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June
17
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The Wild Road publication day

Posted in Essalieyan, writing, Publication, The Wild Road.

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 →

May
27
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Heir of Light pub day!

Posted in Publication, Academia.

Today, the 27th of May, is my wedding anniver­sary. Today, the 27th of May, is the Guy Gavriel Kay book launch for Written on the Dark, which is being held at the Merrill collec­tion of Spec­u­la­tive Fiction. I’d link, but it’s a tick­eted event (tickets were free), that is entirely fully booked. I could have squeaked in as a book­store employee, except, see above. Wedding anniver­sary. HOWEVER, today is also the release day for Heir of Light. Heir of Light should, as of today, be avail­able for purchase at all ebook sellers, and also, book­stores. There’s a hard­cover and trade paper­back version of the book, and the inter­esting thing — to me, book geek — is that the hard­cover has the half-title page and the paper­back doesn’t. I just assumed that … Continue reading →

August
6
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It’s CAST IN ATONEMENT pub day!

Posted in Cast, Elantra, Publication.

Today is Cast in Atone­ment’s publi­ca­tion day — where, in theory, the book is avail­able for purchase every­where in trade paper­back, ebook and audio­book. I really like the cover for this one, and the clothing Kaylin is wearing might seem familiar. Because it is :) I had not intended this book to be what it became — although by this point, I think I’m 50/50 on inten­tion and result. It’s the usual diffi­culty for me: I have a plan, and it looks good in four sentences on paper. But as I write actual book words, the conse­quences of the prior book or books rear up and smack me upside the head. So my first chapter – intended to be one angry Bellusdeo and her possible rela­tion­ship issues – was very imme­di­ately and heavily derailed. In cases … Continue reading →

November
28
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Shards of Glass: book day!

Posted in Elantra, Shane Rebenschied, Publication, Kathleen Oudit, Academia.

This is a little bit late in the day, and I apol­o­gize for that, but: it’s November 28th, 2023, and that is publi­ca­tion day for Shards of Glass. For some reason – not, clearly, one set in consen­sual reality – I thought today was the 27th. So tomorrow would be the 28th. …and books are released on Tues­days, which this is >.<. Shards of Glass is the first book set in the Acad­emia that the former Arkon claimed as his hoard. New faces and old occupy the Acad­emia, but the Acad­emia is older – by far – than the fledg­ling Empire in which Elantra is set. Robin, kidnapped from the streets of the poorest of neigh­bor­hoods in Elantra, was an invol­un­tary student, but he learned to love the learning elements of his captivity. And the food … Continue reading →

October
30
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Hunter’s Redoubt book day

Posted in Essalieyan, self-publishing, Publication, Hunter's Redoubt.

Hunter’s Redoubt is now avail­able! …mostly. Print versions can be ordered from retailers. Amazon’s version of the trade paper­back went live on Amazon sites today, and that is the version that will be shipped if you order the paper­back from Amazon. The audio­book has prop­a­gated out to Kobo — but it hasn’t reached other audio­book retailers yet (I checked before I posted). I will try to update links on the book page as it does. I am still in Kansas City, but we’re leaving for Toronto today, so I may be out of internet reach while we travel.