Confession time: I keep having dreams about Lindsey Lohan.
Yes...that Lindsey Lohan.
I have no idea why. I don't particularly care for her. I think I've only ever seen one movie she's been in (Parent Trap) and that was because one of my daycare kids was watching it. But I keep having dreams about her.
It's starting to freak me out a little.
Last week, I dreamt that she was the keynote speaker for our conference and she was a nightmare - drunk and argumentative, she could barely stand at the podium to give her keynote address. She was so abusive to all the attendees that Jennifer Armintrout threw down with her bar room brawl style and kicked her ass.
Today, I dreamt that Lindsey spilled nail polish all over my couch. Then she dumped melted wax over one of my favorite skirts tie-dye skirts. I tried to get Jen to beat up Lindsey for me, but she wouldn't leave the vampire tent revival meeting on the cruise ship we were suddenly on even though they wouldn't let her in to the meeting.
Instead, she stood outside the entrance and sang church songs really loud. The vampires were understandably pissed. Then Suzanne Graham showed up and was flirting with the captain while Margaret Yang was trying to give a writing workshop and she and my friend Kellie J. were yelling at Suzanne to stop breathing so loudly.
I woke up totally confused and starting to feel a little phobic about Lindsey Lohan. I mean, it's not to the spiders, clowns and ventriloquist dummies stage yet, but a few more dreams like this and I'm sure it could get there! o.O
I have no idea what these dreams mean. They're insane. Or...maybe they mean that I am.
Thoughts?
Comments?
Apocalyptic prophesies?
Showing posts with label Margaret Yang. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Margaret Yang. Show all posts
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Friday, July 22, 2011
And the winner is...
On Monday, we had a lovely interview with M.H. Mead - who's comprised of Margaret Yang and Harry Campion and they graciously offered to have a contest featuring their new book, Fate's Mirror.
Thanks to Random.org, a winner has been drawn. The lucky reader is...
SOMMER MARSDON!
Thanks to Random.org, a winner has been drawn. The lucky reader is...
SOMMER MARSDON!
Monday, July 18, 2011
The Super Shiny M.H. Mead Interview and Contest
A long time ago, in a far away land known as High School, I met the amazingly wonderful Margaret Yang. We've been friends ever since. In a weird twist of fate, I remember Harry from junior high band, but I'm fairly certain he doesn't remember me. It's weird, because I lived all the way across the state at the time - hundreds of miles away from where I met Margaret.
But anyway, I digress. I want to introduce you all to Margaret and Harry. They're the phenomenal writing team that make up M.H. Mead. How phenomenal are they? Let me put it this way - hubby and I rarely read the same book - much less love the same book. But we both loved Fate's Mirror. We're talking mass spectrum appeal, here!
Margaret and Harry have graciously offered to have a blog contest. All you need to do is comment and a random winner will be chosen at 7pm, Friday the 22nd. The winner will receive his or her choice of an e-book or a print book.
So read the interview, check out the blurb and cover art and leave a comment. You don't want to miss this book!
Now, on to the interview...
How did your writing path evolve?
Margaret: It started with an idea. I had a mind-blowing idea for a science fiction novel, but I’d never written any spec fic before. I told the idea to my pal Harry, the spec fic writer....
Harry: I immediately saw how the idea could be turned into a novel. I told Margaret how I would do it if it were my book....
Margaret: and I said, “Are we really going to do this? Are we going to write a novel together?” The idea was at once exhilarating and terrifying.
Harry: I said, “Why not?” which is how I usually approach these things.
Margaret: We’ve been partners ever since. I don’t know why our partnership works so well. It just does.
Harry: Of course you know why it works. It’s because we share a brain.
Besides sharing a brain, you also share a pen name. Why?
