I’ve been absent from the writer blog, in part because I have been struggling to actually get back to writing. I am writing again, but not at the same pace I was before November 8th of last year. We still have a number of doctors who have a continuing interest in my youngest: cardiologist, nephrologist, endocrinologist, neurologist and neurosurgeon (these are two separate doctors). We are still not certain what caused the high blood pressure, and he is still taking multiple medications to make sure it doesn’t happen again — but the anxiety always eats part of my brain — the mom part, which has been quite loud. For November and December, my brain was all mother-brain. Actually, while my son was in different hospitals, that was still the case. We … Continue reading
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This is just a quick note to say The Wild Road is finally available on Audible. I have no idea what took so long – it was available far earlier at other audiobook platforms =/. But one of my patreon readers noticed it and pointed it out today, so I am sharing what I hope is good news to those of you who’ve been waiting. I’ve been informed by the distributor that the book has been in the audible quality control queue since I uploaded it in May. In theory it should take 30+ days. Clearly this is not what happened. But: it’s available now.
The Wild Road should now be available for order or purchase (or special order), in the format of your choice. The exception, sadly, is audible.com. The audiobook has propagated to other retailers, but audible.com still doesn’t show it. I don’t know when it will go live. From my end, the only thing that’s waiting is audible.com approval. Both the hardcover and the paperback should be available for pre-order and order, as will the ebook at all of the vendors. This is the second novel in The Burning Crown. It’s shorter than the first book (which was 304k words), but short is offered in a West context. I had really hoped to have the book available earlier, but end of 2024 and beginning of 2025 … Continue reading
I have been struggling a bit with real life, and, as always, am behind on everything. But: The Wild Road will be available on the 17th of June, 2025 (I am practicing 2025 because apparently some part of my brain falls back into 2024 mode. Usually I’ve beaten it out of my head by this time in the year, but, well. 2025.) I won’t be at my usual desk until the 19th of June, which I’ve been told is terrible planning. And it is, but it wasn’t entirely planned >.<. I have a preview of the book, which you can find here. Usually I try to put it up a month before pub date. Did I mention that things have been 2025 chaotic here? But hopefully this chaos actually allows … Continue reading
I missed December, and apologize: I was writing. I’m still writing; Cast in Blood isn’t finished, and it may undergo a title change by the end. Also, I’m now in the “panic about how long this book is going to be” phase of the novel, but it is otherwise going well. In advance: this will not be the last Barrani book. I am hoping to finish, with a reasonable arc, a book that is going to be followed by another Cast Barrani book. Just saying. My entire household succumbed to the stomach flu a week ago, and we have all mostly recovered, although I’m now in that state were, having eaten almost nothing for a week, my body assumes it is starving and wants to eat everything in sight. So, … Continue reading
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