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Wishing everyone a happy Halloween!
To celebrate witches and pumpkins and the cracked-open door between the living and the dead, I would like to offer you my Halloween short story, "Misty and the Magic Pumpkin Knife" free through Nov. 3:
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Island of Glass now available on Amazon!
I'm happy to announce the publication of my YA novella, Island of Glass! Until the middle of November, it is still available for the introductory price of only 99c, after which it will go up to $2.99.
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Island of Glass almost ready to publish: map and description
I have once again switched from creative, "new words" mode to editing and formatting mode. But I think once I have Island of Glass published, my brain will be out of mourning enough that I can I can get back to creating new words on a fairly regular basis. On Saturday, I woke up dreaming about the story I want to write in the Villa Diodati shared ( Read more... ) -
RIP Jay Lake
For some reason, I never quite believed that this moment would come, that I would be writing this farewell. Jay was such a big guy, with a big heart and a big laugh and energy to burn. I couldn't believe that cancer would win out over all that, kept hoping against hope that Jay's huge spirit would triumph. No such luck. Jay was crazy, extravagant, ( Read more... ) -
Big translation project done!
I finished the Big Translation Project today, woo hoo! Of course, it once again took longer than I expected: not only had I forgotten about the Acknowledgments and the Historical Note, I underestimated how much research I would have to do for the history, to find out what the common German terms were for various events, battles, and historical ( Read more... ) -
An excerpt from an upcoming ebook with Jay Lake, and progress on this and that
Since last week, most of my progress has been on the translation. I have no new words to report, but I did get "An Airship for Elise" finished in time to submit to "Women Destroy Science Fiction" and I'm very happy about that. I also had the girls a couple of times in the last few days, and that eats into writing time a lot. But it's too fun to ( Read more... ) -
Announcing a new book, Chameleon in a Mirror
I finally managed to get another book published! I uploaded Chameleon in a Mirror to KDP on the weekend, and now it's live!
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Looking for feedback for the new cover for Facets of Glass
I have a new design from Littera Designs for the second book in the Glassmakers Trilogy, based on feedback I got here on my blog and elsewhere:
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Looking for feedback on a new YA historical fantasy cover, Facets of Glass
Yesterday, I got the initial cover designs for the second book of the Glassmakers trilogy back from my cover artist, the lovely and talented Rachel Cole of Littera Designs. For the first book in the series, I bought a beautiful pre-made cover:
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Trying out the Pomodoro Technique, and an excerpt from Island of Glass
Today I've been applying the Pomodoro technique for the first time to try and become more disciplined about the tasks on my to-do list, and I'm quite pleased with the results so far. Once I've been working with it longer, I will write a post on it in more detail, assuming it continues to work for me ( Read more... )