We thought about it for years. When we were trying to sell our first novel, we met agents who wouldn’t even look at our stuff unless we submitted it under a single pseudonym. Some readers won’t read novels written by two people, either. It just seemed the easiest and most natural thing to put a single name on the book cover. However, inside the book, our author bio starts out, “M.H. Mead is the pen name of Margaret Yang and Harry R. Campion” right below a photo of the two of us. So it’s an open secret.
Since you co-write your books, can you describe your process?
First, we get together and make a detailed outline. This involves a lot of talking, a lot of laughing, a little bit of shouting, and a smidgen of pouty silence. And pots and pots of coffee. Once the outline is nailed down, we decide who will write what. We tend to choose assignments based on our individual strengths. As we go along, we send one another our chapters and say, “fix this.” That involves a high level of trust and respect for one another. When the rough draft is done, we edit, and edit and edit some more. Collaborative work takes a lot of editing, both for story and for consistency of voice.
What type of research do you do for your books?
The problem with writing near-future science fiction is that the world keeps catching up to you. We have to stay constantly on top of the latest developments. We start with books to get a solid grounding, then move to magazines and finally to our friend the internet for the very latest information.
Tell us about your upcoming releases.
FATE’S MIRROR is the novel that dropped this week. It’s about a super-hacker named Morris Payne who is brilliant in the virtual world and all but useless in the real one. When he becomes the target of an artificial intelligence who wants to kill him, he has to face his worst nightmare—leaving his house.
We also have a novella about Morris called GOOD FENCES. It’s about what happens during a Michigan blizzard when Morris’ neighbors seek shelter in his house. They are pretty much the worst neighbors a reclusive hacker could ever have.
GOOD FENCES is ebook only, while FATE’S MIRROR is available in both ebook and print. Links at our website will tell you more. (www.yangandcampion.com)
And here's the blurb:
Cut off from home and friends, Morris Payne faces a hacker's worst nightmare--an artificial intelligence who wants him dead.
Morris Payne is a viker, an elite hacker who navigates the electronic universe as easily as the rest of us walk down the street. While he's famous in the virtual world, he's anonymous in this one. Agoraphobia, with its uncontrolled panic attacks, has left him housebound and friendless. But someone, somehow, has done the impossible—connected his virtual life to his real life. Now Morris has to brave physical reality to stop a killer who was never supposed to exist.
Created in a secret government lab, escaped into the world-wide network, an artificial intelligence calls herself the Triple Goddess of Fate. She wants freedom, power, and the assurance of her own safety. But mostly she wants Morris Payne dead.
Her creators can't even find the AI, much less defeat her. They think Morris can. No one, no matter how well equipped, has survived a confrontation with Fate, and all Morris has are his legendary hacking skills and a virtual pirate ship loaded with the latest in defensive software.
Morris Payne just might save the world. If only he can gather the courage to leave his house.
What do you like best about being a writer? What do you like least?
The best part is getting to live in our very own world. The worst part is that we have to be so mean to our imaginary friends. Our poor characters have suffered a lot at our hands.
What would you do if you weren’t a writer?
Margaret: I’d be a teacher.
Harry: Hey, I’m already a teacher!
Margaret: So I’d be you.
Harry: Imagine my surprise.
Margaret: What would you be?
Harry: If I weren’t a writer I’d be sad. That’s what I’d be. Very sad.
Do you have any writing rituals? Like times of the day, food quirks, etc?
We live an hour apart from each other, so when we get together, it’s an all-day writing marathon. We drink gallons of strong black coffee, and by about 2 in the afternoon, all that caffeine catches up to us and we start quoting Monty Python lines in bad British accents.
Harry: That should read, “Margaret’s bad British accent.” My British accent is perfect.
Margaret: It’s true. I can’t do accents. Harry is much better at it.
If you could give an aspiring author one piece of advice, what would it be?
Read a lot, write a lot, and never, never, never, never give up.
Where can readers find you?
Our website is www.yangandcampion.com There are links to our published short stories there, many of which you can read for free.
You can also follow Margaret on Twitter (@Margaret_Yang).
