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I've put up a new post at my PaganSquare Blog (run by the lovely folks behind the Witches & Pagans Magazine, where I have a regular column), talking about how becoming a Pagan cured my winter depression.
If you live in a part of the country where the winters are long, cold, and gray, like I do...do you get the blues? If so, how do you cope?
You can find some of my answers at the blog. The other answer, of course, is hot chocolate.
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Guest Post at The Magical Buffet
Magic the Cat and I are given 10 questions to answer at one of my favorite blogs, The Magical Buffet.
Go check it out, and tell Magic you said hi!
The Magical Buffet
Go check it out, and tell Magic you said hi!
The Magical Buffet
Friday, January 25, 2013
BOOK GIVEAWAY and Feline Friday
Happy Friday! (And is it just me, or did it take a loooonnnnnggggg time to get here this week?)
After getting the news yesterday that my first book Circle, Coven & Grove was going out of print, and getting such a heart-warming and supportive response to my announcement, I decided to run a contest and give away one of my few copies (which are now going to become a collector's item!). There are only 3 left on Amazon, and a couple at Llewellyn, so they are going to get pretty hard to find.
You can see that I am still mastering this Rafflecopter thing...so you'll have to click on the "create your own option" buttons to see what they are. It's like being on a scavenger hunt :-)
a Rafflecopter giveaway
The contest will run until Tuesday. Good luck...let's send this book out with a bang!
And just because it's Friday...
Mystic, Minerva and Magic in a BIG OL' PILE O' CATS
After getting the news yesterday that my first book Circle, Coven & Grove was going out of print, and getting such a heart-warming and supportive response to my announcement, I decided to run a contest and give away one of my few copies (which are now going to become a collector's item!). There are only 3 left on Amazon, and a couple at Llewellyn, so they are going to get pretty hard to find.
You can see that I am still mastering this Rafflecopter thing...so you'll have to click on the "create your own option" buttons to see what they are. It's like being on a scavenger hunt :-)
a Rafflecopter giveaway
The contest will run until Tuesday. Good luck...let's send this book out with a bang!
And just because it's Friday...
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Circle, Coven & Grove: A Bittersweet Goodbye
I will never forget the day, back in 2005, when I got an email from a woman named Elysia Gallo, an editor at Llewellyn Worldwide, telling me that they were going to buy my first book, Circle, Coven & Grove: A Year of Magickal Practice . The book came out in early 2007, and the moment I held that first copy in my hands was probably one of the best experiences of my life.
There have been five other Llewellyn books since, then (working on #7 right now), and a bunch of novels still trying to find their way in the world. But there is nothing like your first.
I got an email today, telling me that Circle, Coven & Grove is going out of print. People are still buying it, but just not in enough numbers to justify another print run. So the few that are still out there are all that there will ever be. I'm a little sad, to be honest. I know this happens to authors all the time, and my other books will still be available. But not my first, treasured child.
Circle, Coven & Grove is in some ways the most personal of all the books I've written for Llewellyn, since it was based on the first year of practice of my coven, Blue Moon Circle. (Mind you, all the books are based on that, in one way or another.) I hadn't even planned to have a writing career at that point, and if I had, I would have assumed it would only be fiction. But this book yelled at me to write it, and so began a journey I am still happily following today.
So...a big thanks to Elysia (who is the best editor on the planet) for believing in me, and CC&G. Thanks to all those who have bought it over the years, and to everyone who told me how much they loved it. As far as I know, the book will still be available as an ebook, at least for a while. But for now, if you've been thinking about getting a copy and haven't gotten around to it, you can check your local Pagan stores, ask your local bookstore to order it, or get one of the few copies left at Amazon (they had 11 left when last I checked). B&N didn't have any online, but it is just possible that your local store might have one. (The link above takes you to Llewellyn themselves. They have 19 copies; any of them left by Monday I will be buying myself.)
And so we bid a fond farewell to my first book... Thanks, baby. You were swell.
That sound you hear? That's my heart breaking--just a little bit.
There have been five other Llewellyn books since, then (working on #7 right now), and a bunch of novels still trying to find their way in the world. But there is nothing like your first.
I got an email today, telling me that Circle, Coven & Grove is going out of print. People are still buying it, but just not in enough numbers to justify another print run. So the few that are still out there are all that there will ever be. I'm a little sad, to be honest. I know this happens to authors all the time, and my other books will still be available. But not my first, treasured child.
Circle, Coven & Grove is in some ways the most personal of all the books I've written for Llewellyn, since it was based on the first year of practice of my coven, Blue Moon Circle. (Mind you, all the books are based on that, in one way or another.) I hadn't even planned to have a writing career at that point, and if I had, I would have assumed it would only be fiction. But this book yelled at me to write it, and so began a journey I am still happily following today.
