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Monthly Archives: May 2018

Posted in Elantra, Essalieyan.

I have been writing. And revising. I am almost finished Cast in Oblivion in first draft. Almost. I am half-way through the revi­sions neces­sary to make First­born a book – although that’s a best guess, because it’s not as exact a metric. Doing my taxes did not, demon­strably, kill me. I have not heard back about the Severn books, beyond yes we do want them. So: unless some­thing changes in the future, they will happen. The minute I have certain news, I will share it. I used to think that “still writing” was … not very much of an update. I felt a bit self-conscious about posting “still writing” news – I assumed that people would assume that I was still writing, and there was there­fore nothing of substance to report to them. But: some news. At the end … Continue reading 

Posted in writing.

I believe the front cover has gone live in some places, but: this is the full cover. I meant to post it yesterday, but yesterday was the optometrist appoint­ment, after which I couldn’t really see. It’s actu­ally the worst reac­tion I’ve had to eye drops — and the most persis­tent — since I was, oh, eight years old. I managed to miss the street I normally turn up to come home, and only noticed when I passed a long stretch of brown building that I could mostly iden­tify as a church. (ETA: I was on foot, as I don’t drive, and wouldn’t try after an optometrist appoint­ment even if I did >.>) Also, because I had eye drops, it was gorgeous and incred­ibly sunny. Unlike the day before. But: enough whining! I think I’m about four chap­ters away from … Continue reading