So I've got this Old Races collection, YEAR OF MIRACLES. My publisher, who are wary of short story collections, opted not to publish it. I've done a release of the short stories in 3 e-collections, which didn't light the world on fire, but which haven't done badly ( Read more... )

I've just shut down all the links for buying in to the Old Races Short Story Project. If, for some reason, you have waited until the very last minute and *desperately* want to buy in, you can email me (cemurphyauthor at gmail dot com) up until midnight Pacific and we'll arrange something. But it may involve mockery ( Read more... )

2011 has been the weirdest writing year ever for me. I only wrote about--*pauses to count*--well, in the region of 300K, it looks like, which is actually pretty much my usual wordcount. Huh. But in years past I've gotten that wordcount primarily from books, and this year while I *have* written two books, I've also written...*pauses to count again* ( Read more... )

I have just finished the bonus Old Races story for the early ORSSP subscribers. Of course, when I say “finished” I mean “it ends on a cliffhanger that will probably take a novel to unravel and I have no intention of writing the novel any time soon”, but it’s done anyway. :)

That really truly wraps up the ORSSP. I am, of course, wrestling with the ( Read more... )

I’m doing an Old Races short story project throughout 2011. This project will deliver 6 Old Races short stories to its patrons. This, “Awakening”, is the fourth story, and is the first of the project stories set after the Negotiator Trilogy. There are, consequently, spoilers ahead, so beware!

You can find teasers for the other stories here: Falling ( Read more... )

My window of opportunity for unadulterated work is nearly up, as my mother in law leaves on Saturday. In the three weeks she’s been here, though, I’ve revised a novel, written an Old Races short story and six Gryphon Beach stories, worked on a novella, developed a synopsis, and decided on what two projects I’m going to be writing synopses for.

And ( Read more... )

I’m doing an Old Races short story project throughout 2011. This project will deliver 6 Old Races short stories to its patrons. This story of Janx, “Saint George & the Dragons,” is the second story in the project, and has now been delivered to the patrons who have thus far subscribed. I’m pleased to offer the rest of you a teaser for it.

Saint ( Read more... )

I tell you what, I think this zoo pass is going to get a lot of mileage. It was gorgeous this morning, so I packed Young Indiana up and set off to the zoo, which should have taken about 20 minutes and instead took an hour to arrive at, thanks to the vagueries of buses. Still, we got there before *most* of the crowds, and the wolfpack was howling ( Read more... )