tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5505580646032549706Wed, 14 Mar 2012 12:09:03 +0000six sentence sundayexcerptficcoverresearchswagnanoblackprocessmusicoriginmascotthe writerwebsitesoldierpornawardindustrybetawipblood redsnarkfoodporninterviewgiveawayFOATbirdsalesplottingtrunkedpiceditsreleaseseriesreviewDEoHsaleembrace the rainbowfree readMuse-Plagued Authorhttp://rhianonetzweiler.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Rhi Etzweiler)Blogger115125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5505580646032549706.post-2130178439438580910Mon, 12 Mar 2012 22:23:00 +00002012-03-12T18:23:41.785-04:00the writersoldierpornprocesspicwiptrunkedswagblackThis afternoon, the weather was warm enough, for the first time on a day off, to venture out with Iron Mike and do our walk. I still have no idea how long it is. It takes about thirty minutes. We don't walk slow. On the way back, I stopped to check the mail. Mistake. Ended up juggling two large packages along with leash and keys. Thankfully, Mike's a sensible creature and didn't trip me. At any http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rhianonetzweiler/~3/HRIvuD-DgFI/invasion-of-shinies.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rhi Etzweiler)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rhianonetzweiler/~4/HRIvuD-DgFI" height="1" width="1"/>http://rhianonetzweiler.blogspot.com/2012/03/invasion-of-shinies.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5505580646032549706.post-9155346182779950725Mon, 05 Mar 2012 20:47:00 +00002012-03-05T15:47:30.623-05:00the writerprocesspicwiptrunkedI'm discovering what feeds my inspirations, and it's rather strange. Or maybe I just have strange tastes. Or maybe it's just a case of the creative tide shifting. These sorts of things happen when they feel like it, seriously. I can string words together in sentences all day long, and sentences into paragraphs, etc. but if it gets me nowhere fast, it's useless. A few things came together today,http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rhianonetzweiler/~3/v_XUlhOQy9s/artists-dont-refill-at-gas-pump.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rhi Etzweiler)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rhianonetzweiler/~4/v_XUlhOQy9s" height="1" width="1"/>http://rhianonetzweiler.blogspot.com/2012/03/artists-dont-refill-at-gas-pump.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5505580646032549706.post-3084534723244449837Tue, 28 Feb 2012 02:48:00 +00002012-02-27T21:48:08.240-05:00the writerprocesswiptrunkedplottingIt happened a lot with BTB. It's happening again, as I work through a plot direction lag in this overhaul of Dancing Circles. I get lost in the reading, so lost that I'm drowning in the experience all over again as though it's the first time. I forget what I was supposed to be focusing on, and accomplish nothing. With BTB, I had to literally force myself to skim during the editing passes. The http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rhianonetzweiler/~3/wf4xA7UBSNU/wip-overhauling-reason-to-plot-first.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rhi Etzweiler)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rhianonetzweiler/~4/wf4xA7UBSNU" height="1" width="1"/>http://rhianonetzweiler.blogspot.com/2012/02/wip-overhauling-reason-to-plot-first.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5505580646032549706.post-8804676643719156545Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:19:00 +00002012-02-22T09:19:06.315-05:00the writerprocessembrace the rainbowfree readficYears ago, someone challenged me to write a story just using dialogue. No labels, no descriptions, nothing but the spoken words between two characters. As though all but one of the senses were shut down, and even that one was filtered with extreme prejudice. It was a challenge. It took a bit of effort. But it also helped me develop as a writer, opened my eyes to thinking about communication in ahttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rhianonetzweiler/~3/mUxF-Xg-WAc/too-much-music-exploring-communication.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rhi Etzweiler)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rhianonetzweiler/~4/mUxF-Xg-WAc" height="1" width="1"/>http://rhianonetzweiler.blogspot.com/2012/02/too-much-music-exploring-communication.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5505580646032549706.post-2369861806109705752Tue, 21 Feb 2012 01:55:00 +00002012-02-20T20:55:20.709-05:00I swear these shots are in no way planned or staged. This one, I took earlier this month--manual shutter, no flash--upon glancing up while in the middle of a conversation with a close friend. Sometimes life lets you know that you're where you're supposed to be, doing what you're meant to be doing. Fate, destiny, design? I don't pretend to know. You decide for yourself. Early evening sunlight http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rhianonetzweiler/~3/eTxsXHUrBMg/life-is-in-little-things.