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November 19, 2011
LJ Chat, Day Two, Post Two
Originally posted 11/18/2011 at the Circlet Press Livejournal.
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Back. Life as a writing mom is interesting. (That's my boy in my icon today. Why, yes, I am a mom who shows off pictures of her kid). It was easier, back when he was smaller. Then it got harder, and now it's easier again.
The hard part started when first, he decided he was fascinated with my laptop. That was solved by getting him one of those kiddie laptops that plays educational games ("Sweetie, that is your laptop. This is...
LJ Chat, Day Two, Post One
Originally posted 11/18/2011 at the Circlet Press Livejournal
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There will be a more substantial post later. Right now, the craziness that being a writing-mom is happening. We're running late, and we must run to make the school bus!
Back in a bit!
November 18, 2011
LJ Chat, Day One, Post Three
Originally posted 11/17/2011 at the Circlet Press Livejournal
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All right, so what's all the hub-bub? What exactly IS this super secret project?
When I first wrote Princes of Air, I sent it out to my usual beta readers. And every single one of them said the same thing: "I'd have loved to see more about Oscar." Oscar is the second-oldest of the brothers, and he's not really a major character in any of the three stories in Princes. But for some reason, he's just compelling. People wanted to ...
LJ Chat, Day One, Post Two
Originally posted 11/17/2011 at the Circlet Press Livejournal
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And, here's the first excerpt! (Yes, it is short. Just to get your attention.
In ages past, the gods and goddesses of ancient Eire walked the wide world, dallying with mortals and meddling in their affairs, causing wars and ending them, making alliances and breaking them, playing fidchell with living pieces. Some of these immortals, for amusement or out of boredom, chose to procreate with their especially favored mortals. Thus...
LJ Chat, Day One, Post One
Originally posted 11/17/2011 in the Circlet Press Livejournal
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Good morning to everyone in LJ land!
I'm sitting here at my local Starbucks, because I'm THAT kind of writer. The one who occasionally has to go write in the coffeeshop. (and if any of you follow my Twitter, you know that I'm actually FREEZING at the Starbucks. They have their AC set to Arctic, and it's starting to get painful. I might just bag and go home and write there this morning).
I'll go more into why I'm THAT kind of...
November 15, 2011
The quiet buildup…
I've been quiet. I realize that I've been quiet. Which is no way to go in to the week before the release. However, there's been a LOT of things going on. Some personal, some professional, some just plain silly.
On the personal front, I'm stressing a little (okay, a LOT). My son gets tubes put in his ears tomorrow morning. So I've been preoccupied with making sure all the ducks are in a row for that.
On the writing front, I've been plugging away at both Heart's Master, and at my very first...
November 4, 2011
New Release Date!
I was told today the technical whatever is fixed, and we now have a new release date.
Princes of Air will now be available on Sunday, November 20th!
In addition, starting November 17th or thereabouts, I will be having a guest spot in the Circlet Press Livejournal Community, wherein I will unveil a surprise created especially for the book launch. (Not telling. Just teasing.)
November 1, 2011
Excerpt: Princes of Air
Okay. First off, a reminder. Due to technical difficulties, Princes of Air DOES NOT release today. Soon as I know when, I'll let you all know.
Remember what I said last week about it getting harder to find an excerpt without spoilers?
Yeah, this week? Durn near impossible. So, there's one SMALL spoiler in this one. What we have here is part three of Princes of Air: The Raven and the Fox.
Remember Turlach the charioteer? He does indeed get to meet Petran the harper, the Morrigan's middle son...
October 25, 2011
Excerpt: Princes of Air
This is getting harder — pulling excerpts that DON'T have spoilers in them!
Now, I've been told that there is a technical problem, and the book may not drop next week as planned. It will still be sometime in November, though.
So, here is another tease — an excerpt from part two of Princes of Air: The Courtship of the Raven King. In this part, the oldest of the Princes, Diarmuid, has decided that it is time for him to take a wife. But first he has to find her, and he's taking advantage of a...
October 17, 2011
Another excerpt from Princes…
The countdown is ticking away. Here's another bit to whet your appetites:
Excerpt from Raven Boy, part one of Princes of Air, coming 11/1/11 from Circlet Press.
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My name is Niall. I am called Niall Gobha, Niall the smith, and I am the youngest of the Raven Boys, having seen only nineteen summers come and go. Youngest and most foolish, I admit that now. I'm told that there are others like my brothers and me, other children of foreign gods, who also wear their seemings in their skins, and...
