Yesterday, I had a very satisfying evening out. I drove to Connecticut for
nineweaving 's reading from her new book, Cloud & Ashes. It was nice to see that there was a good big crowd there, very relaxed and happy and enjoying the reading. Nine, as always, read wonderfully well. The way I initially became involved in her world was when I heard her read aloud at Boskone a few years ago, and I think a lot of other people would say the same.
Cloud & Ashes contains a short story, "Jack Daw's Pack", a novella, A Crowd of Bone, and a novel, Unleaving. Are you aware of Cloud? If not, you can get started
here. I became a fan right after A Crowd of Bone came out, and that's really the story that won my heart and left me wanting more.
'od's 'ooks, it's been made free online!
More on this next time. In the meantime, here's your limerick at last, Nine!
I devoured a volume of heft
And left half my brain in its weft.
The songs of Apollo
Are a hard act to follow,
So I made like a tree and unleft.