Well, I came into February by finishing my last book (WEAR WOLF, available now!) a week early, so I took the next week off from formal book work and wrote a synopsis for something, sent that in to an editor, and did some further work on a different proposal. Halfway through the month, as noted before, I was struck by inspiration in the middle of the night, and now have about a thousand disconnected words on that project, which I am supposed to get 10 pages to 3 chapters written…
The Hugo nomination window ends on, I believe March 9th. I am eligible in the following categories for 2024’s awards: ~Best Novel~ Witchmaster (The Guildmaster Saga #5) by C.E. Murphy ~Best Novella~ Somebunny to Love (The Virtue Shifter series) by C.E. Murphy writing as Zoe Chant ~Best Series~ The Guildmaster Saga by C.E. Murphy The Virtue Shifter series by C.E. Murphy writing as Zoe Chant ~Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book (Not a Hugo)~ Witchmaster (The Guildmaster Saga #5) by C.E. Murphy I’d also like to suggest: Best Editor…
On Wednesday, I looked at FB earlier than usual while waiting for the cat to have her morning drink of shower water, so I woke up to the utterly joyous news that a dear friend has gotten engaged to a woman who adores her and was filled with happy tears for them. And the next post carried the devastating news that novelist Steve Miller, co-author of the long-running Liaden series, died Tuesday afternoon. I spent yesterday more than a little emotionally rattled. I didn’t know Steve well, but I liked…
WEAR WOLF is available now! I have to tell you that I am already–like, this is cool. Before the book even came out, I had a couple of people comment about the fact that my hero in this book is face-blind (has prosopagnosia), because they’d never seen a character with that disability before. I’ve had a couple more people comment since, and I’m really pleased to have brought a kind of representation to peoples’ attention with this book. I’m aphantasic (I don’t see pictures in my head), which is not…
I was very tired last night, and had a HUGE amount to do today, so went to bed at a very sensible hour, ~10:30pm. I then utterly failed to sleep for 90+ minutes. Shortly after midnight, having tossed and turned and gotten up to pee and to make sure my son had done his Pokemon for the day so he wouldn’t lose the 20 day streak he was aiming for for a task, I finally thought I was comfortable and worn out enough to sleep. And the first line of…