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April 30, 2018
New Book Recs Finally
(If you've been following my book rec and new book listing posts for a while, you may have noticed this already, but while most book lists emphasize books by popular straight white men, this one emphasizes everybody else. I include books by straight white men, but in about the same percentage that other book lists include everybody else. I also try to highlight books that are less well known.)
(I only link to one retail outlet in the book's listing, but most books are available at multiple outlets, like Kobo, iBooks, international Amazons, Barnes & Noble, etc. The short stories are usually on free online magazines.)
It's been awhile, mostly because I've been busy, tired, overwhelmed etc. But here we go:
* An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon
"This novel from an exciting new voice follows Aster, who lives in the slums of a spaceship that is escorting the last survivors of humanity to a Promised Land—a journey that has taken decades so far. The vessel is segregated and cruel, and as she tries to escape, she starts discovering dark connections between her own mother's death and the fate of the ship's sovereign. Solomon has already been called a successor to Octavia Butler, rightly so."— Elle UK
Just read this one and it blew me away.
* The Invisible Valley by Su Wei
While he pines for romance, instead he’s caught up in a forbidden religious tradition and married off to the foreman’s long-dead daughter so that her soul may rest. The foreman then sends him off to cattle duty up on Mudkettle Mountain, far away from everyone else. On the mountain, Lu meets an outcast polyamorous family led by a matriarch, Jade, and one of her lovers, Kingfisher. They are woodcutters and practice their own idiosyncratic faith by which they claim to placate the serpent-demon sleeping in the belly of the mountains. Just as the village authorities get wind of Lu’s dalliances with the woodcutters, a typhoon rips through the valley. And deep in the jungle, a giant serpent may be stirring.
* The Underwater Ballroom Society edited by Tiffany Trent and Stephanie Burgis
Would you rather dance beneath the waves or hide your smuggled magic there? Welcome to a world of sparkling adult fantasy and science fiction stories edited by Stephanie Burgis and Tiffany Trent and featuring underwater ballrooms of one sort or another, from a 1930s ballroom to a Martian hotel to a grand rock 'n roll ball held in the heart of Faery itself.
* All the Fabulous Beasts by Priya Sharma
The debut short story collection from acclaimed U.K. writer Priya Sharma, “All the Fabulous Beasts,” collects 16 stunning and monstrous tales of love, rebirth, nature, and sexuality. A heady mix of myth and ontology, horror and the modern macabre.
* The Green Man's Heir by Juliet E. McKenna
A hundred years ago, a man with a secret could travel a few hundred miles and give himself a new name and life story. No one would be any the wiser, as long as he didn't give anyone a reason to start asking questions. These days, that's not so easy, with everyone on social media, and CCTV on every street corner. So Daniel Mackmain keeps his head down and keeps himself to himself. But now a girl has been murdered and the Derbyshire police are taking a closer look at a loner who travels from place to place, picking up work as he goes. Worse, Dan realises the murder involves the hidden world he was born into. When no one else can see the truth, who will see justice done? A modern fantasy rooted in the ancient myths and folklore of the British Isles.
* Murder on the Titania and Other Steam-Powered Adventures (The Adventures of Captain Ramos and Her Valiant Crew Book 1) by Alex Acks
Captain Marta Ramos, the most notorious pirate in the Duchy of Denver, has her hands full between fascinating murder mysteries, the delectable and devious Delilah Nimowitz, Colonel Geoffrey Douglas (the Duke of Denver’s new head of security), a spot of airship engineering and her usual activities: piracy, banditry and burglary. Not to mention the horror of high society tea parties. In contrast, Simms, her second in command, longs only for a quiet life, filled with tasty sausages and fewer explosions. Or does he? Join Captain Ramos, Simms and their crew as they negotiate the perils of air, land and drawing room in a series of fast-paced adventures in a North America that never was.
* The Long Sunset by Jack McDevitt
From Nebula Award winner Jack McDevitt comes the eighth installment in the popular The Academy series—Priscilla “Hutch” Hutchins discovers an interstellar message from a highly advanced race that could be her last chance for a mission before the program is shut down for good. Hutch has been the Academy’s best pilot for decades. She’s had numerous first contact encounters and even became a minor celebrity. But world politics have shifted from exploration to a growing fear that the program will run into an extraterrestrial race more advanced than humanity and war.
