<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Author TA Leederman]]></title><description><![CDATA[Author TA Leederman]]></description><link>https://taleederman.wixsite.com/author-taleederman/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 15:47:48 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://taleederman.wixsite.com/author-taleederman/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[What Is Science Fiction Romance?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Before We Begin… While I love science-fiction romance, it’s also important to note that I regularly taught a college class, during my years in PhD-earning service, about genre—primarily High Fantasy. One of the class’s concerns was to distinguish between different formal and literary genres, and we explored the distinctions between subgenres of fantasy and science fiction, as well as their tropes and the sorts of stories they better enabled an author to tell. Some of my favorite questions...]]></description><link>https://taleederman.wixsite.com/author-taleederman/post/what-is-science-fiction-romance</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69c44f1078ed17abe1fd6352</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 21:25:40 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a6ef64_bbe9a01019914732b86a818448fc2928~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tara Leederman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[#AuthorsofInstagram: A Free Guide to Posting, Plus Bots, Bait, and Bad Takes]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is in the walkthrough, but my basic advice for posting on Instagram is....]]></description><link>https://taleederman.wixsite.com/author-taleederman/post/authorsofinstagram-a-free-guide-to-posting-plus-bots-bait-and-bad-takes</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68ccb403860daee44b30f2ba</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2025 01:41:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a6ef64_ad2fd639c4fc4b1a85cdd583e2099564~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_394,h_455,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tara Leederman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[An Overview of the Dreame App]]></title><description><![CDATA[I’ve been thinking a lot lately about publishing serially. I’m currently sitting on over a million words in the What Remains  miniseries...]]></description><link>https://taleederman.wixsite.com/author-taleederman/post/an-overview-of-the-dreame-app</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6889df11785ea520b89bf10b</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2025 09:15:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4aecd6a7bec14c2ba3d3718d695fbab0.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tara Leederman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Review: The Pearl Crucible by Urna Semper]]></title><description><![CDATA[Preamble Caveat right up front: The author, Urna Semper, is the pen name for my friend Parrish Baker, a mentor and one of our editors at Tender and Tempting Tales. We have appeared and are set to appear in anthologies together, so what’s good for that gander is obviously good for this goose. I also beta-read quite a few of Parrish’s stories before he submits them to anthologies these days—both Rac and T&#38;TT—so I’m fairly familiar with the range of his work. So why am I reviewing this book?...]]></description><link>https://taleederman.wixsite.com/author-taleederman/post/review-the-pearl-crucible-by-urna-semper</link><guid isPermaLink="false">699a578a33aebccb4867f511</guid><pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2026 01:21:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a6ef64_8a8c0817d2034e1f8fb038dae6a383d6~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tara Leederman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christmas Curry &#38; "Jingle Blam!"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Odyssey always has homemade curry for lunch before game begins, since we run out of my house, and I like to make different versions over the course of the year. We have an established Thanksgiving curry with sweet potatoes and cranberry sauce, and we serve it over stuffing instead of rice. That’s an old favorite. This year, I wanted to try my hand at some Christmas Curry.]]></description><link>https://taleederman.wixsite.com/author-taleederman/post/christmas-curry-jingle-blam</link><guid isPermaLink="false">694479391a6ea3dfc240e33e</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 22:17:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a6ef64_94aab6ced9454f2d8bd266a74fb3b434~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tara Leederman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Review: A White Lie Christmas, Suzy Langevin]]></title><description><![CDATA[Introduction: On the Holiday Hallmark Movie Two disclaimers: I received this novella as an ARC, requested specifically because I like Suzy, we’re in anthologies together, and I wanted to provide her with a review. Second disclaimer being that I don’t like holiday Hallmark movies. I know. You’re shocked. What, the girl who writes merc stories, radioactive murders on space cruises, and long weird romances in cyborg loony bins hates Hallmark romances?! Le shock. I can’t write a romance without...]]