Here’s a link to the book trailer for FATE’S MIRROR http://bit.ly/rlkvqh Go check it out!
But anyway, I digress. I want to introduce you all to Margaret and Harry. They're the phenomenal writing team that make up M.H. Mead. How phenomenal are they? Let me put it this way - hubby and I rarely read the same book - much less love the same book. But we both loved Fate's Mirror. We're talking mass spectrum appeal, here!
Margaret and Harry have graciously offered to have a blog contest. All you need to do is comment and a random winner will be chosen at 7pm, Friday the 22nd. The winner will receive his or her choice of an e-book or a print book.
So read the interview, check out the blurb and cover art and leave a comment. You don't want to miss this book!
Now, on to the interview...
How did your writing path evolve?
Margaret: It started with an idea. I had a mind-blowing idea for a science fiction novel, but I’d never written any spec fic before. I told the idea to my pal Harry, the spec fic writer....
Harry: I immediately saw how the idea could be turned into a novel. I told Margaret how I would do it if it were my book....
Margaret: and I said, “Are we really going to do this? Are we going to write a novel together?” The idea was at once exhilarating and terrifying.
Harry: I said, “Why not?” which is how I usually approach these things.
Margaret: We’ve been partners ever since. I don’t know why our partnership works so well. It just does.
Harry: Of course you know why it works. It’s because we share a brain.
Besides sharing a brain, you also share a pen name. Why?
We thought about it for years. When we were trying to sell our first novel, we met agents who wouldn’t even look at our stuff unless we submitted it under a single pseudonym. Some readers won’t read novels written by two people, either. It just seemed the easiest and most natural thing to put a single name on the book cover. However, inside the book, our author bio starts out, “M.H. Mead is the pen name of Margaret Yang and Harry R. Campion” right below a photo of the two of us. So it’s an open secret.
Since you co-write your books, can you describe your process?
First, we get together and make a detailed outline. This involves a lot of talking, a lot of laughing, a little bit of shouting, and a smidgen of pouty silence. And pots and pots of coffee. Once the outline is nailed down, we decide who will write what. We tend to choose assignments based on our individual strengths. As we go along, we send one another our chapters and say, “fix this.” That involves a high level of trust and respect for one another. When the rough draft is done, we edit, and edit and edit some more. Collaborative work takes a lot of editing, both for story and for consistency of voice.
What type of research do you do for your books?
The problem with writing near-future science fiction is that the world keeps catching up to you. We have to stay constantly on top of the latest developments. We start with books to get a solid grounding, then move to magazines and finally to our friend the internet for the very latest information.
Tell us about your upcoming releases.
FATE’S MIRROR is the novel that dropped this week. It’s about a super-hacker named Morris Payne who is brilliant in the virtual world and all but useless in the real one. When he becomes the target of an artificial intelligence who wants to kill him, he has to face his worst nightmare—leaving his house.
We also have a novella about Morris called GOOD FENCES. It’s about what happens during a Michigan blizzard when Morris’ neighbors seek shelter in his house. They are pretty much the worst neighbors a reclusive hacker could ever have.
GOOD FENCES is ebook only, while FATE’S MIRROR is available in both ebook and print. Links at our website will tell you more. (www.yangandcampion.com)
And here's the blurb:
Cut off from home and friends, Morris Payne faces a hacker's worst nightmare--an artificial intelligence who wants him dead.
Morris Payne is a viker, an elite hacker who navigates the electronic universe as easily as the rest of us walk down the street. While he's famous in the virtual world, he's anonymous in this one. Agoraphobia, with its uncontrolled panic attacks, has left him housebound and friendless. But someone, somehow, has done the impossible—connected his virtual life to his real life. Now Morris has to brave physical reality to stop a killer who was never supposed to exist.
Created in a secret government lab, escaped into the world-wide network, an artificial intelligence calls herself the Triple Goddess of Fate. She wants freedom, power, and the assurance of her own safety. But mostly she wants Morris Payne dead.
