writing – Tale Chasing / Thu, 31 Jul 2014 20:42:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 Dog Days of Podcasting Challenge Day 1 /dog-days-podcasting-challenge-day-1/ Thu, 31 Jul 2014 20:42:32 +0000 http://talechasing.com/?p=551 Today was the first day of The Dog Days of Podcasting’s Challenge. Put up a podcast a day until the end of July. Whew…this one was only 9 mins and I’m exhausted.
Probably because I look at all this work and see so much to do. Get the site done and looking like I want it. Keep up with my re-writes on Guardians:Awakenings. Line edits for the book. Post the cover art and advertise it. Ok…now I’m even more exhausted.

Have fun with my short podcast and pray that I find more things to talk about and the willpower to put them up for the rest of the month.

Your Lovely Hostest w the Mostest

Kimi

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]]> Fear – It’s no joke. /fear-its-no-joke/ /fear-its-no-joke/#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:08:16 +0000 http://www.talechasing.com/2010/01/19/fear-its-no-joke/ 51kR7JZyVKL._SS500_ Sometimes the urge to hop back in bed and pull the covers over my head is overwhelming. I’ll be honest and fess up to having even done it a time or two. I realized in my dance class on Sunday that somewhere along the line, this fun amazing class that I looked forward to going to every chance I could – had turned into a source of fear.

My plot wall has taken on the same connotations. I stare out at it and where I use to see possibilities and exciting scenes…I begin to freak out at the possibility of writing them.

“They” aren’t kidding when they say fear is a huge factor in letting success pass you by. I don’t know who “they” are…but I’m sure they are out there and I’m sure they say it.

So what am I afraid of and how silly do I feel for being afraid in the first place? The answer to the last question is “I feel tremendously silly and foolish.” What I am afraid of is a little harder to answer, but we’ll give it a try.

  • Fear of disappointing people – What if I do something that disappoints my teacher, my family and friends, my readers
  • Fear of failure – what if I never manage to push myself to accomplish my weight, writing, etc goals?
  • Fear of success – I would have said this wasn’t the case but when I think about it…I am..what if I finish this book and I can’t crank out another one?

 

]]> /fear-its-no-joke/feed/ 2 Give the gift of “101 Best Websites for Writers” Award to TaleChasing /give-the-gift-of-101-best-websites-for-writers-award-to-talechasing/ Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:48:24 +0000 http://www.talechasing.com/2009/12/22/give-the-gift-of-101-best-websites-for-writers-award-to-talechasing/ Every year, Writer’s Digest Online gathers all the best writer’s websites for there “101 Best Websites for Writers”. I would love to be listed among these great websites and you have the ability to make it happen!

There’s two weeks left to nominate my site for this great award.

All you have to do is write and nominate Tale Chasing for next year’s list to writersdigest@fwmedia.com with “101 Websites” in the subject line (deadline is Jan. 1, 2010). Who knows they may even expand the categories to include “Best Podcasting Writers Website” and you can make it happen.

If you’ve enjoyed my articles and podcasts on writing and urban fantasy, please take a second and nominate me! I promise to love you forever for it!

]]> Author Notes 3 with Terry Mixon /author-notes-3-with-terry-mixon/ /author-notes-3-with-terry-mixon/#comments Sat, 17 Oct 2009 06:08:34 +0000 http://www.talechasing.com/?p=224 Throw some popcorn into the microwave and grab whatever you like to drink. Terry Mixon from Dead Robot’s Society, joins me for a fairly long but interesting talk about where Guardians and Tale Chasing are going and what went down from August to October while I was in Kansas.

There are even a few questions in there for you to answer as well as some good books you might want to pick up. Enjoy!

]]> /author-notes-3-with-terry-mixon/feed/ 2 I’ll be back updating soon! /ill-be-back-updating-soon/ Sat, 29 Aug 2009 04:22:14 +0000 http://www.talechasing.com/?p=216 funny pictures of cats with captions
see more Lolcats and funny pictures

PROMISE!

]]> Author Notes 2 – Raw and Unedited /author-notes-2-raw-and-unedited/ /author-notes-2-raw-and-unedited/#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:49:15 +0000 http://www.talechasing.com/?p=209 Ok you all asked for it (well some of you did). Here’s Author’s Notes #2. Please remember this is raw and unedited. There is no fixing of bg noise, no clipping of my many mistakes where I shamefully forget KL Grady’s name and Christiana Ellis’s book name. No taking out of “ums” and pauses where I hussle to find those names I’ve forgotten. You are welcome to leave comments here or the voice line to tell me you rather I edit those things. 🙂

Sadly and also because it’s unedited…for the moment I don’t have many show note links. If I go back and re-listen I will edit. So here are the links I remember.

KL Grady – FiveScribes
Jackie Kessler – Cat and Muse
Scott Sigler
Christiana Ellis – Nina Kimberly the Merciless
Tee Morris
Philippa Ballantine
JC Hutchins – Personal Effects: Dark  Art

Promo: The Computer King

]]> /author-notes-2-raw-and-unedited/feed/ 1 Episode 27: SF – Authors Notes 1 /episode-27-sf-ramble-cast-1/ Thu, 07 May 2009 18:33:30 +0000 http://www.talechasing.com/?p=196 Let’s get back to the real purpose of Tale Chasing. This little black sheep had lost her way and now she’s found the path again. I call this the Authors Notes because I wanted this raw, uncut, and immadiately ready for release. I wanted TaleChasing to be the place to come for Special Features (hence the SF in the title) on the hows and whys of making Guardians or whatever project I’m involved with. Well…here we go.

This is me…raw and uncut! 🙂 Enjoy!

]]> Episode 24: Update and Accomplishments /episode-24-update-and-accomplishments/ Sun, 15 Mar 2009 06:36:00 +0000 http://www.talechasing.com/?p=184 That’s right boys and girls. It’s a new episode of Tale Chasing!! 🙂 Are ya excited?? I am.

We’re trying something a little new. Since some of you don’t read the blog I am reading some of the more important posts to you in my cast. You are free to skip over them but keep in mind I may add a little bit or answer questions posed in the blog so it might not be exactly the same.

We’ll have a promo from JC Hutchins and his new book coming out – Personal Effects: Dark Art

And in the second half we have a snipped version of accomplishments vs new years resolutions.

]]> Bonus Episode: DragonCon 08 Art of Writing for Audio /bonus-episode-dragoncon-08-art-of-writing-for-audio/ /bonus-episode-dragoncon-08-art-of-writing-for-audio/#comments Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:49:07 +0000 http://www.talechasing.com/?p=173 Here’s another recorded panel from DragonCon 08 from the Podcasting Track.

Learn how to adapt your written work into a podcast or podiobook from the award winning folks who make it happen, and find out the special tricks of the trade that will make your podcast novel stand out.

Michael Stackpole, J.C. Hutchins, Tee Morris, MW Selznick, Seth Harwood, Christiana Ellis

]]> /bonus-episode-dragoncon-08-art-of-writing-for-audio/feed/ 1 Bonus Episode: DragonCon 08 Babbling Writers /bonus-episode-dragoncon-08-babbling-writers/ Sat, 04 Oct 2008 13:25:21 +0000 http://www.talechasing.com/?p=163 Enjoy another recorded session from DragonCon 08’s Podcasting Track.

Babbling Writers:
Writers discuss what it’s like to podcast about the subject that is nearest and dearest to them- fiction writing.
J.C. Hutchins, Tee Morris, Scott Sigler, Mur Lafferty, P G. Holyfield, Philippa Ballantine, Michael Stackpole

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