So...a big thanks to Elysia (who is the best editor on the planet) for believing in me, and CC&G. Thanks to all those who have bought it over the years, and to everyone who told me how much they loved it. As far as I know, the book will still be available as an ebook, at least for a while. But for now, if you've been thinking about getting a copy and haven't gotten around to it, you can check your local Pagan stores, ask your local bookstore to order it, or get one of the few copies left at Amazon (they had 11 left when last I checked). B&N didn't have any online, but it is just possible that your local store might have one. (The link above takes you to Llewellyn themselves. They have 19 copies; any of them left by Monday I will be buying myself.)
And so we bid a fond farewell to my first book... Thanks, baby. You were swell.
That sound you hear? That's my heart breaking--just a little bit.
Monday, January 21, 2013
New Sabbats Class YAY!
We're going to be posting the information for the first of the Sabbats for the new year-long Sabbats class in a few days!
This class is something new Heather and I are trying over at the Witchcraft & Writing Workshops loop. Instead of a class that runs for 3 to 5 days (like most of the ones we give), it is going to be ongoing for the entire year. The class will consist of a post for each Pagan holiday, starting with Imbolc (which falls on February 2nd). Each class post will consist of general information about the holiday, as well as a ritual, and maybe even a recipe or two. There are eight Sabbats, so there will be eight posts in the class, but I will be available to answer questions about the holidays both leading up to the days and afterwards. The information for the earlier holidays will still be accessible until after the last one is posted in December, for Yule.
All this for only $40! How cool is that? You can register here: Sabbats class registration
You can also join in at any point in the year, if you don't have the time or money to do so now, although of course it will be too late to celebrate some of the holidays if you join in later. Still, they do come around every year :-)
I hope you all are as excited about this idea as we are! It's an experiment, so if there isn't much enthusiasm for it, we just won't do it again next year. But I hope you'll join us...I think it's going to be fun!
This class is something new Heather and I are trying over at the Witchcraft & Writing Workshops loop. Instead of a class that runs for 3 to 5 days (like most of the ones we give), it is going to be ongoing for the entire year. The class will consist of a post for each Pagan holiday, starting with Imbolc (which falls on February 2nd). Each class post will consist of general information about the holiday, as well as a ritual, and maybe even a recipe or two. There are eight Sabbats, so there will be eight posts in the class, but I will be available to answer questions about the holidays both leading up to the days and afterwards. The information for the earlier holidays will still be accessible until after the last one is posted in December, for Yule.
All this for only $40! How cool is that? You can register here: Sabbats class registration
You can also join in at any point in the year, if you don't have the time or money to do so now, although of course it will be too late to celebrate some of the holidays if you join in later. Still, they do come around every year :-)
I hope you all are as excited about this idea as we are! It's an experiment, so if there isn't much enthusiasm for it, we just won't do it again next year. But I hope you'll join us...I think it's going to be fun!
Saturday, January 19, 2013
And the Winner Is: Kimberly S!
Kimberly S. is the winner of the Llewellyn Witches' Calender!
She said:
Congrats! I would love to win this calendar, as I am late in buying one this year! Flu is bad and knocks you out this year even more than it normally does. Wishing all the luck in the world with future writing and try to stay healthy!
I guess this is your reward for recovering from the flu :-) Hope you're feeling better now. Contact me at magicmysticminerva at yahoo dot com and tell me where to send it!
Congrats, and thanks to everyone who entered and left such nice comments.
Deborah
She said:
Congrats! I would love to win this calendar, as I am late in buying one this year! Flu is bad and knocks you out this year even more than it normally does. Wishing all the luck in the world with future writing and try to stay healthy!
I guess this is your reward for recovering from the flu :-) Hope you're feeling better now. Contact me at magicmysticminerva at yahoo dot com and tell me where to send it!
Congrats, and thanks to everyone who entered and left such nice comments.
Deborah
Friday, January 18, 2013
Feline Friday, the Brrrr Version
It was 7 degrees out here when I woke up this morning. Brrrr...... I does not loves the cold, I does not, Precious.
And don't forget that today is the last day to leave a comment at the 2-days ago blog post (not here) to be entered to win a copy of the new Llewellyn Witches' Calendar that has my articles on 3 of the months
GO HERE TO ENTER
And with no further ado...here is this week's FELINE FRIDAY!
Magic, resting up from the exhausting work of being a cat.
Feeding time at the Zoo. This is what it looks like when three cats are waiting for you to get their food out. (The other two are in their room upstairs, or it would look even worse.)
A quiet moment, with Samhain ignoring the fact that Magic is sitting right next to her, and Angus just being Angus.
I hope you have a wonderful Friday! Doing anything interesting this weekend?
And don't forget that today is the last day to leave a comment at the 2-days ago blog post (not here) to be entered to win a copy of the new Llewellyn Witches' Calendar that has my articles on 3 of the months
GO HERE TO ENTER
And with no further ado...here is this week's FELINE FRIDAY!
A quiet moment, with Samhain ignoring the fact that Magic is sitting right next to her, and Angus just being Angus.
I hope you have a wonderful Friday! Doing anything interesting this weekend?
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