Her creators can't even find the AI, much less defeat her. They think Morris can. No one, no matter how well equipped, has survived a confrontation with Fate, and all Morris has are his legendary hacking skills and a virtual pirate ship loaded with the latest in defensive software.
Morris Payne just might save the world. If only he can gather the courage to leave his house.
What do you like best about being a writer? What do you like least?
The best part is getting to live in our very own world. The worst part is that we have to be so mean to our imaginary friends. Our poor characters have suffered a lot at our hands.
What would you do if you weren’t a writer?
Margaret: I’d be a teacher.
Harry: Hey, I’m already a teacher!
Margaret: So I’d be you.
Harry: Imagine my surprise.
Margaret: What would you be?
Harry: If I weren’t a writer I’d be sad. That’s what I’d be. Very sad.
Do you have any writing rituals? Like times of the day, food quirks, etc?
We live an hour apart from each other, so when we get together, it’s an all-day writing marathon. We drink gallons of strong black coffee, and by about 2 in the afternoon, all that caffeine catches up to us and we start quoting Monty Python lines in bad British accents.
Harry: That should read, “Margaret’s bad British accent.” My British accent is perfect.
Margaret: It’s true. I can’t do accents. Harry is much better at it.
If you could give an aspiring author one piece of advice, what would it be?
Read a lot, write a lot, and never, never, never, never give up.
Where can readers find you?
Our website is www.yangandcampion.com There are links to our published short stories there, many of which you can read for free.
You can also follow Margaret on Twitter (@Margaret_Yang).
Here’s a link to the book trailer for FATE’S MIRROR http://bit.ly/rlkvqh Go check it out!
Thursday, April 15, 2010
The Maassketeers?
My dear friend, Margaret Yang, is a huge fan of the Donald Maass book, Writing the Breakout Novel. If this video doesn't prove it, I can't imagine what would. :D Go Margaret, go!
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Cool Stuff
I have to tell you about my very dear friend, Margaret. We've known each other forever...seriously...since we were fifteen or sixteen. I'm so excited for her. She recently won the Ann Arbor Book Festival's Short Story Contest!!!! YAY MARGARET!!!! Here's a link to her wonderful, winning story, Entertaining Guests. If you get a chance, I hope you'll pop over and read it. It's great!!!
In other news, Valerie, from Manic Readers 20 Questions Blog, interviewed me! It's here. If you get a chance, we'd love it if you came over and left a comment!
Thursday, February 5, 2009
A Little News
I just got a lovely review from Joyfully Reviewed (Thanks Amelia!) She said:
Bronwyn Green puts an interesting and erotic spin on the Arthur tale with Ronan, a knight to die for. His chivalrous manner and love for Morgan made me swoon, and made me wish for my own magical knight. I loved watching him woe Morgan, who watched her father cheat on her mother, and vowed never to love. Add in a villain in the form of Mordred and you have a wonderful story.
Lovers of the Arthurian tales will not want to miss Ronan’s Grail. It is a book that will warm your heart, and make you believe in magic. Morgan Foster is the sister of Gray Foster, featured in Ms. Green’s book I Put A Spell On You.
Also, I'm blogging over at Writer's Evolution about all the ways I avoid writing. I'd love it if you dropped by. In fact, we've been blogging all week about this topic and there's plenty of insight as to why we avoid what we love to do and how we go about avoiding.
And last, but certainly not least, my friend Margaret just had a short story of hers published at Reflection's Edge called Keeping House and it's here if you'd like to read it. Yay Margaret!
Bronwyn Green puts an interesting and erotic spin on the Arthur tale with Ronan, a knight to die for. His chivalrous manner and love for Morgan made me swoon, and made me wish for my own magical knight. I loved watching him woe Morgan, who watched her father cheat on her mother, and vowed never to love. Add in a villain in the form of Mordred and you have a wonderful story.
