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Tour drabble from DC!

From Emily at the Borders at Bailey's Crossroads event near Washington DC comes the prompt "Maximus and virgins" (this prompt may be more understandable if you know that I am reading my Team Unicorn short story from the upcoming anthology Zombies vs Unicorns while on tour).

This one's an AU. :D

"First of all, I don't want to eat any of you lot," Maximus said, "and if I did, I don't see how that would make any difference to the taste."

He felt rather injured at the suggestion; he had only meant...

first drabble and Infinitus update!

Quick update for anyone who'd like to see me in Orlando -- I'll be doing signings open to the public in the vendor room at the con on Friday at 10:30-11am and ~1:30-2:30pm (second signing will start whenever the lunch panel lets out). I'll also be doing a reading at 10am, but due to con security they can't have that room open to the public, so you'll have to be a member of the con to attend.

To celebrate the launch of Tongues of Serpents, I'm taking drabble prompts on my tour and will be posti...

Temeraire fanart contest!

So I am super excited about this -- to celebrate the launch of Tongues of Serpents tomorrow, I have teamed up with the awesome Subterranean Press to run a fanart contest where I will write stories to go with the winning entries, and it all goes into a super-spiffy limited edition chapbook to support the OTW! \o/ Here is the official announcement:

Announcing a contest of draconic proportions!

Contest
Submit your art inspired by Naomi Novik’s New York Times Best-Selling Temeraire series for a...

happy announcements :)

So now that I am out of the first trimester woods and thankfully creeping past what seemed like endless morning sickness, I can share the happy news that I am working on a different kind of creative project, aka the Hypothetical Child (which is now Theoretical Child) that Charles and I have been contemplating for the last few years. She is due in early December. \:D/

I do have to say that so far, I would much rather be a dragon and get to lay a nice portable egg. Forget the flying cars and the...

Free books! :D

So Del Rey is doing an awesome promo for Tongues of Serpents right now. If you have a friend who hasn't yet read the Temeraire series, pop their name into this handy form, Del Rey will send them a free copy of His Majesty's Dragon, and enter you to win a signed hardcover of Tongues of Serpents for you! (With this extremely spiffy cover by Dominic Harman!)

(Sadly the offer is only open to US residents! Will let you all know if any of my foreign publishers put together something similar. ♥)

Also ...

I-Con this weekend!

This has crept up on me so fast, I almost forgot to mention, I am going to be at I-Con this Saturday (at SUNY Stony Brook on Long Island)!

I'm slated for:

Signing: 11-12

Reading: 3-4

And a couple of very awesome panels:

Not Your Father's Dragon
Saturday 1-1:30
The evolution of the dragon, from ancient myths to Pern to today.

Beyond Ink and Paper
Saturday 4-5
What happens to fiction writing and publishing when "books" are just patterns on electronic storage?


If any of you are going to be there, drop a ...

Temeraire cage match art!

There is now amazing art for A Dragon and a Swordsman Walk Into A Bar— ! :D :D :D :D :D

(Click for the full-sized versions!)



Temeraire does Bette by jacob_holcomb !







Temeraire sings for the judges by gnine ! (Heeee, you have to click and see Haplo's thought bubble. :D)







Temeraire in the Idoldome by takmarierah !





♥ ♥ ♥!

Give the artists some love and vote Temeraire! :D

Temeraire crackfic: A Dragon and A Swordsman Walk Into A Bar--

ETA: Hey all, Suvudu tells me they had to reset the votes on all the cage matches! Er, it wasn't any of YOU power-voting, was it? *lulz* Re-vote here!

Okay, so this one is going to be tough. But if Temeraire goes out he is going out with a bang! *heee*

So here you go -- why Temeraire clearly should beat Jaime Lannister in the quarterfinals! VOTE TEMERAIRE FOR GREAT JUSTICE.

A Dragon And A Swordsman Walk Into A Bar — (2000 words)

The story of how Temeraire (should!) defeat Jaime Lannister. Safe ...

Cage Match quarterfinals! THE CASE FOR TEMERAIRE

Okay, so this one is going to be tough. But if Temeraire goes out he is going out with a bang! *heee*

So here you go -- why Temeraire clearly should beat Jaime Lannister in the quarterfinals! VOTE TEMERAIRE FOR GREAT JUSTICE.

A Dragon And A Swordsman Walk Into A Bar — (2000 words)

The story of how Temeraire (should!) defeat Jaime Lannister. Safe for most audiences, but warnings for nameless horror. With guest appearances by Iskierka, Haplo, Polgara, Hermione Granger, Cthulhu, and Ryan Seacrest....

Victory!

And Temeraire takes down Polgara in round two! \o/

But omg, next round starting tomorrow he is up against Jaime Lannister, who is armed with the dread power of grrm 's massive fanbase! Of course, I am unsurprisingly 100% a Daenerys fangirl, so I am on Temeraire's side from BOTH directions on this one. *g*

*totally solicits campaign suggestions and pimping in advance!* ;)