* High Lonesome Sound by Jaye Wells
On the day her mama died, Ruby Barrett stopped hearing the mountain’s song, and her daddy, Cotton, climbed into a barrel of moonshine. With no future to look forward to except raising her two brat sisters, Ruby prays for a miracle to help her escape Moon Hollow. When horror author Peter West arrives looking for a story idea to resurrect his failing career, Ruby believes he’s the answer to her prayers. But Cotton Barrett has some whiskey-soaked prayers of his own. He wants his wife back, and he’s willing to strike a deal with the devil himself to make it happen.
* Last Shot by Daniel Jose Older
It’s been ten years since the rebel hero Han Solo last encountered Fyzen Gor. After mounting a successful rebellion against the Empire and starting a family with an Alderaanian princess, Han hasn’t given much thought to the mad inventor. But when Lando turns up at Han’s doorstep in the middle of the night, it’s Fyzen’s assassins that he’s running from. And without Han’s help, Lando—and all life on Cloud City—will be annihilated.
* Short Story: What to do When It's Nothing But Static by Cassandra Khaw
* Short Story: Old Habits by Nalo Hopkinson
* The Emissary by Yoko Tawada
Yoko Tawada’s new novel is a breathtakingly light-hearted meditation on mortality and fully displays what Rivka Galchen has called her “brilliant, shimmering, magnificent strangeness”Japan, after suffering from a massive irreparable disaster, cuts itself off from the world. Children are so weak they can barely stand or walk: the only people with any get-go are the elderly. Mumei lives with his grandfather Yoshiro, who worries about him constantly. They carry on a day-to-day routine in what could be viewed as a post-Fukushima time, with all the children born ancient—frail and gray-haired, yet incredibly compassionate and wise. Mumei may be enfeebled and feverish, but he is a beacon of hope, full of wit and free of self-pity and pessimism.
* Novella Time Was by Ian McDonald
In the heart of World War II, Tom and Ben became lovers. Brought together by a secret project designed to hide British targets from German radar, the two founded a love that could not be revealed. When the project went wrong, Tom and Ben vanished into nothingness, presumed dead. Their bodies were never found. Now the two are lost in time, hunting each other across decades, leaving clues in books of poetry and trying to make their desperate timelines overlap.
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(I only link to one retail outlet in the book's listing, but most books are available at multiple outlets, like Kobo, iBooks, international Amazons, Barnes & Noble, etc. The short stories are usually on free online magazines.)
It's been awhile, mostly because I've been busy, tired, overwhelmed etc. But here we go:
* An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon
"This novel from an exciting new voice follows Aster, who lives in the slums of a spaceship that is escorting the last survivors of humanity to a Promised Land—a journey that has taken decades so far. The vessel is segregated and cruel, and as she tries to escape, she starts discovering dark connections between her own mother's death and the fate of the ship's sovereign. Solomon has already been called a successor to Octavia Butler, rightly so."— Elle UK
Just read this one and it blew me away.
* The Invisible Valley by Su Wei
While he pines for romance, instead he’s caught up in a forbidden religious tradition and married off to the foreman’s long-dead daughter so that her soul may rest. The foreman then sends him off to cattle duty up on Mudkettle Mountain, far away from everyone else. On the mountain, Lu meets an outcast polyamorous family led by a matriarch, Jade, and one of her lovers, Kingfisher. They are woodcutters and practice their own idiosyncratic faith by which they claim to placate the serpent-demon sleeping in the belly of the mountains. Just as the village authorities get wind of Lu’s dalliances with the woodcutters, a typhoon rips through the valley. And deep in the jungle, a giant serpent may be stirring.
* The Underwater Ballroom Society edited by Tiffany Trent and Stephanie Burgis
Would you rather dance beneath the waves or hide your smuggled magic there? Welcome to a world of sparkling adult fantasy and science fiction stories edited by Stephanie Burgis and Tiffany Trent and featuring underwater ballrooms of one sort or another, from a 1930s ballroom to a Martian hotel to a grand rock 'n roll ball held in the heart of Faery itself.
