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  • Confessions of a Closet Monarchist: Book giveaway

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    Join me over on the Carina Press blog today and find out what Richard E. Grant has to do with my secret love of monarchism and foppish drawls. Oh…and comment to win a copy of The Devil’s Garden!

  • Bending gender with L. A. Witt

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    Recently, author L.A. Witt and I spoke about our new releases featuring transgender protagonists. L.A.’s latest novel Static is available June 26 from Amber Allure and my debut novella The Devil’s Garden will be available from Carina Press on June 27. Damon Bryce is worried sick when he doesn’t hear from his girlfriend after she…

  • Update from Irkalla

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    …otherwise known as the Land of Revisions. Just thought I’d pop onto the blog to share my favorite line from recent revisions to The Fallen Queen (formerly The House of Arkhangel’sk). Belphagor is half-conscious and being carried on Vasily’s back when Vasily has an argument with Belphagor’s friend Dmitri. Dmitri: “And if you want to…

  • Saturday evening post: Recalcitrant demons and tattooed males

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    So I’ve gotten to that point in my latest work in progress where all the pieces have fallen into place, and I know exactly what’s going to happen from here to the end…except for One. Little. Thing. It’s a fairly crucial thing. My demon character Belphagor is supposed to have a plan that he unveils…

  • Saturday fortune (because this took me so long I missed Friday): Skill

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    Skill, as you can clearly see, is not something I have when it comes to photographing tarot cards, but after a search for images turned up nothing, I was forced to make the attempt. ;) Card of the day: Three of Coins, “Skill” Today’s fortune is one I have pulled many times when asking questions…

  • What’s in a name?

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    I’ve been kicking around possible titles that might be more…pronounceable…than The House of Arkhangel’sk. While I’m kicking, I thought I’d share some imagery of various places and events that occur in the book. First, the current title: The House of Arkhangel’sk represents both the family name of the celestial Supernal Family and stands for the…

  • Friday fortune: Одиночество

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    Say what, now? Well, I have this deck, the Osho Zen Tarot…which I bought in St. Petersburg. It was the only Russian-language tarot deck that Dom Knigi carried, and I really wanted a Russian deck, so I bought it. But it’s been nearly impossible to use. Not only are the cards different from the traditional…

  • Pride and prejudice

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    Lately I’ve been noticing a trend of mine when it comes to my writing: I believe every negative word someone says about it. I have no problem taking criticism; rejection notes and editing notes all ring true to me—unless it’s something that really feels fundamentally wrong, like a rejection I got once saying Belphagor and…

  • Friday fortune: Hope

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    I decided to try a different deck tonight from my usual favorite, so I chose The Mythic Tarot. Strangely enough, I pulled the same card as my first Friday Fortune two weeks ago. Unlike the Russian Tarot of St. Petersburg, however, the Star of  The Mythic Tarot augurs the usual interpretation of “hope,” but through…

  • Happy Birthday, Dear Blog

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    I just realized Tuesday was exactly one year from my first post on this blog. I was sitting down to talk about gardening today, and remembered my first post had been about gardening. And what do you know? I started gardening almost the same day last year. It was the end of a long saga…