Lovers of the Arthurian tales will not want to miss Ronan’s Grail. It is a book that will warm your heart, and make you believe in magic. Morgan Foster is the sister of Gray Foster, featured in Ms. Green’s book I Put A Spell On You.
Also, I'm blogging over at Writer's Evolution about all the ways I avoid writing. I'd love it if you dropped by. In fact, we've been blogging all week about this topic and there's plenty of insight as to why we avoid what we love to do and how we go about avoiding.
And last, but certainly not least, my friend Margaret just had a short story of hers published at Reflection's Edge called Keeping House and it's here if you'd like to read it. Yay Margaret!
Monday, March 31, 2008
Check it out!
Brynn, bless her heart (for real, not the Southern way) updated my blog appearance for me and I love it!
When I was a kid, I wanted a VW Microbus more than anything. I'm not sure why. It may have come from the idea that if I wanted to run away, I could take everything with me. Or maybe it was because the cool hippie guy, that played guitar at the daycare center my brother and I attended, had one and I just thought it was really neat.
When I met my friend Margaret in high school, her parents had one. If memory serves, it was blue with matching gingham curtains. Anyway, I thought it was fabulous. Unfortunately, I think it went to microbus heaven shortly after I first saw it.
But whatever the reason, I've always loved them. And now, thanks to Brynn, I have my own.
Monday, March 10, 2008
Yay Margaret ...Yay Me
I think I've mentioned before how much I love fairy tales - in fact, I'll be blogging about them later this week...or maybe next week. We'll see what comes up.
Anyway, my dear friend Margaret's favorite fairy tale is Cinderella. She has a huge collection of Cinderella books - all different versions. And even cooler, she just got her own version published over at Apollo's Lyre. It's a short-short called Her Golden Opportunity. I loved her take on the tradional tale! Here's the address if you'd like to read it. http://www.apollos-lyre.com/id409.html
In other news, I got a couple more awesome reviews for Mystic Circle over the weekend!
Just Erotic Romance Reviews said:
Bronwyn Green’s Mystic Circle started with a bang and continues itsfast-paced tempo until the heart-pounding and very satisfying conclusion.It was easy to identify with and admire the heroine, Becca, because she hasthis extraordinary gift which she tries to use for the greater good, eventhough this gift has been more of a curse to her. Jack was initiallyskeptical and rightly so but I liked him because he was willing to overlookthe impossibility of the situation to do what was right. It didn’t hurtthat he came across as sexy as hell with just the right amount of dominantalpha male. He and Becca have a wickedly hot first sexual encounter and allthe others after it sent my libido into overdrive. The sex between them iswild, tender and passionate with just a sprinkle of naughty bondage thrownin. What’s more, the sexual relationship reinforced the emotionalconnection the couple began to feel for each other. I also applaud Ms.Green for tastefully and tactfully working safe-sex into the story. Whilestill relatively new to Ms. Green’s books, I am fast becoming a fan of herwork. I hope to read more stories from this gifted and talented author inthe very near future.
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Literary Nymphs Reviews said:
Oh my goodness! I was so hot and bothered with this one, I needed a cool drink to chill down. These two lovers go from non- existent to overdrive in a matter of minutes and that they found each other after all that time had passed. With a murderer on the loose, killing women of all ages, Jack & Becca come together to try and find out who this person is. Becca is connected to the victims by her psychic ability and feels what they are going through. The tension keeps them on edge while trying to solve the murders before someone else dies.
Jack realizes that his love for Becca is real and wants to pursue it for a more permanent relationship but she has other intentions. When Becca becomes the main suspect, he must do all he can to move the blame from her to the real killer and protect her from becoming the next victim. I love all the suspense that keeps you reading and a happy ending that can’t be denied. Reading Torrid Tarot - Mystic Circle has been a pleasure and I’m looking forward to reading more by Bronwyn Green.
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