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Review: A White Lie Christmas, Suzy Langevin
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
Tara Leederman
Nov 1312 min read


Star Groomsman and Crimson Bride
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,
Tara Leederman
Nov 31 min read


Professionalization in Indie & Trad Publishing: An Interview with Jenna Harte
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 firs
Tara Leederman
Oct 2414 min read


Goodies: WordPress Newsletters for Authors, Plus the Opening to "Crimson Bride"
Normally on Mondays, I post a new chapter of my serialized novel, What Remains . (You can find the most recent chapter, posted last week,...
Tara Leederman
Sep 293 min read


Moggies of Mars and Writing for Raconteur Press: An Interview with Urna Semper
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
Tara Leederman
Sep 2622 min read


#AuthorsofInstagram: A Free Guide to Posting, Plus Bots, Bait, and Bad Takes
This is in the walkthrough, but my basic advice for posting on Instagram is....
Tara Leederman
Sep 1816 min read


Updates: What Remains Serializing on Ghost, New Anthology Story, and more!
I've been doing research forever, it feels like, to find and decide on where I wanted to start serializing What Remains . From sending...
Tara Leederman
Sep 72 min read


Zucchini Pancakes and a Peek into "Crimson Wake"
Generic Zucchini Fritters, since we haven't taken official pictures of this recipe yet. Yours will be crispier! Abridged, from “Crimson...
Tara Leederman
Sep 45 min read
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