In which Cara rants about how virginity is a social construct, not a medical state, and how poorly some romance books deal with female virginity and myths about hymens.
Category: Romance Pet Peeves, WritingTags: a theft of magic, arousal, female empowerment, foreplay, hymen, memories of magic, myths, olivia, patriarchy, Romance Pet Peeves, ronan, savit, sex, sex positive, sex scenes, social constructs, sorcha, virgin, virginity
I will be signing books at the Seton Hill U Performing Arts Center in Greensburg PA on 6/23 at 7 pm. Come say hi!
Category: book signings, Writing ConventionsTags: a theft of magic, book signings, ChiZine Publications, crazy little spring called love, diana rowland, essential magic, greensburg pa, in your write mind, iywm, meet the author, memories of magic, pittsburgh pa, sandra kasturi, seton hill university
I made a video! Listen to me read Chapter One from Memories of Magic. Enjoy!
Category: Fay of Skye Series, MiscellanyTags: alternate history, audio, cara reads, fantasy, fantasy romance, focus on fantasy romance, gaslamp fantasy, memories of magic, podcast, romance, victorian, video
Earlier, I posted a list of songs relevant to my book, Memories of Magic. During revisions, I added a new one! Lindsey Stirling’s “Where Do We Go?” featuring Carah Faye. Find out why on the blog!
Category: book soundtracks, Book Sountracks, Fay of Skye Series, WritingTags: book soundtracks, carah faye, fay clan books, fay of skye, lindsey stirling, memories of magic, music, olivia seward, songs, soundtracks, where do we go
Check out an excerpt from Memories of Magic’s “Meet Cute”–where Olivia and Savit meet for the first time!
Category: Fay of Skye Series, Publishing, Teasers, WritingTags: 1890s, alternate history, alternate history victorian fantasy romance, books, Excerpts, fantasy, fantasy romance, fay of skye, fiction, historical fantasy, historical fiction, magic, meetings, memories of magic, olivia, romance, savit, teaser, victorian era, Writing
Check out the gorgeous cover for Memories of Magic, book three in the Fay of Skye series!
Some of the songs on my writing soundtrack for Memories of Magic.
Category: book soundtracks, Fay of Skye Series, WritingTags: book soundtracks, enigma, gilehriyaan, gravity of love, jag ghoomeya female, jonita gandhi, lindsey stirling, memories of magic, music, Neha Bhasin, olivia, savit, shatter me, Writing
Cara McKinnon’s tentative publication schedule for 2017.
How exactly do visions work in the world of the Fay of Skye?
Category: Fay of Skye Series, How Magic Works, WritingTags: a theft of magic, essential magic, future, magic, memories of magic, olivia, past, seer, seeress, sorcha, sorcha fay, the sight, visions