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rhi Etzweiler)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rhianonetzweiler/~4/eTxsXHUrBMg" height="1" width="1"/>http://rhianonetzweiler.blogspot.com/2012/02/life-is-in-little-things.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5505580646032549706.post-2226168460430453472Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:20:00 +00002012-02-09T17:20:44.084-05:00This coming Saturday (11 February) I'll be at the M/M Italia group on GoodReads for a Q&A session. It's a moderated-membership group, but if you're interested in joining the discussions or asking a few questions, stop on by and put a join request in. Check my GoodReads profile for the group link. Having finished the rough overhaul of a novella for Riptide, I've taken the past couple weeks off http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rhianonetzweiler/~3/ThM-qKzt16w/appearances-beauty-that-inspires.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rhi Etzweiler)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rhianonetzweiler/~4/ThM-qKzt16w" height="1" width="1"/>http://rhianonetzweiler.blogspot.com/2012/02/appearances-beauty-that-inspires.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5505580646032549706.post-2918082549756699847Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:13:00 +00002012-02-03T10:13:46.636-05:00 ~*~WE HAVE WINNERS!~*~ Here's the winners from the promo blog tour contests for "Blacker Than Black." Individual blog winners receive an autographed cover flat and cover art magnet: Miz Love: Patty Between the Covers: Kassandra Amara's Place: Aija Top 2 Bottom: Kathryn Ren's: Tracey It's Raining Men: Dianna Scarf Princess: Kate Literary Nymphs: Cornelia Ripples: Oleg Tour winners: First http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rhianonetzweiler/~3/SvAXa97COQE/blog-tour-winners.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rhi Etzweiler)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rhianonetzweiler/~4/SvAXa97COQE" height="1" width="1"/>http://rhianonetzweiler.blogspot.com/2012/02/blog-tour-winners.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5505580646032549706.post-2133100242463686753Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:44:00 +00002012-03-04T07:01:51.197-05:00the writerprocessmusicblackAlthough much of Blacker Than Black was created with trance music for my writing space, there are a number of songs that resonated with the story and with certain scenes or muse-moods when I was struggling through a certain passage of prose. Without further ado, I give you the music of BTB: 1. This one isn't really there for the music, although it could be considered a whisper of reference tohttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rhianonetzweiler/~3/1-3JNpZ7t8w/setting-mood-music-of-btb.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rhi Etzweiler)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rhianonetzweiler/~4/1-3JNpZ7t8w" height="1" width="1"/>http://rhianonetzweiler.blogspot.com/2012/01/setting-mood-music-of-btb.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5505580646032549706.post-7956787815892250424Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:42:00 +00002012-01-27T11:42:00.907-05:00the writerprocesspicwiptrunkedWhen I was a kid, I took horseback riding lessons with my older sister. It was fun. Our instructor liked making us switch mounts halfway through the lessons, so we would learn how different ones moved, learn to adjust. My sister never liked this. No two horses were exactly the same height; different legs, different carriage, different energy. To me, it didn't matter. Off one horse, on the other, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rhianonetzweiler/~3/0ef8KBEyntc/sense-of-rhythm.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rhi Etzweiler)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rhianonetzweiler/~4/0ef8KBEyntc" height="1" width="1"/>http://rhianonetzweiler.blogspot.com/2012/01/sense-of-rhythm.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5505580646032549706.post-1658777297754495730Sun, 15 Jan 2012 02:06:00 +00002012-01-15T08:44:30.996-05:00picreleasefoodpornswagblackIs it the weekend? *blinks and looks around* It is, isn't it. Where the past couple months have gone, I couldn't say. Been working myself assless, to say the least. BUT! I survived the hell of the holidays in the retail industry. Again. No big deal. Happens every year. This, however, does not: look at the pretties I got in the mail today! Chocolate Chip Fudge Brownie Bars, & Cover Flats http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rhianonetzweiler/~3/PUEbdOHDQVo/foodporn-with-jan-now-with-swag.