http://iamanauthor.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by The I AM AN AUTHOR Group en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:06:45 GMT 2009-12-29T10:06:45Z en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 http://www.gather.com/images/header/logo_gather.gif http://www.gather.com/ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977933576&grpId=3659174697247311&nav=Groupspace   A bunch of sci fi romance authors are giving away a lot of books and all you have to do is comment on their blogs! Easy peasy! (And here I am lowering my own chances by telling you.) . . . Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:20:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977933576&grpId=3659174697247311&nav=Groupspace Charlotte McClain 2009-12-06T19:20:24Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977925591&grpId=3659174697247311&nav=Groupspace "The Scroll Thief: a Tale of Ithian" by R. F. Long Love is the wiliest thief of all. A Tale of Ithian Malachy and his sister rely on his talents as a thief to survive the dangerous streets . . . Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:57:50 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977925591&grpId=3659174697247311&nav=Groupspace Charlotte McClain 2009-12-01T16:57:50Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977916768&grpId=3659174697247311&nav=Groupspace More books than ever were reviewed this month; I shall be distributing a large stack of free books out to my friends and family in the coming weeks. Feel free to follow the links and review my reviews... . . . Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:08:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977916768&grpId=3659174697247311&nav=Groupspace Meredith G. 2009-11-25T06:08:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977911140&grpId=3659174697247311&nav=Groupspace An Honest Prayer: It is a rare find, the honest prayer, one spoken with truth, and felt in the heart. The faux prayer, the pompous, arrogant prayer, the proper prayer, the spiteful prayer, the hollow . . . Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:45:59 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977911140&grpId=3659174697247311&nav=Groupspace Ylanne Sorrows 2009-11-21T03:45:59Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977904071&grpId=3659174697247311&nav=Groupspace To All, Book Readers Heaven has invited me to be a Spotlighted Author on there site. Check out my new interview: http://ipbookreviewer-bookreadersheaven.blogspot.com/2009/11/spotlighted-author-aaron-kuykendall.html . . . Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:23:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977904071&grpId=3659174697247311&nav=Groupspace A.K. Kuykendall 2009-11-17T03:23:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977899908&grpId=3659174697247311&nav=Groupspace Read the review here Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:45:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977899908&grpId=3659174697247311&nav=Groupspace Deb S. 2009-11-13T20:45:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977884887&grpId=3659174697247311&nav=Groupspace I logged in at Author's Den today, to update my page and discovered some interesting news.  It seems the Author's Den and Lulu.com have combined forces to increase your marketing potential.  . . . Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:01:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977884887&grpId=3659174697247311&nav=Groupspace A. F. Stewart 2009-11-04T16:01:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977879206&grpId=3659174697247311&nav=Groupspace If you are in the mood for interesting Halloween reading may I recommend...   Over at my blog I am hosting Pat Bertram on her virtual book tour (for her new book Daughter Am I ) and the spooky . . . Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:01:31 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977879206&grpId=3659174697247311&nav=Groupspace A. F. Stewart 2009-10-31T16:01:31Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977874321&grpId=3659174697247311&nav=Groupspace Martin Offiah was and remains the most prolific try scorers in the modern era of British rugby league. He scored 501 tries in a career that lasted 14 years. After playing rugby union with Rosslyn Park, . . . Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:44:54 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977874321&grpId=3659174697247311&nav=Groupspace Philip S. 2009-10-28T16:44:54Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977874009&grpId=3659174697247311&nav=Groupspace The Forbidden Chamber , from Samhain Publishing, Available today. “Your life is forfeit if you open that door.” All her life, Lady Isabel Colven has followed the path laid out . . . Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:43:49 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977874009&grpId=3659174697247311&nav=Groupspace Charlotte McClain 2009-10-28T13:43:49Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977868462&grpId=3659174697247311&nav=Groupspace The last question I was asked in my post on choosing a publisher was what I needed to know and since it's taken me a month and a half to answer all the questions, I thought I'd gather all the links . . . Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:46:06 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977868462&grpId=3659174697247311&nav=Groupspace Charlotte McClain 2009-10-24T19:46:06Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977868428&grpId=3659174697247311&nav=Groupspace Continuing with the questions asked in my post on choosing a publisher . For the purpose of qualification, I am calling an intermediate writer one who has finished at least one book but has not yet been . . . Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:12:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977868428&grpId=3659174697247311&nav=Groupspace Charlotte McClain 2009-10-24T19:12:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977860041&grpId=3659174697247311&nav=Groupspace Just got this press release that my new thriller, Dead Air by Deborah Shlian & Linda Reid won the  2009 National Best Books Award in the Thriller/Adventure category. The book will be out . . . Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:02:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977860041&grpId=3659174697247311&nav=Groupspace Deb S. 2009-10-19T15:02:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977859155&grpId=3659174697247311&nav=Groupspace   Hello, Science Lovers.  I have written a draft of a sci fi novella.  Fifteen years ago, two hundred humans separately stumbled upon alien spaceships that had landed in Kenya.  The . . . Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:37:01 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977859155&grpId=3659174697247311&nav=Groupspace Gabra G. 2009-10-18T22:37:01Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977857748&grpId=3659174697247311&nav=Groupspace I just got the cover for my January release from Lyrical Press! Sat, 17 Oct 2009 14:44:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977857748&grpId=3659174697247311&nav=Groupspace Charlotte McClain 2009-10-17T14:44:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977848751&grpId=3659174697247311&nav=Groupspace As it happens, I had dinner with a couple of friends a few days ago. They were in town for the Ellora's Cave Conference. Natasha Moore has been a published author for several years. Tasha has yet to finish . . . Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:09:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977848751&grpId=3659174697247311&nav=Groupspace Charlotte McClain 2009-10-11T21:09:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977847194&grpId=3659174697247311&nav=Groupspace How far would you go to set a tortured spirit free? While preparing a haunted house for their town's annual Halloween fundraiser competition, lovers Corey, Keith, and Landon stumble upon the ghost of . . . Sat, 10 Oct 2009 12:10:40 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977847194&grpId=3659174697247311&nav=Groupspace Charlotte McClain 2009-10-10T12:10:40Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977842487&grpId=3659174697247311&nav=Groupspace The Rock Star's Retreat by Belle McClain Cassandra Geoffrey runs In The Pines Campground six months of the year and spends the other six alone on the West Virginia mountain. She isn’t . . . Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:59:04 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977842487&grpId=3659174697247311&nav=Groupspace Charlotte McClain 2009-10-07T12:59:04Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977840269&grpId=3659174697247311&nav=Groupspace UNHOLY RUMINATIONS Ylanne Sorrows 26 September 2009, 28 September 2009 Lights up on a solitary figure, GOD, standing in an empty void spangled with distant stars with . . . Tue, 06 Oct 2009 02:41:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977840269&grpId=3659174697247311&nav=Groupspace Ylanne Sorrows 2009-10-06T02:41:24Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977838065&grpId=3659174697247311&nav=Groupspace The Rock Star's Retreat comes out in 2 days (squeeee!), so I thought I'd share my publicity plan with you (as I'm making it up. Nothing like planning ahead. ;p) Google Mail. I need to set up for . . . Sun, 04 Oct 2009 15:31:34 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977838065&grpId=3659174697247311&nav=Groupspace Charlotte McClain 2009-10-04T15:31:34Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977827381&grpId=3659174697247311&nav=Groupspace "So, you stumbled upon Lyrical and it fits you perfectly. If you had it to do over again - how would you do it, knowing what you know now?" Honestly, the whole Lyrical thing I wouldn't change. Okay, . . . Sat, 26 Sep 2009 16:10:33 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977827381&grpId=3659174697247311&nav=Groupspace Charlotte McClain 2009-09-26T16:10:33Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977824070&grpId=3659174697247311&nav=Groupspace This question was a whole batch of sub-questions within a theme so I'll answer each one in the one post. Is writing a sole enterprise? For me it is. I'd like to try working with a partner, but . . . Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:24:53 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977824070&grpId=3659174697247311&nav=Groupspace Charlotte McClain 2009-09-24T01:24:53Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977820740&grpId=3659174697247311&nav=Groupspace Reviews and opinions, given online, have a flair and feel all their own. It seems that in removing the face-to-face aspect of giving one’s opinion, anyone can suddenly rise to a perceptive plane . . . Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:40:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977820740&grpId=3659174697247311&nav=Groupspace Meredith G. 2009-09-21T17:40:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977819115&grpId=3659174697247311&nav=Groupspace Okay, there was more too it. In it's entirety it was: "How do you write - fixed schedule? Entire first draft and then go back to rewrite, or do you keep going back while writing? Do you study about . . . Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:04:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977819115&grpId=3659174697247311&nav=Groupspace Charlotte McClain 2009-09-20T00:04:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977816886&grpId=3659174697247311&nav=Groupspace This afternoon I was bemoaning my lack of recent good news. No new contracts, no recent finishes, nothing. I hunted through the Freya's Bower site and the Liquid Silver site hoping they would have my . . . Fri, 18 Sep 2009 01:05:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977816886&grpId=3659174697247311&nav=Groupspace Charlotte McClain 2009-09-18T01:05:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977814172&grpId=3659174697247311&nav=Groupspace As part of my ongoing answering of the questions from my post about picking a publisher , and now that my flu has subsided to where I can think in English again, "What are your major goals as a writer?" . . . Wed, 16 Sep 2009 02:44:54 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977814172&grpId=3659174697247311&nav=Groupspace Charlotte McClain 2009-09-16T02:44:54Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977811958&grpId=3659174697247311&nav=Groupspace I have known this teacher for over a year and a half and I have to say she is brilliant at boiling a complex idea down to clear, easy to follow directions. As a teacher, I admire her ability to teach . . . Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:57:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977811958&grpId=3659174697247311&nav=Groupspace Charlotte McClain 2009-09-14T15:57:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977806133&grpId=3659174697247311&nav=Groupspace More questions from my previous post on choosing a publisher . First, let me state that I suck at promotion. Really. The whole concept of pushing myself and my books on people gives me the willies. . . . Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:46:07 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977806133&grpId=3659174697247311&nav=Groupspace Charlotte McClain 2009-09-09T20:46:07Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977804125&grpId=3659174697247311&nav=Groupspace Myla by Moonlight is now available from Samhain Publishing Magic bites... and its name is Myla. Created at Prince Taric’s birth, Myla is a spell, an enchantment designed to appear . . . Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:14:03 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977804125&grpId=3659174697247311&nav=Groupspace Charlotte McClain 2009-09-08T13:14:03Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977797580&grpId=3659174697247311&nav=Groupspace When you're writing you fall under the spell of 'Gee I hope some publisher will pick up my book.' It's becomes very easy to fall into the trap of giving the publishers all the power and wasting a lot . . . Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:46:31 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977797580&grpId=3659174697247311&nav=Groupspace Charlotte McClain 2009-09-02T19:46:31Z