As lightning plays along the wires and you wonder...
So, uh. Hi. My September plans for posting did not work, it seems. Do you remember way back in September when you were a young and callow fellow, or at least, I was going to do all of these mini reviews? Well, I was. And I AM! I just sort of fell down a well a bit.
The well was kind of awesome, actually, because I got to run away to LA for a few days and play around with some friends. I went to the backer reward for 'The Reading Rainbow' project that LeVar Burton put on, so it was "Men and Women of Star Trek" reading us stories. Seriously. LeVar Burton, Jeri Ryan, Brent Spiner, Kate Mulgrew, Michael Dorn, Jonathan Frakes, and several others read us stories, and we sat there and loved it! There was a photo op afterward, at which I was a complete dork and did *not* tell Jeri Ryan that I love her in all the things, but hey, I went, and I had a good time. There was also frolicking on beaches and the Santa Monica pier, and although I got a whopping cold as the wages of my vacationing, it was worth it.
And then, the next week, I got to see DURAN DURAN IN CONCERT! I was still sick (I'm still a little sick) and it probably made it worse, but I went to the Puyallup fair and saw my fave band in concert and they were F&$#ing FANTASTIC! I probably gave myself a whole extra week of crud, staying up late outside and screaming my head off. WORTH. IT. 100% Would Do Again. Seriously they are The Best band live. I mean, they're awesome in studio, but they are a blast live and you should go see them if you can.
So ... that was pretty much September. Work, vacation, sick, go to a concert, more sick, more work, and then it's October.
The news of my own writing is this, at the moment: I am *not* going to be published with another small press at this time. I am working on the reversion of all rights to A Ragged Magic, and I will self-publish it once I have that to get it back out there for sale. If it comes to it, I will self-publish the rest of the series. We're still working out that bit. But I should have ARM back up for sale soon. I'll announce it when I can.
Beyond this series, I have a different series that I have half of the first book written on, that I would like to finish up and start shopping around. And I just today had a story hit me in the head and demand some work, so I may have to make some notes and get some ideas sorted so that it can shut up enough for me to get back to current projects.
The reviews I have planned for postingness Real Soon Now (tm) are as follows: Shadowshaper, by Daniel José Older. When a Scot Ties the Knot, by Tessa Dare. Uprooted, by Naomi Novik. The Book of Phoenix, by Nnedi Okorafor. And because October, Wild Ride by Jennifer Crusie and Bob Mayer, and the Carousel Tides books by Sharon Lee. I think we need some haunted (ish) amusement parks for October, don't you? Yes, that's what I thought you'd say. If I get to it, sometime this fall I also want to review/tout Shadow & Bone by Leigh Bardugo, and the other Grisha books. Because yes. Yes. And I really, really want to read Lagoon by Nnedi Okorafor and Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson. Which, of course I will, but will I get around to reviewing them? I will try.
But tonight, I need to get some more of my fiction writing done. I have these projects and these plans. Let's do this, October.
Title is from "Secret October," by Duran Duran. Did I mention I got to see Duran Duran in concert? Because I did. And it was awesome.