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rhi Etzweiler)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rhianonetzweiler/~4/PUEbdOHDQVo" height="1" width="1"/>http://rhianonetzweiler.blogspot.com/2012/01/foodporn-with-jan-now-with-swag.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5505580646032549706.post-4001257291777730080Wed, 04 Jan 2012 06:00:00 +00002012-01-04T01:00:05.231-05:00websiteembrace the rainbowfree readExploring Feminism & Gender Variance. This, on many levels, is a subject that needs addressed, has needed addressed. For many, many months now -- even before the upheaval and fallout of this past fall. The words were slow in coming to me. Or rather, they were there all along, they just needed to settle into the correct order. At long last, they have. Rhi’s Note//Introduction [Warnings for http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rhianonetzweiler/~3/y-CyjmeBtgs/equality-neutrality.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rhi Etzweiler)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rhianonetzweiler/~4/y-CyjmeBtgs" height="1" width="1"/>http://rhianonetzweiler.blogspot.com/2012/01/equality-neutrality.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5505580646032549706.post-2471469543323194578Sat, 31 Dec 2011 15:37:00 +00002012-01-02T20:36:44.567-05:00picfree readficbird[For Oleg.] Once upon a time there a was a bird. But the bird was born into a skin that didn't feel right. Wasn't shaped right. Didn't look anything like it should, in fact. Bird spent decades listening to others denigrate the shape and look of the skin that didn't feel right. It was too fat, it was too thin, it was too pale, it didn't have enough shape. Was too many hard planes and solid musclehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rhianonetzweiler/~3/BvotLiUdwoA/imagine-world-without-labels.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rhi Etzweiler)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rhianonetzweiler/~4/BvotLiUdwoA" height="1" width="1"/>http://rhianonetzweiler.blogspot.com/2011/12/imagine-world-without-labels.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5505580646032549706.post-6801828445638350923Wed, 21 Dec 2011 13:43:00 +00002011-12-21T08:43:27.844-05:00the writerToday is winter solstice, the shortest day of the year. The first day of winter. It marks the beginning of the worst time of year for me: the sun is hiding, it's cold, and ... yeah, I think that's sufficient. I've often wished I could have a huge castle, with a great hall and a massive hearth large enough to burn a yule log this time of year. Celebrate the longest night the way it was always http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rhianonetzweiler/~3/V0ihkyEdWyY/welcome-winter.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rhi Etzweiler)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rhianonetzweiler/~4/V0ihkyEdWyY" height="1" width="1"/>http://rhianonetzweiler.blogspot.com/2011/12/welcome-winter.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5505580646032549706.post-1769630395762196006Sat, 10 Dec 2011 14:45:00 +00002011-12-10T09:51:48.253-05:00excerptsnarkblackeditsIt's Saturday! And I'm editing! So, definitely time for a snark break! And this week, I've decided to tease you with a sliver of Blacker Than Black, since my brain isn't able to really come up with much else. And, you know, only two weeks to go... This is what you get when you push two equally snarky individuals into sharing space. No black and white sides here. I study the vampire. Just http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rhianonetzweiler/~3/R27Ay9L0VEo/snarky-snarkier.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rhi Etzweiler)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rhianonetzweiler/~4/R27Ay9L0VEo" height="1" width="1"/>http://rhianonetzweiler.blogspot.com/2011/12/snarky-snarkier.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5505580646032549706.post-9136775071847500030Thu, 08 Dec 2011 03:48:00 +00002011-12-07T23:44:23.525-05:00FOATDEoHaward *clears throat* Drum roll, please. In a three-way tie for first place, Dark Edge of Honor. My thanks to Aleks Voinov the Best Co-Author Ever (and CONGRATS too, Darth Vader -- you rock), Deb Nemeth the Editor of Awesome, and all the very professional staff at Carina Press. Cue the Snoopy Dancing, Streamers, Confetti Parade and Sundry Noisemakers. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rhianonetzweiler/~3/uuevPTP_ZNg/and-rainbow-award-for-best-gay.