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Adventures in Anthology Writing

Posted by Tamara Hogan Apr 3 2013, 12:01 am in anthology, craft, lakes, tamara hogan

Minnesota is known as the Land of 10,000 Lakes. I don’t know if it’s because we’re landlocked or what, but I don’t know a single Minnesotan, whether a native or a transplant, who doesn’t feel a strong affinity for the water. So when someone floated an idea for the members of my RWA land chapter, [...]

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Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes….

Posted by Tamara Hogan Mar 8 2013, 12:01 am in change, CHASE ME, process, tamara hogan, TASTE ME

In my day job, I’m a technology process analyst, and one concept I accept as inviolate is that processes evolve and change over time, and become more efficient, as we learn from past performance. As I sit down to plan my fourth manuscript, I want to share some of the ways my writing process has [...]

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10 Books I Added to My Keeper Shelf in 2012

Posted by Tamara Hogan Jan 14 2013, 12:01 am in book recommendations, keeper shelf, tamara hogan, What I'm Reading

At this time of the year, it’s difficult to avoid Top Ten lists or ‘best of’ countdowns. Whether it’s books, YouTube videos, movies, TV shows, crime stories, video games, cutest kittens, websites, wardrobe malfunctions…if you look hard enough, there’s probably a Top Ten countdown about the topic somewhere. As a dyed-in-the-wool word nerd, I find [...]

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What I’m Reading: Non-Fiction

Posted by Tamara Hogan Dec 10 2012, 12:01 am in CHASE ME, non-fiction, tamara hogan, What I'm Reading

That sounds awfully dry. Let me liven things up a bit: What I’m Reading: GIRL CRUSH EDITION! <3<3<3 Ahem. I always have a couple of books going at a time – fiction for the bathtub and before bed, and non-fiction for the couch/living room. Recently, I read non-fiction books by two amazing women who make [...]

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Social Media Agita

Posted by Tamara Hogan Oct 26 2012, 12:01 am in agita, CHASE ME, social media, tamara hogan, Technology

For authors, it’s pretty much de rigueur to promote our work, and engage with our readers, using social media tools such as Facebook and Twitter. But for many people in the information technology field, willingly supplying personal information to any third party unless it’s absolutely required is…unthinkable. Anathema. Gets you sprinkled with loser dust. Being [...]

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Adventures in Series Writing

Posted by Tamara Hogan Aug 27 2012, 12:01 am in CHASE ME, craft, series, tamara hogan, TASTE ME, TEMPT ME, world building

I just turned in my third Underbelly Chronicles manuscript, TEMPT ME, which some Ruby readers might remember us referring to in Comments late last year as “the religious woman and the sex demon.” Reformed hacker Bailey Brown is one of two humans alive who knows that “first contact“ already happened, that humanity has secretly shared its [...]

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Favorite Romantic Heroes

Posted by Tamara Hogan Jul 11 2012, 12:01 am in CHASE ME, romance heroes, tamara hogan

Today, I’d like to gush a little bit about my favorite romantic heroes. I read my first romance novel when I was ten years old. (There was no such thing as YA back in the day!) I was a very precocious reader, blasting through everything of interest in my library’s children’s section in record time. After [...]

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10 Ways To Reduce Hack Risk – Part 2

Posted by Tamara Hogan Apr 2 2012, 12:01 am in CHASE ME, hack attack, tamara hogan, TEMPT ME

This post is Part Two of Friday’s post, “Ten Ways to Reduce Your Hack Risk Part 1.” Part One focused on passwords, click risk, and protecting your computer from viruses, malware and other digital gremlins. Today, the rest of the list… 6. Open online accounts only as needed. Everyplace we do business online, we leave personal [...]

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