Hi! I am still (again) sick. Big surprise. But still not dead, lj evidence to the contrary.

1) Am in California, catching all the fun California bugs. *wet rag wave* Still no immune system.
2) The Bloodchildren anthology is out and looks fabulous! And I'm in the also-fabulous-looking We See A Different Frontier antho ( Read more... )

I can give the Peacock Throne moving tailfeathers!

Not that Shah Jahan really needed more ways to spend money, but hey.

My biggest squee when time_shark emailed to say he'd accepted my story, Eyes of Carven Emerald, for Clockwork Phoenix 3 was of course that he was taking it and I'd get to be in the Clockwork Phoenix antho series :)

(And that it gets a genrebendy interstitial home, in general, because this one is not a genre story in shape or in intent.)

My second biggest ( Read more... )

Actually even more good news than I'd realized!

1) My story, Eyes of Carven Emerald, has been accepted for the Clockwork Phoenix 3 anthology!

I've been pinching myself somewhat, but since time_shark posted about it, I guess he can't back out now ( Read more... )

...at the last moment. And it might maybe have something to do with a certain historical figure.

(05:51:53 PM) Shweta: also, alexandros conquered sort of a lot.
just sayin'.
(05:52:20 PM) kirizal: That's why they don't call him Alexander the Just Kinda Okay.
(05:52:41 PM) Shweta: Or even Alexander the Pretty Cool
(05:53:11 PM) elsmi: Alexander the ( Read more... )

So, I've written three stories about this character and sold two of them -- and I have updates on both this week!

First thing is that I got galleys from Shimmer for my Clockwork Jungle story, The Mechanical Aviary of Emperor Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar, which started my obsession with this bird. Several things from this ( Read more... )