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rhi Etzweiler)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rhianonetzweiler/~4/uuevPTP_ZNg" height="1" width="1"/>http://rhianonetzweiler.blogspot.com/2011/12/and-rainbow-award-for-best-gay.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5505580646032549706.post-6911297285225407106Sat, 03 Dec 2011 13:27:00 +00002011-12-03T08:48:53.139-05:00the writerprocesseditsSitting here with the morning winter sun streaming through my living room window, crusted with half-thawed frost. Trying to get my brain in gear so I can dive back into some writing and editing. Sipping hot coffee, doing the usual internet trolling routine: *stretch, sip*, email, *yawn, fire up the trance mix*, tumblr, *perk*, fresh soldierporn images, *scratch, sip*, goodreads... Today's http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rhianonetzweiler/~3/BhLR4atH2EI/that-sounds-about-right.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rhi Etzweiler)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rhianonetzweiler/~4/BhLR4atH2EI" height="1" width="1"/>http://rhianonetzweiler.blogspot.com/2011/12/that-sounds-about-right.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5505580646032549706.post-1095727672109648629Fri, 25 Nov 2011 04:45:00 +00002011-11-25T00:16:15.432-05:00the writerprocesswiptrunked They're my friends, I call 'em Larry, Mo, and Curly. Death has never been a subject that overly concerned me, not even when I was young. It's always hovered on the periphery, the inevitable, the natural course of existence, the unavoidable conclusion to the story. Those that fear death, fear life, the warrior philosophy goes. So say the soldiers, who won't set foot in a hospital unless http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rhianonetzweiler/~3/cCoPpfTnZqw/there-is-beauty-in-darkness.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rhi Etzweiler)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rhianonetzweiler/~4/cCoPpfTnZqw" height="1" width="1"/>http://rhianonetzweiler.blogspot.com/2011/11/there-is-beauty-in-darkness.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5505580646032549706.post-1771514977052106832Sat, 12 Nov 2011 15:05:00 +00002011-11-20T08:52:13.411-05:00the writerreleaseblackToday's the 12th -- only one month until the release of Blacker Than Black. To celebrate the countdown, I've started a Q&A group on GoodReads (hopefully I've done it correctly) where you can come and ask questions about Black, the book, or anything else you'd like to discuss with me. Including the subject matter and content of my recent post, Ones and Zeros: Breaking Past Binary. Yes, it's http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rhianonetzweiler/~3/Yn-jbMlR31o/countdown-begins-today.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rhi Etzweiler)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rhianonetzweiler/~4/Yn-jbMlR31o" height="1" width="1"/>http://rhianonetzweiler.blogspot.com/2011/11/countdown-begins-today.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5505580646032549706.post-5189365548509158191Fri, 11 Nov 2011 21:10:00 +00002011-11-11T16:15:07.881-05:00the writerprocesspiceditsI'm sitting here at my writing desk, trying to get some edit/rewrites done. The words don't seem to be coming. Not for that, at any rate. I'm finding plenty of inspiration and words, just not for actual writing projects, it seems. And I look up to see this. Caused by the afternoon fall sun coming through the living room window, and hitting the wall just so. A strange reminder that timing is http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rhianonetzweiler/~3/ypGSBpdo2EY/timing-is-everything.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rhi Etzweiler)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rhianonetzweiler/~4/ypGSBpdo2EY" height="1" width="1"/>http://rhianonetzweiler.blogspot.com/2011/11/timing-is-everything.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5505580646032549706.post-1347817135070206225Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:48:00 +00002011-11-09T12:48:59.472-05:00industrywebsitereleaseblack I recently stumbled across a blogpost on the official OIIUSA website that made me hackle, hard. For those that don’t know, OII is Organization Intersexual International, the international awareness and rights organization for intersexuality. I began following the blog some months ago as a result of Black’s imminent release, doing research for content—news and otherwise—to feed onto a http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rhianonetzweiler/~3/VHuOjgZ2bmE/ones-and-zeros-breaking-past-binary.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rhi Etzweiler)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rhianonetzweiler/~4/VHuOjgZ2bmE" height="1" width="1"/>http://rhianonetzweiler.blogspot.com/2011/11/ones-and-zeros-breaking-past-binary.