http://www.realmsoftheraven.com Home of Author Maura Anderson Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:47:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My special fourth of July flash fiction story - Up in Flames - is up on the Fiction with Friction blog now! Give it a read and let me know what you think! http://www.realmsoftheraven.com/2008/07/03/fiction-with-friction-fireworks-up-in-flames/ Testing Windows Live Writer. Please return to your scheduled programming :) http://www.realmsoftheraven.com/2008/07/03/test-post/ Tomorrow we'll be chatting in Lizzie T. Leaf's Tearoom at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LizziesTeaRoom/ from 6:00 AM PST to 4:00 PM PST. Join us for excerpts and fun!! http://www.realmsoftheraven.com/2008/06/30/sassy-summer-tour-lizzie-t-leafs-tearoom/ Turned it over to test readers and my editor(s) last night. Usually I do a round of test reads before it goes to the editor but I'm late and my editor is most likely debating severe bodily harm. I can still integrate test reader feedback into the edits I get ... http://www.realmsoftheraven.com/2008/06/29/giving-thanks-is-done/ I'm within a scene of finishing Giving Thanks, one of the two m/m stories I have appearing as individual e-books from Aspen Mountain Press and as part of the Hot Comforts anthology from ManLoveRomance Press. This story has an interesting history to it. I had been in a chat with Jet ... http://www.realmsoftheraven.com/2008/06/28/learning-about-yourself-as-a-writer-the-story-behind-a-story/ Today I'm inspired by the Appaloosa. (Archives are on the website, if you want to read the offerings of past weeks) ------------------------------- Heart of the Appaloosa (c) 2008 by Maura Anderson Sharon forced herself to stillness, barely breathing as she adjusting camera settings and captured the image in her viewscreen. The mirror-like stillness of the ... http://www.realmsoftheraven.com/2008/06/27/friday-flash-heart-of-the-appaloosa/ I'm blogging today at the League of Amazing Writers about Building Paranormal Worlds. Stop by and say Hi! http://www.realmsoftheraven.com/2008/06/24/blogging-today-at-league-of-amazing-writers/ I'm joining the following wonderful authors: Lizzie T. Leaf Celia Kyle Kara Griffin For a chat at Coffee Time Romance! It will be a live chat with prizes and lots of fun so please stop in and join us! http://www.coffeetimeromance.com/ctr_chat.htm http://www.realmsoftheraven.com/2008/06/23/chat-at-coffee-time-romance-6pm-pst/ Join myself and the rest of the Fiction with Friction authors the week of the Fourth of July as we take turns posting a scene that will throw sparks for you to enjoy. Some are old, some new, some are parts of larger works but all feature hot manlove! Jet Mykles ... http://www.realmsoftheraven.com/2008/06/22/fourth-of-july-fireworks-with-the-fiction-with-friction-authors-mm/ Check out the gorgeous cover for the Anthology "Hot Comfort" from ManLove Romance Press. I have two stories in this anthology (Giving Thanks and Bittersweet) and I can't wait for you to read them! http://www.realmsoftheraven.com/2008/06/22/hot-comfort-cover/