Tag: old races

Old Races re-read

November 27, 2025

When I wasn’t writing, cooking, or sleeping at the retreat, I re-read the Old Races trilogy (affiliate link), which I started because I needed to figure out where scene breaks were in some cases because the conversion from the old epubs to the new ones isn’t always tidy. I spent so much time swearing at the copy editor, though. These books, which I’ve talked about the difficulties of writing in places that I can’t find in two seconds so am not linking to right now, had an additional difficulty to…

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The cover for CE Murphy's urban fantasy (modern romantasy) novel HEART OF STONE depicts a stylized green and gold stained glass window against a deep green brick background. The title, centered in the window, has a faint heart outline behind it, and below it are two stained-glass gargoyles facing one another. Cover art and design by Fakel Barros Studio.

Release Day: HEART OF STONE

November 4, 2025

HEART OF STONE returns! Vampires and dragons and djinn, oh my! Welcome (back) to the world of the Old Races as NYC lawyer Margrit Knight discovers her hot new client isn’t just wanted for murder – he’s also a gargoyle! HEART OF STONE is available in e-book at Amazon, and will be available in print by the end of the month. (Sorry, dropped the ball on that one.) Very excited to have this back out in the world and very much looking forward to bringing the rest of the series…

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The blue cover of BABA YAGA'S DAUGHTER features aa beautiful Eastern European woman with dark hair with a stained glass image of Baba Yaga's chicken-legged hut in the background.

Ask the Author: favorite character

August 11, 2023

Ask the Author – the Question: Of all your books, do you have a favorite character? *looks into the camera again* Not to repeat myself from last week, but oh, come on! Honestly, this is sort of like a favorite child question. First, it’s hard to pick because of course I *do* love them all, and second, I actually feel guilty admitting that I *do* have some favorites, as if they might somehow be offended. And at the same time, well…I do have some favorites. :) I mean, my leads,…

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Ask The Author: magic systems, sorta

July 14, 2023

I am implementing an almost-certain-to-be-erratic Friday Blog Post based on reader questions! Today’s question is a very, very old one: “What’s the most difficult part when constructing a system of magic for a world?” That is a Very Good Question. So, like, let’s take the Walker Papers and the Negotiator Trilogy, which are my two longest/best known serieseses. You would not *believe* how many books I read about shamanism, animism, and Native American cultures while preparing to write the Walker Papers. LOTS. MANY. BUNCHES. (I was frankly slightly less concerned…

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The Hugo Post

January 14, 2019

People have asked me, as they do every year, to put together a list of what I had published last year that could qualify for a Hugo nomination. I don’t normally get my act together enough to do this, but a combination of elements, including 1. Worldcon is in Dublin this year! 2. I’m very proud of last year’s novel! and 3. Somebody else did the hard lifting and I’m able to use that for the basis of my post means I’m doing a proper one this year. I’ll put…

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