></description><link>https://taleederman.wixsite.com/author-taleederman/post/review-a-white-lie-christmas-suzy-langevin</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69169de75e2a13855060e15d</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 03:24:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a6ef64_db484b15d09d4e3ebd2c47a209f95f8a~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tara Leederman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Star Groomsman and Crimson Bride]]></title><description><![CDATA[The cover for Star Groomsman, created by me by layering and altering assets in the stock library on Canva, and the Starship Valkyrie logo. Release day is here! Mercs and Mayhem  with my story "Power Play" released last week, and hit No. 1 in SFF anthologies on Amazon. You can get it here for some real merc action: Amazon.com : Mercs and Mayhem (Raconteur Press Anthologies Book 64) eBook : Nethery, Nick, Burke, Spearman, Stone, Dean, Malory, Lizzi, Ken, Hathaway, Ross, Gibson, B K, Waltz,...]]></description><link>https://taleederman.wixsite.com/author-taleederman/post/star-groomsman-and-crimson-bride</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6909919891f4e1bef65531e9</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2025 05:51:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a6ef64_352a0089bb584b7282d1b1e92efcac64~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tara Leederman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Professionalization in Indie &#38; Trad Publishing: An Interview with Jenna Harte]]></title><description><![CDATA[Introduction Seldom has my life been so different between one year and the next. A few standouts come to mind: the stark difference between October of my seventeenth year and October of my eighteenth were particularly different, given the total upheaval to my life and family in that time. 2019 and 2020 were so very different for so many of us that it barely bears repeating. In September of 2022 I was pregnant and a PhD candidate; by September of 2023, I had my PhD and my first child at home. ...]]></description><link>https://taleederman.wixsite.com/author-taleederman/post/professionalization-in-indie-trad-publishing-an-interview-with-jenna-harte</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68fbdf69be1c9042a118d6c0</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2025 20:46:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a6ef64_9f33d6d19e654a309d52cc6691cbf01c~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tara Leederman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Midnight, Mischief, and Mistletoe ARCs Available, and More!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello folks! Woof, last week was a lot, in case you were wondering where my typical blog post went. I was copyediting and reading through the MS for the anthology Midnight, Mischief, and Mistletoe  from Tender and Tempting Tales, where I work as Social Media and Marketing Manager, as well as doing various other whatever-needs-to-get-done tasks (alongside Jenna and the editors). There are some great pieces I very much enjoy, in addition to my own entry ("Crimson Bride"), which I think is one...]]></description><link>https://taleederman.wixsite.com/author-taleederman/post/midnight-mischief-and-mistletoe-arcs-available-and-more</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68ec828c942dccc5ddeecdbb</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2025 06:08:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a6ef64_e45670935ad24468b37d4ba9ffacf994~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tara Leederman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Goodies: WordPress Newsletters for Authors, Plus the Opening to "Crimson Bride"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Normally on Mondays, I post a new chapter of my serialized novel, What Remains . (You can find the most recent chapter, posted last week,...]]></description><link>https://taleederman.wixsite.com/author-taleederman/post/goodies-wordpress-newsletters-for-authors-plus-the-opening-to-crimson-bride</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68db6b9d64e88a07d079a237</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2025 05:54:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a6ef64_2ae61459358c45689e928df14c8cbe59~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tara Leederman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moggies of Mars and Writing for Raconteur Press: An Interview with Urna Semper]]></title><description><![CDATA[Phew! What a week… and what a month! For those of you who don’t know, I’m a co-leader for my writing group here in South Bay/Long Beach (a region of Los Angeles), which used to be a municipal group in the NaNoWriMo organization. We left the org at the tailend of 2023, when things were just popping off, and began running our own programming and writing camps. My job is largely the programming end—making worksheets, calendars, prompts, freewrites—and running writing sprints. A lot of writing...]]></description><link>https://taleederman.wixsite.com/author-taleederman/post/moggies-of-mars-and-writing-for-raconteur-press-an-interview-with-urna-semper</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68d64b8c369e7146c8328ced</guid><pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2025 08:23:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a6ef64_c1d7bec970e548acae050c1a5a407830~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tara Leederman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Star Navy SOS Recipe and a Peek into What Remains]]></title><description><![CDATA[From What Remains , Chapter 4: “Big Damn Hero” Today was Shit on a Shingle, that most ancient and venerable of navy grub. The Earth...]]></description><link>https://taleederman.wixsite.com/author-taleederman/post/star-navy-sos-recipe-and-a-peek-into-what-remains</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68c349b1761c219f8231d10e</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2025 22:19:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a6ef64_de51b982db5849f89a48109f3089c015~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tara Leederman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Updates: What Remains Serializing on Ghost, New Anthology Story, and more!]]