Resigning my Membership in RWA
It has been a rollercoaster ride of emotions for me since December 23rd when the news broke that Courtney Milan was being censured by RWA, for reasons that were quickly revealed to be bullshit, opening...
View ArticleRe-live the magic of the Harry Potter films with Cecilia Tan
It’s no secret how much I love Harry Potter. Heck, for years I’ve been featured in many publications talking about my fandom and how after 15 years of being a professional fiction writer I started...
View ArticleFor your pandemic listening pleasure: Cecilia Tan on the American Sex Podcast
Nothing beats talking about my specialties–sex, erotica, and science fiction, as well as Harry Potter and tea–with some true connoisseurs: Sunny Megatron and Ken Melvoin Berg, the hosts of the...
View ArticleShipper Bait and Love Machines: The SFF Romance Panel at #Nebulas2020
Cassie Alexander, C.L. Polk, Shanna Swendson, Jeffe Kennedy, Yasmine Galenorn speaking at the virtual Nebula Awards conference The Nebula Awards Conference is SFWA’s annual get-together not only to...
View ArticlePlanning that Big Post-Pandemic Trip
I’m not traveling right now, and those of you who know me know that’s just not usual. I typically have a summer filled with conventions and conferences, bookstore appearances, awards ceremonies, and...
View ArticlePandemic Road Tripping
Some family members of mine are currently roadtripping across the USA in an RV. So are a lot of folks, apparently. RV sales are “skyrocketing” and sites like RVShare reported a 1000% increase in...
View ArticlePandemic Retail Therapy: Ebay Shopping for my main characters
I have a writer friend who, when she’s learning what it feels like inside the head of her main character, will sometimes go clothes shopping as that character (but not actually buy anything). I hate...
View ArticlePandemic Baking: Queen of Hearts Strawberry Rose Frangiapane Tarts
Around Christmas we got friends together for a Zoom cocktail party with a custom cocktail class with Tammy’s Tastings (I highly recommend her mix-at-home online cocktail classes. They are super fun and...
View ArticleAuthor Melissa Scott on the 2021 #PrideStoryBundle of Queer SF/F
This year’s Pride Story Bundle is out! And it’s available only for the month of June. Put together by Melissa Scott and Catherine Lundoff, the bundle features ebooks of queer sf/f to celebrate Pride...
View ArticleAuthor & editor Catherine Lundoff of Queen of Swords Press on queer fiction &...
To wrap up Pride month and the celebration of the Pride StoryBundle of queer fantasy and science fiction, we have an interview with author and editor Catherine Lundoff. There’s only a week left to...
View Article*Mind Games* audiobook out today on @Scribd ! Sexy paranormal suspense
Going live on Scribd today! An audio edition of (as well as ebook of…) my erotic paranormal romance/romantic suspense novel Mind Games. It was the first romance I wrote for Ravenous Romance back in...
View ArticleNew science fiction baseball story!
I have a new short story, free to read online at SABR.org! It’s a piece of near future science fiction told from the point of view of a female baseball pitcher making her debut on the mound at Fenway...
View ArticleSexy excerpt of MIND GAMES on the Nobilis Erotica podcast
If you’d like a sexy listen, a scene from my paranormal erotic thriller, MIND GAMES, was featured in today’s episode of the Nobilis Erotica podcast. The audiobook of MIND GAMES was just released a...
View ArticleCover Reveal: *Flesh Fiction* (delicious flash fiction!)
And here it is! The cover reveal for the new project I’m part of, put together by Mara White and Suanne Laqueur, FLESH FICTION. If you’ve read my stories in books like The Big Book of Orgasms: 69 Sexy...
View ArticleMy 2021 Lockdown /Snow Day To-Do List
What’s a work-a-holic to do when the To Do list is neverending and winter is looming? Make a new To Do list of “not work” things to do, that’s what. The truth of the matter is that it’s unlikely that...
View Article“Sacred Heart” erotic magic story video reading by Cecilia Tan
I’m writing this post from Orlando, Florida, where I attended ICFA 43 (Int’l Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts). ICFA is always great: a mix of sf/f writers with academics and students...
View ArticleWhy I went all the way to Singapore to see two guys play violin
Okay, I have a lot of thoughts about TwoSet Violin, and they’re not all going to fit in one blog post. But this is my personal blog where I write about whatever I want, so here goes. You want to know...
View ArticleParis: ADMO: December 2021
So, corwin and I went to Paris (yes, France) in December 2021, to celebrate our 30th anniversary and also to celebrate our latest booster shots and go somewhere that still had COVID regulations in...
View ArticleDuck Day 2021 (last year’s food porn, finally posted!)
Apparently, I never got around to posting last year’s Duck Day compilation of photos and recipes…? So I’m quickly trying to put it together now before I post the 2022 ones…! Since there was no Duck...
View ArticleDuck Day 2022: Bistronomy
Now that I finally posted last year’s Duck Day notes and photos, I can do this year’s, which had the theme of “Bistronomy.” This year’s meal had the constraint on it that we were going to be in...
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