On the 10th of January our next featured creator will be urban fantasy writer and hard sci fi fan Kagan MacTane @kagan Please join us and if you would like to ask a question, @ Kagan and add the tags #ScribesAndMakers and #TTMD
On the 10th of January our next featured creator will be urban fantasy writer and hard sci fi fan Kagan MacTane @kagan Please join us and if you would like to ask a question, @ Kagan and add the tags #ScribesAndMakers and #TTMD
@JessMahler
I don't know if I have that one favorite part. I love history and love to have it come alive in my books. It's only the framework for my actual story, but it always feels a little like time-travel to immerse myself in that.
Fantasy on the other hand is freedom. I can make up all the rules which I also enjoy.
I guess in both cases it's when the words start to flow and my fingers can hardly keep up.
When I'm in so deep that everything else just fades.
#scribesAndMakers #TTMd @anderlandbooks
What's your favorite part of writing historical fiction? Same question for fantasy.
@JessMahler
I don't know if I have that one favorite part. I love history and love to have it come alive in my books. It's only the framework for my actual story, but it always feels a little like time-travel to immerse myself in that.
Fantasy on the other hand is freedom. I can make up all the rules which I also enjoy.
I guess in both cases it's when the words start to flow and my fingers can hardly keep up.
When I'm in so deep that everything else just fades.
#scribesAndMakers #TTMd @anderlandbooks
What's your favorite part of writing historical fiction? Same question for fantasy.
Submission Call: A Year of Horse Fantasy
As the year turns into 2026, the Chinese zodiac changes and this upcoming year is the year of the horse. As an equestrian author I couldn't let this moment pass by without putting out a call for submissions for an upcoming fantasy anthology featuring stories w
https://kitauthor.com/submission-call-a-year-of-horse-fantasy/
#BookNews #WritingFantasy #WritingWithHorses #anthology #fantasy #HorseLit #HorseStories #horses #OpenAnthology #SubmissionCall
RE: https://wandering.shop/@KitAuthor/115594854906284878
Here is the anthology I was talking about on #ScribesAndMakers #TTMD for anyone interested.
Submission Call: A Year of Horse Fantasy
As the year turns into 2026, the Chinese zodiac changes and this upcoming year is the year of the horse. As an equestrian author I couldn't let this moment pass by without putting out a call for submissions for an upcoming fantasy anthology featuring stories w
https://kitauthor.com/submission-call-a-year-of-horse-fantasy/
#BookNews #WritingFantasy #WritingWithHorses #anthology #fantasy #HorseLit #HorseStories #horses #OpenAnthology #SubmissionCall
RE: https://wandering.shop/@KitAuthor/115594854906284878
Here is the anthology I was talking about on #ScribesAndMakers #TTMD for anyone interested.
My thesis is about applying Nancy Eiesland's "The Disabled God" theory and Sallie McFague's environmental theology to paganism to see if we can come up with an approach to disability liberation within contemporary neopaganism.
I have learned and loved Sallie McFague's work. Read all of her books. Finding fascinating books of pagan theology as well.
It's good to write work where I as a disabled pagan am seen and given rights and push back against ableism.
Stop looking at my to do list! 😆
Yes, actually, that's on the nonfiction book list of nonfiction books I'd like to write. I'm reviewing what's out there at the moment (that will be some fun reading once the college semester is over).
I've also thought of starting a blog column like that or even doing a whole class.
@KitAuthor
With all your experience and knowledge about horses, did you ever think of writing a 'How to care for your horse guide for (fantasy) authors`?
When I started you had to explain what ebooks were and they came on these adorable mini cds from my publisher. (I'll try to find mine and take a picture of it.)
Much more approval of self-publishing these days (and it's all I do).
On one hand, I lament the loss of writing groups that taught me the basics that newer authors have to hunt for now, but on the other, oh it's so freeing just to write and publish without gatekeepers of all kinds.
Desi in my new contemporary equestrian fiction series is a thoroughbred with "kissing spine" which is a spinal condition that limits athletic ability. In this case, it's severe enough that Desi cannot be ridden and I'm exploring agility, in-hand trail, and other disciplines with her in part to give representation to us equestrians who don't ride.
Sunny is a palomino appendix quarter horse in my YA story. Lizzi rides western and english dressage.
Another Talk To Me Day is here, the only one in November. Today our featured creator is @KitAuthor
I'm sure you have all your questions ready. I look forward to many interesting questions and hopefully a lot of friendly interactions.
Please tag @KitAuthor and use the hashtags. Type them, just copying won't work, but you know that.
So, traditionally I now ask the first question after my midnight:
When did you start to write, and what was your first story about?
Have fun everyone.
When I started you had to explain what ebooks were and they came on these adorable mini cds from my publisher. (I'll try to find mine and take a picture of it.)
Much more approval of self-publishing these days (and it's all I do).
On one hand, I lament the loss of writing groups that taught me the basics that newer authors have to hunt for now, but on the other, oh it's so freeing just to write and publish without gatekeepers of all kinds.
#ScribesAndMakers Nov 20. Talk to me day. #TTMD
Today's featured creator is: @KitAuthor
Advice for someone starting a writing career in 2025? How have things changed over the past 30-odd years that you have been writing and publishing and helping authors? It is a very confounding space for new writers, I think.
@KitAuthor
With all your experience and knowledge about horses, did you ever think of writing a 'How to care for your horse guide for (fantasy) authors`?
Stop looking at my to do list! 😆
Yes, actually, that's on the nonfiction book list of nonfiction books I'd like to write. I'm reviewing what's out there at the moment (that will be some fun reading once the college semester is over).
I've also thought of starting a blog column like that or even doing a whole class.
@KitAuthor
With all your experience and knowledge about horses, did you ever think of writing a 'How to care for your horse guide for (fantasy) authors`?
@KitAuthor
With all your experience and knowledge about horses, did you ever think of writing a 'How to care for your horse guide for (fantasy) authors`?
My thesis is about applying Nancy Eiesland's "The Disabled God" theory and Sallie McFague's environmental theology to paganism to see if we can come up with an approach to disability liberation within contemporary neopaganism.
I have learned and loved Sallie McFague's work. Read all of her books. Finding fascinating books of pagan theology as well.
It's good to write work where I as a disabled pagan am seen and given rights and push back against ableism.
#ScribesAndMakers Nov 20. Talk to me day. #TTMD
Today's featured creator is: @KitAuthor
What is your thesis about? What's the most interesting thing you've learned while writing it?