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5505580646032549706.post-4205863296766484064Tue, 08 Nov 2011 10:00:00 +00002011-11-09T10:18:13.169-05:00seriesblackoriginThis month marks the fifth birthday of my muse, Black, from "Blacker Than Black." It was in the early fall of 2006 when I found a submissions-call for an anthology with a "Red Light District" theme. A fellow writer had challenged me to write something new and different, completely removed from anything I'd done before. Up until that time the bulk of my writing revolved around an epic fantasy http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rhianonetzweiler/~3/VI50cs79XS8/meet-muses-origin-black.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rhi Etzweiler)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rhianonetzweiler/~4/VI50cs79XS8" height="1" width="1"/>http://rhianonetzweiler.blogspot.com/2011/01/meet-muses-origin-black.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5505580646032549706.post-6957524261146471732Sun, 06 Nov 2011 11:00:00 +00002011-11-08T09:34:04.337-05:00excerptsix sentence sundayDEoHMike's handler is looking at a black and white print of  Sergei and the Doctrine general at a meeting. He can tell there's something going on. Smoke billowed from his nose as Mike exhaled in one long stream. It hung in the stillness of the room, layered above the floor like incense in a temple, glinting in the sunlight. “Not sure what.” He shrugged his shoulders, the simple observation a http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rhianonetzweiler/~3/fgaBf8u4--I/six-sentences-picture-worth-thousand.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rhi Etzweiler)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rhianonetzweiler/~4/fgaBf8u4--I" height="1" width="1"/>http://rhianonetzweiler.blogspot.com/2011/11/six-sentences-picture-worth-thousand.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5505580646032549706.post-1673336356048705892Sat, 05 Nov 2011 17:54:00 +00002011-11-05T13:57:05.597-04:00excerptwipsnarkThis one's from a WIP that I'm working on, and this is a piece of the scene I'm currently editing today. I stumbled across this bit of #soldierporn snarkiness and just had to share! Their fingers tangled as Hamm palmed Marc's cock through his trousers while Marc tried desperately to focus on undoing the buttons. How many thousands of years of military refinement and nobody had devised anything http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rhianonetzweiler/~3/bYhcyayh7mU/saturday-snark-military-equivalent-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rhi Etzweiler)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rhianonetzweiler/~4/bYhcyayh7mU" height="1" width="1"/>http://rhianonetzweiler.blogspot.com/2011/11/saturday-snark-military-equivalent-of.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5505580646032549706.post-738057164259889393Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:07:00 +00002011-11-02T12:07:33.237-04:00soldierpornexcerptwipThis one's working title is "Fifth Sound, Sixth Sense" and is the story of a forward scout on what was thought to be an uninhabited planet. Silly humans. But he knew his rifle well, how to eke the most out of what Mat had to give. Mutilate All Tangos.“Time to play, sexy.” He stroked the trigger guard with his forefinger.When the tango shifted back into sight, the shape of a forehead, cheekbonehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rhianonetzweiler/~3/c-stCMSJshA/wip-wednesday-boy-his-gun.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rhi Etzweiler)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rhianonetzweiler/~4/c-stCMSJshA" height="1" width="1"/>http://rhianonetzweiler.blogspot.com/2011/11/wip-wednesday-boy-his-gun.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5505580646032549706.post-8064099849859385992Sun, 30 Oct 2011 10:30:00 +00002011-10-30T06:30:02.540-04:00For this week's six, a sneak-peek at Black, on the boulevard in the opening scene. A vampire just eased up to the curb in a snazzy little coupe, its glassy curves refracting the blue-lit glow from the buildings. I soak up the sensation, willing the stranger not to move, or speak; I want to stay in this moment for a while.  To freeze this pristine instant of unrealized potential.  Before the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rhianonetzweiler/~3/UcXvNMl933I/six-sentence-sunday-blacker-than-black.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rhi Etzweiler)4<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rhianonetzweiler/~4/UcXvNMl933I" height="1" width="1"/>http://rhianonetzweiler.blogspot.com/2011/10/six-sentence-sunday-blacker-than-black.html