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January 28, 2014
Magic & Manners: Chapter Four
In celebration of the 201st anniversary of PRIDE & PREJUDICE’s publication, I humbly submit for your reading pleasure the fourth chapter of MAGIC & MANNERS.
Yeah, okay, so I was going to do this as a crowdfund, and I got the project page all ready, and I was going to launch it last night and I had a terrible spasm of “maybe this isn’t a good idea.” So I delayed the launch, and this morning I’m more able to interpret the spasm as “push that button and this becomes work,” which…takes the fun awa...
January 27, 2014
I need a secretary. @.@
Or more hours in a day that are not already spoken for. Or a to-do list so exhaustive I cannot fail to do each tiny step on it (yes, yes, Carl: I’ve read GETTING THINGS DONE :)), except I need either the time or the secretary to create the exhaustive to-do list, so…a secretary would be nice.
This has been an extremely busy month: I’ve written 42K, which has involved finishing STONE’S THROE, copy edits on SHAMAN RISES, and writing more on MAGIC & MANNERS. There have been 3 birthday parties. I h...
January 24, 2014
GGK Book Club: THE SUMMER TREE, ch 9-12
The Summer Tree, Guy Gavriel Kay
The Summer Tree, Guy Gavriel Kay
You know how you have those days where you’re sure that you’ll manage to have time to do that thing so you don’t let people know that you’re not doing it that day because you’re going to have time even if it’s at the last minute, and then it’s three days later and you haven’t done it because you kept being sure you’d have time and
Yes, I thought you were familiar with that. This is why the post for chapters 9-12 is so late. I’ve c...
January 23, 2014
Kitsnaps: St Coleman’s Cathedral
St Colman’s Cathedral
St Colman’s Cathedral
St Colman’s Cathedral and the town centre in Cobh. Apparently it was a Cobh week for my Kitsnaps files. :)
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storytelling son
Poor Young Indiana has an ear infection, so I was snuggling with him last night he suddenly pressed up and proclaimed, “When magic begins!” Then he snuggled back down, saying, “A story about when magic begins afwwfl s fllfh sllghh,” and went back to sleep, leaving me lying there going, “NO, WAIT, STOP, I WANT TO HEAR THIS ONE!!!”
This morning, hopefully, I asked him if he could tell me a story about when magic begins, but he just laughed at me. :)
He got about 8 hours of sleep last night and I...
January 22, 2014
Kitsnaps: Blue Boat
Blue Boat
Blue Boat
Blue boat out on Cobh Harbour, which is one of the prettiest places I’ve been in Ireland.
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Cover reveal! Campaign live! STUFF!!!! :)
First off, my sister’s Indiegogo campaign has gone live! It’s actually an insanely awesome project *aside* from some of the reward levels being stuff from me: she’s writing, directing and producing a musical (seriously, my sister is amazing). The campaign page is here!
Ah, but what’s it about? Let me quote the page:
Anti-Captialism: The Musical! is large scale theatrical narrative using circus and music. It a fairytale, set in a near future political reality similar to our own. It uses aerial a...
January 21, 2014
Kitsnaps: The Navigator
The Navigator
The Navigator
Detail of The Navigator sculpture on the quays in Cobh, Ireland. I’d have liked to have brought the water drops out more, but I’m neither that good a photographer or a photoshopper. :)
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projecting projects
I don’t want to get anybody’s hopes up or anything, but I have finished writing the 4th chapter of MAGIC & MANNERS. I’m just sayin’.
Let’s see, what else do I know. Oh! The upcoming Indiegogo campaign for my sister’s musical (her Facebook page for it is here, you should keep an eye on it!) is well underway for preparations, and it looks like we’ll be putting up “CE Murphy Will Write You A Story” at 300 euro, which comes out around $400USD (gawd, the exchange rate!), but even with the exchange...
Kitsnaps: Jonathan Livingston, I Presume
Jonathan Livingston, I Presume
Jonathan Livingston, I Presume
Apparently in my efficiency I uploaded all the files for this week’s Kitsnaps and then forgot to make posts for them. I was sitting here poking at my website going “wait, where’s the picture…” Nice girl. Not too bright, but a nice girl. :)
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