></title><description><![CDATA[I've been doing research forever, it feels like, to find and decide on where I wanted to start serializing What Remains . From sending...]]></description><link>https://taleederman.wixsite.com/author-taleederman/post/updates-what-remains-serializing-on-ghost-new-anthology-story-and-more</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68be5d4fb8f1382eed6937d0</guid><pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2025 04:58:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a6ef64_ee5a4d9fe5ba4fdfb0903de342424f5d~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tara Leederman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zucchini Pancakes and a Peek into "Crimson Wake"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Generic Zucchini Fritters, since we haven't taken official pictures of this recipe yet. Yours will be crispier! Abridged, from “Crimson...]]></description><link>https://taleederman.wixsite.com/author-taleederman/post/zucchini-pancakes-and-a-peek-in-crimson-wake</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68ba1225b8338a1ae1948276</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2025 22:34:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_1d67d3bc415d4dca91c3e1a718138f51~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tara Leederman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What (the heck) Is Cozy Omegaverse?]]></title><description><![CDATA[In my mind, it’s like telling me you’ve written a Cozy Horror, or a Cozy Slasher fic, or a Cozy BDSM Bodice Ripper. It’s not that I don’t believe you, or that I’m not intrigued. It just sounds like an oxymoron to me… so I picked up the book, and I read it.]]></description><link>https://taleederman.wixsite.com/author-taleederman/post/what-the-heck-is-cozy-omegaverse</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68b001fbecacb9d69f000b89</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2025 07:24:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a6ef64_f30f9ef2c2664c78a9eb4a005b3f6317~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tara Leederman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sneak Peek into Crimson Tide: Mind Weapon Evidentiary Hearing]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi folks! I wanted this week's entry to be a sneak peek into Crimson Tide , although I've also been percolating on a blog post trying to...]]></description><link>https://taleederman.wixsite.com/author-taleederman/post/sneak-peek-into-crimson-tide-mind-weapon-evidentiary-hearing</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68a4f21552b87596cc59c405</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2025 21:57:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a6ef64_399a8f7ca9714f13968825f719366b43~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tara Leederman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Publishing Fiction to Substack: An Interview with Urna Semper]]></title><description><![CDATA[Introduction It was Author Takeover Day for the release of Moonlight and Margaritas , and I was absolutely drenched in flop sweat. I had...]]></description><link>https://taleederman.wixsite.com/author-taleederman/post/publishing-fiction-to-substack-an-interview-with-urna-semper</link><guid isPermaLink="false">689bcc47f6d3029a1596f743</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2025 23:31:53 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a6ef64_54ba12ec95584540bafef08e4fe65e1d~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tara Leederman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Is Lunaverse? The "Alpha and Luna" Tag on WattPad and Dreame]]></title><description><![CDATA[(For a second time, many thanks to guest researcher Erin for her help on this---especially for her cornering me on her stoop and trying...]]></description><link>https://taleederman.wixsite.com/author-taleederman/post/what-is-lunaverse-the-alpha-and-luna-tag-on-wattpad-and-dreame</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6892e80370d5fdc372e98288</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2025 05:44:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a6ef64_df6aed0d4f0f4aeb8046a848152c3592~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tara Leederman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Preview: New Short Story Released in Moonlight and Margaritas!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi everyone! I have a delicious little preview for you of my new short story, “Crimson Wake,” available now in the Moonlight and...]]></description><link>https://taleederman.wixsite.com/author-taleederman/post/preview-new-short-story-released-in-moonlight-and-margaritas</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68663a14313711f211ec1fe4</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2025 08:14:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a6ef64_10d1a17bd2be4833bd8e15806a27bb32~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tara Leederman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Takeovers, Storefronts, and Cosmic Horror!]]></title><description><![CDATA[The publication of Moonlight and Margaritas  is coming up at the end of this month! I’m really jazzed, actually. There’s going to be a...]]></description><link>https://taleederman.wixsite.com/author-taleederman/post/takeovers-storefronts-and-cosmic-horror</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6842726686515cbded9933b8</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2025 04:53:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a6ef64_97cc72ee7094409783bd5b8256c42a09~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Tara Leederman</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>