It’s still January, so I’ll try for a quick new year’s update before that becomes completely ridiculous. First, Point of Sighs is now through production and is scheduled for release in May! I’m very pleased with how it’s turned out, and can’t wait to share it with everyone. I’ll be at Balticon 51 over Memorial Day weekend, and the plan is to hold a ( Read more... )

I love books that have as a central conflict the disjunction of law and justice. Unsurprisingly, you'll find that as a theme in many of my novels, along with the question "who gets to count as people?" and that's certainly true of my contributions to the Pride Storybundle. Of course, both Point of Hopes and Death By Silver are fantasies structured ( Read more... )

It’s high summer here, and I’ve been busy! The Astreiant Patreon is up and running - in fact, I just posted the second sketch, a bit from Philip and Nico’s early days, in the period between Point of Knives and Point of Dreams. Thanks very much to everyone who has subscribed! I’m thoroughly enjoying playing with these bits as I ramp up toward the ( Read more... )

My Patreon is live!After a bunch more talking and tweaking, I’ve decided to concentrate on Astreiant for now. I’m doing a simple monthly appeal: if enough people sign up to bring in $100 a month, I’ll post a sketch from Astreiant. It can be anything - a bit of drama, a character’s background, daily life, one of Old Steen’s sea-stories as Rathe ( Read more... )

Lethe Press turns 15 this month, and in celebration is holding an ebook sale! Buy any 3 of their ebooks direct from the press, and the price per book drops to $1.50. That means all 4 Points books can be had for $6.00, and the Mathey and Lynes novels for $3.00. For $3.00 more, you can get my other two Lammy winners (besides Point of Dreams and Death ( Read more... )

I am considering setting up a Patreon, and am looking for input. Basically, my idea is to do the kind of Patreon I enjoy subscribing to - one where I can get little extras from writers (and worlds, and characters) that I enjoy. So what I’m proposing is to offer at least one 300-500 word snippet per month; if I reach certain funding level, I’d offer ( Read more... )

Some nice news from this year’s Chessiecon! The Spectrum Awards for 2014/2015 (for books published in 2013 and 2014) were announced there: Death By Silver won for 2013 and Fairs’ Point for 2014. I’ve linked to the official handouts because not only were A Death at the Dionysus Club and Wind Raker also short-listed, but there are a lot of very good ( Read more... )

The lunar zodiac is older than the solar zodiac, and the names of the moons and of the actual signs vary from place to place. Within Chenedolle itself, there is a certain amount of (largely unintended) cultural pressure to adopt the Astreianter versions of both calendars, and the regional versions are falling into disuse. The League cities have ( Read more... )

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As requested yesterday, a quick list of the planets and signs of the solar zodiac. This is a binary solar system, with the Winter-Sun orbiting the main sun in the outermost orbit. The Winter-Sun has 3 visible planets of its own, Sofia, Tyrseis, and Oriane (listed from inner to outer orbits). The other zodiacal planets orbit the primary sun, and are ( Read more... )