Harlequin has launched a new teen line which I promptly got all jealous that I wasn’t writing for, and equally promptly came up with a Walker Papers spin-off series I /could/ write for it. So I emailed Jenn, who is under strict orders to not let me over-commit, and said, “This is the part where you tell me I really, really *really* don’t need to put together a pitch for a YA trilogy.” She wrote back and said, “Actually, this is the part where I tell you that sounds like…
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Run, Astres, Run
A friend of mine, , is doing a 10K run for charity this Saturday. She’s nearly at her fundraising goal, but could use a few more donations to send it over the top. If you donate, drop me an email (cemurphyauthor@gmail.com) and I’ll put your name in a hat for a drawing to win one of my books, whichever you choose (including WALKING DEAD, which is out in 3 months and which I should hopefully get early copies of in about 2).
Early Morning Blues
Oh I woke up this morning (da da da DA da) at six forty-five (da da da DA da) Oh yeah I woke up this mooo-ooorning and I was feelin’ alive So I got out of bed (da da da DA da) and I went to the pool (da da da DA da) yeah I got out of beeee–eeee-d just like some crazy fool I walked by the river (da da da DA da) in the morning sunshine (da da da DA da) Yeah I walked by the riiiii-iiii-ver and…
, in comments wrt to Eddings’ death, said, And I can never forget Jim’s speech about the origins of the Codex Alera books: “Because all epic fantasy begins with an orphan on a farm.” Eddings is who I always associated with that. Which is true, and which makes me feel rather sentimental, and also makes me want to write an orphan-on-the-farm epic fantasy. Except I haven’t got as inherently cool a premise as Jim had for the Codex Alera books. Or, you know. Time. I seem to have walked almost…
*cheerful*
The weather is utterly perfect today. Sunshine is pouring down from the sky but there’s also a cool wind to take the edge off the heat. This is the sort of dangerous weather where it’s *so* excellent I could fool myself into thinking it wasn’t too hot and I didn’t need sunblock. Except I know better. :) I swear, I just need to live somewhere the sun shines most of the time. I had an unspeakable sunshine headache on…Sunday, I guess, but I was still cheerful. And I continue to…