by Christie Meierz | Jan 8, 2014 | Uncategorized
I’m a seat-of-the-pants sort of writer. When I start a book, I have in mind a character, a situation, and a direction it’s going, but that’s usually all. After I wrote the first draft of The Fall, I had this idea: take a particular character from...
by Christie Meierz | Dec 14, 2013 | Uncategorized
The vuvuzela made the news in recent years when it began to give South African soccer enthusiasts hearing damage. For those who don’t want to follow the link, a vuvuzela is basically a plastic horn that plays one — just one — note. Loudly. This...
by Christie Meierz | Dec 3, 2013 | Uncategorized
Sharon Lee & Steve Miller are over on Clan Korval’s Home on the Web doing a free giveaway of an audiobook of their latest release, Trade Secret! Star-spanning galactic trader Jethri Gobelyn’s story continues in the seventeenth entry in the Liaden Universe®...
by Christie Meierz | Nov 16, 2013 | Uncategorized
Over on Blog Without A Name, author Sharon Lee makes some very good points. Read what she has to say here.
by Christie Meierz | Nov 11, 2013 | Uncategorized
It was 1973. I checked out a book from my junior high school library because it had an interesting cover and took it home to get sucked into a story about a female character who had some kind of adventure taking a ride in the past in someone else’s memories....
by Christie Meierz | Nov 11, 2013 | Uncategorized
Nothing like talking about sex at 10am on Sunday morning. Wearing Purple: Female Writers of a Certain Age was a blast. My own conclusion is that having your kids leave home is the ultimate aphrodisiac, and who said sex after 50 isn’t hot, anyhow? The Future of...