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An update, and a great review

It's been a while since I updated here. I've got a relatively recent story out with Torquere, as part of their annual Charity Sip Blitz. This year's beneficiary is Doctor's Without Borders, which does...

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Another story coming

I just got notice that my submission to the upcoming Dragon Moon Press anthology, Swords and Swashbucklers, has been accepted. Details of the line-up are on the editors blog:...

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Release date for Embracing the Dragon - April 13, 2011

I just got an email from my editor at Torquere telling me the release date for Embracing the Dragon has been moved up from April 27 to April 13. Ack! I love the internet, and its various writing...

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Blogging this week

I've done two guest blogs this week, in anticipation of the release of Embracing the Dragon on the 13th: I'm a guest at Suzan Isik's blog today, talking about good ways and not so good ways to borrow...

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Release Day!

Embracing the Dragon by Kathryn ScannellDanny O’Riordan’s life was complicated before the vision of a past lifeforced him to admit he was bisexual. There’s a war going on, and beingLiegeman to Aran,...

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Blogging update

I've been doing all kinds of guest blogs in the past month or so, promoting my new release. I really should have been posting daily updates here as these went live, but I'm working the bugs out of this...

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Article 18

I managed to kick my procrastination-block in the butt, and write 4800 words today. Go me. Nothing like an impending deadline to be motivational. Now it just needs an editing pass and a quick synopsis...

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Torquere Press annual Charity Blitz

I'm happy to announce that I've just had a story accepted for Torquere's annual Charity Sip Blitz. If you're not familiar with it, every year for the past several years Torquere Press and it's authors...

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Review: Last Chance by Josephine Myles

Last Chance by Josephine Myles Review by Kathryn Scannell Last Chance is another installment in Josephine Myles’ First Impressions series, but if you haven’t seen the first two stories, don’t let that...

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Blogging today at Queer Magazine OnLine

The nice people at Queer Magazine Online invited me to do a guest blog in honor of the release of Torquere's Charity Sip Blitz yesterday, which they are being kind enough to commit to reviewing. I...

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Help me with some book titles, please

I'm working up a little presentation on what works or doesn't work when trying to take an FRP game and turn it into fiction. I'm looking for examples, good and bad, or other people doing this, so I'm...

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Warning about your inbox on Dreamwidth

I just had a very special experience. Yesterday I tried to delete a message from my inbox and suddenly *EVERYTHING* in it was gone. I filed a support request, and was told that perhaps I'd accidentally...

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Joyous Christmas

Wishing all my friends and readers a joyous Christmas if you're celebrating today. I'm off to start Christmas dinner now. We're having duck, so I didn't have to be up at the crack of dawn to start a...

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Going to be on programming at Conbust

I got my schedule yesterday for  Conbust  - www.smith.edu/conbust (Mar. 30 - Apr. 1) I'm on the program, although not a guest. I'm doing 4 panels  & 2 presentations:   Fri. 9:00 PM  - Romance,...

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New release: Running from the Storm

Some unexpected good news. I have a story in Spells and Swashbucklers, an anthology of stories about pirates and magic, edited by Valerie Griswold-Ford. I'd understood that it was coming out at the end...

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Words!

2800 new words tonight, to finish the first draft of this year's charity story. Now on to edits this weekend, because somehow I have to cut 1500 words to get the thing down to under 8K. And I need a...

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New Story Accepted!

It's been a while since I've posted - been busy. I will have a new short story (well, almost a novella by some definitions - 7900 words) coming out from Torquere Press on Sept. 12. The title is...

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Torquere Charity Sips are out

Just wanted to give a quick shout out to Torquere Press - this year's charity story collections, with proceeds to benefit the NOH8 Foundation, are live. I'm happy to say I have a story included,...

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Reviews for Heaven's Heretics

My latest short story has gotten some reviews. http://www.rainbowbookreviews.com/book-reviews/heavens-heretics-by-kathryn-scannell-at-torquere-pressRainbow reviews tend to be more or less Cliff's notes...

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How Romance Helps Stamp Out Hate

Today's blog is part of Torquere Press's Charity Blog hop for the NoH8 Torquere Charity Sips. I suspect many of my readers are already thoroughly familiar with Torquere Press and our annual charity...

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A really great review for Heaven's Heretics

Having a happy dance. I just got a wonderful review on my last short story (published under my pen name Kathryn Scannell). This is a part of a collection of stories whose proceeds are going to benefit...

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New story

I'm happy to say I've just received the contract for a new story, "A Hidden Battle" which will be part of Torquere's annual Charity Sip collection. The theme this year is Men in Uniform. My story...

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Why OutServe Matters

On Wednesday I have a new story, entitled A Hidden Battle, releasing as part of Torquere Books annual Charity Sip Blitz. Every year many of us donate a story whose royalties are entirely earmarked for...

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Merry Christmas

Wishing all my friends here who are celebrating a Merry Christmas, and a New Year full of joy. comments

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Winding down my web site for now

My annual renewal for my web hosting comes due in January, and I've made the decision to take the site down for a while. I'm continuing to pay for the domain name so I can put it back up, but I think...

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