ideas. A very cool person. And she loves  Scotch and chocolate. What more can I say?

A wish for you at Christmas Time

I've put a few cool vids up on the Blame It On The Muse blog today.

Merry Christmas! Happy Hanukka! Happy Holidays.
Marley

Let's Play, Part 2

Blogging over at Blame It On the Muse today, part 2 of our improv blog from last Monday. Come join us and show off your story-builidng talent.

The elements we came up with last week were:

A time travel by necessity.

Our first line is: “I placed the baby shoes on the table and propped up the sign: ‘Never used.’

Our first protagonist is a long distance trucker who desires freedom from all ties – emotional and physical.

The second protag is an eleven year old boy who carries around books by Stephen Hawking. He can’t understand them yet, but some day… His uncle was recently killed in Afghanistan and his Mom is pretty dislocated by her brother’s death. This leaves Leonard (he prefers Leo, more reminiscent of the Lion) at loose ends for most of the summer day. His best friend is thirteen year old girl cursed with the name Lola, whose Dad is a geologist, often on assignment…

The villain is a short-sighted old lady who always wears thick cardigans, summer and winter, indoors and out.

Antagonist is Meeker Brown, an ex-moonshiner, now G-man.

One setting: 1920’s dust bowl Oklahoma. Farms being blown away, dust getting into everything. Hobos riding the rails and bank robbers like Dillinger and Bonnie and Clyde run wild.

Keywords: slug, fried chicken, blue-eyed, distress, aircraft carrier, transgender, hootch, broad shouldered, Merry Maids, g-men, Tommy-gun, good for nuthin no account, bastard

And an additional  first line  – Dove leveled the shotgun at Ruben’s chest.

Create a title, a back cover blurb, or mini synopsis and share it. There are so many options.

Improv on Muse Monday

I'm blogging today on Muse Monday over at Blame It on the Muse

Come on over and participate in the Improv experiment.

Blame it On the Muse

Today is launch day for our new blog, Blame It On the Muse on which yours truly is a blogger. It's a blog with twelve other writers of various genres for readers and writers alike.

Mondays will be the day we celebrate the Muse, that fickle, picky, flighty, controlling, and sometimes absent diva of our creative nature. We weigh in Muse Mondays on the trials and tribulations of becoming intimate with your Muse.

Our writers will share insights throughout the month into their characters, excerpts, info on new releases and there will be giveaways and contests for our blog visitors. This month we'll have first hand pictures from the RWA conference in Orlando.

I'll be blogging TODAY our first Muse Monday! Come, cast your blame on the Muse.