Martha Wells's Blog, page 219

Maureen McHugh posted a link to this music video: Ramona...

Maureen McHugh posted a link to this music video: Ramona Falls - I Say Fever. It's hypnotic and eerie.

Been meaning to say Hi to the new friended people! And w...

Been meaning to say Hi to the new friended people! And wave at the ones I've met before!

If you're interested in the books, the list of what's available with links to places to get them in paperback, eBook and Kindle formats is here on my web site. Also, my first novel, The Element of Fire, is free online here.

If you're interested in talking about writing or publishing in general, feel free to ask a question in the comments. The other writing question posts are here.

Other interesting stuf...

So the plumber came, and Friday afternoon I will be the p...

So the plumber came, and Friday afternoon I will be the proud owner of a new water heater. Yay. Closer examination of the old water heater with the plumber's help revealed that the tank was leaking down onto the pipe, which is why it looked like the pipe was leaking. It's also leaking from the top, and the back, and many other places. It's a bad time to have to do this, but the old one lasted twenty-one years, so you can't really fault it, especially since it's (knock on wood) holding on ...

hellblazer pointed this out, for Jason Momoa fans (like m...

hellblazer pointed this out, for Jason Momoa fans (like me): Jason at the wrap party for George R.R. Martin's Game of Thrones


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Patrick Rothfuss' Worldbuilders Charity Fundraiser for Heifer International has started, and runs until January 15th. Last year SF/F fans raised $110,000 for Heifer International. That's a lot of Heifers. This year could top that goal.

There's a lottery, auctions, and some items you can just buy directly. Over 1000 books have been donated, so more will be posted ea...

Last week before we left for Thanksgiving, I noticed ther...

Last week before we left for Thanksgiving, I noticed there was a pool of water collecting around our hot water heater. I'm not an expert, but I knew that wasn't good. (At some point, I want to replace it with a tankless heater, but not, you know, today, as we have no money for it.) But after lying on the concrete and staring at it, I finally spotted the slow drip coming from the end of the pipe that connects to it, so hopefully it won't be too expensive a fix. The plumber is coming tomorr...

Just finished a new book, the young adult fantasy I've be...

Just finished a new book, the young adult fantasy I've been working on. I'm going to do a little more proofing on it tomorrow then hopefully send it out to my agent.


70783 / 70000 words. 101% done!

Patrick Rothfuss' Worldbuilders, a charity fundraiser, wi...

Patrick Rothfuss' Worldbuilders, a charity fundraiser, will start on Monday Last year I thought I'd try to raise a couple thousand dollars for my favorite charity. However I underestimated the awesomeness of my fans and the geek community at large. Things quickly spiraled out of control, and in the end we raised over $110,000 for Heifer International. That's a lot of money. This year there will be fabulous prizes, auctions, and tons of stuff to buy.

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We had a great Thanksgiving, with a tri...

Harlequin Horizons: A Bookseller's Perspective This is a...

Harlequin Horizons: A Bookseller's Perspective This is a bookseller explaining why bookstores won't carry/can't afford to carry vanity press-produced books. Basically, if you're writing to sell books, you need a product that is roughly equal in quality and retail pricing to a traditionally published book to meet the expectations of readers. To meet the expectation of booksellers, you need an attractive wholesale discount, inclusion in Ingram or Baker&Taylor and returnability.

That's just to ...

Video: What Earth would look like with rings like Saturn...

Video: What Earth would look like with rings like Saturn. Awesome, is what it would look like. Earth should get one of those.

Commenters have posted some good world building site links in my previous post.

If you liked the Imaro books by Charles Saunders and are ...

If you liked the Imaro books by Charles Saunders and are looking for more African-inspired heroic fantasy, or just more heroic fantasy period, check out this review of Meji by Milton J. Davis.


I was talking to a friend last night about Nanomorwrimoing, and we got into world building, and places to start. I tend to want to start with the characters, and what kind of people I want them to be, and them come up with a world, culture, etc that will provide the elements and environment that would c...