* All the Fabulous Beasts by Priya Sharma
The debut short story collection from acclaimed U.K. writer Priya Sharma, “All the Fabulous Beasts,” collects 16 stunning and monstrous tales of love, rebirth, nature, and sexuality. A heady mix of myth and ontology, horror and the modern macabre.
* The Green Man's Heir by Juliet E. McKenna
A hundred years ago, a man with a secret could travel a few hundred miles and give himself a new name and life story. No one would be any the wiser, as long as he didn't give anyone a reason to start asking questions. These days, that's not so easy, with everyone on social media, and CCTV on every street corner. So Daniel Mackmain keeps his head down and keeps himself to himself. But now a girl has been murdered and the Derbyshire police are taking a closer look at a loner who travels from place to place, picking up work as he goes. Worse, Dan realises the murder involves the hidden world he was born into. When no one else can see the truth, who will see justice done? A modern fantasy rooted in the ancient myths and folklore of the British Isles.
* Murder on the Titania and Other Steam-Powered Adventures (The Adventures of Captain Ramos and Her Valiant Crew Book 1) by Alex Acks
Captain Marta Ramos, the most notorious pirate in the Duchy of Denver, has her hands full between fascinating murder mysteries, the delectable and devious Delilah Nimowitz, Colonel Geoffrey Douglas (the Duke of Denver’s new head of security), a spot of airship engineering and her usual activities: piracy, banditry and burglary. Not to mention the horror of high society tea parties. In contrast, Simms, her second in command, longs only for a quiet life, filled with tasty sausages and fewer explosions. Or does he? Join Captain Ramos, Simms and their crew as they negotiate the perils of air, land and drawing room in a series of fast-paced adventures in a North America that never was.
* The Long Sunset by Jack McDevitt
From Nebula Award winner Jack McDevitt comes the eighth installment in the popular The Academy series—Priscilla “Hutch” Hutchins discovers an interstellar message from a highly advanced race that could be her last chance for a mission before the program is shut down for good. Hutch has been the Academy’s best pilot for decades. She’s had numerous first contact encounters and even became a minor celebrity. But world politics have shifted from exploration to a growing fear that the program will run into an extraterrestrial race more advanced than humanity and war.
* High Lonesome Sound by Jaye Wells
On the day her mama died, Ruby Barrett stopped hearing the mountain’s song, and her daddy, Cotton, climbed into a barrel of moonshine. With no future to look forward to except raising her two brat sisters, Ruby prays for a miracle to help her escape Moon Hollow. When horror author Peter West arrives looking for a story idea to resurrect his failing career, Ruby believes he’s the answer to her prayers. But Cotton Barrett has some whiskey-soaked prayers of his own. He wants his wife back, and he’s willing to strike a deal with the devil himself to make it happen.
* Last Shot by Daniel Jose Older
It’s been ten years since the rebel hero Han Solo last encountered Fyzen Gor. After mounting a successful rebellion against the Empire and starting a family with an Alderaanian princess, Han hasn’t given much thought to the mad inventor. But when Lando turns up at Han’s doorstep in the middle of the night, it’s Fyzen’s assassins that he’s running from. And without Han’s help, Lando—and all life on Cloud City—will be annihilated.
* Short Story: What to do When It's Nothing But Static by Cassandra Khaw
* Short Story: Old Habits by Nalo Hopkinson
* The Emissary by Yoko Tawada
Yoko Tawada’s new novel is a breathtakingly light-hearted meditation on mortality and fully displays what Rivka Galchen has called her “brilliant, shimmering, magnificent strangeness”Japan, after suffering from a massive irreparable disaster, cuts itself off from the world. Children are so weak they can barely stand or walk: the only people with any get-go are the elderly. Mumei lives with his grandfather Yoshiro, who worries about him constantly. They carry on a day-to-day routine in what could be viewed as a post-Fukushima time, with all the children born ancient—frail and gray-haired, yet incredibly compassionate and wise. Mumei may be enfeebled and feverish, but he is a beacon of hope, full of wit and free of self-pity and pessimism.
* Novella Time Was by Ian McDonald
In the heart of World War II, Tom and Ben became lovers. Brought together by a secret project designed to hide British targets from German radar, the two founded a love that could not be revealed. When the project went wrong, Tom and Ben vanished into nothingness, presumed dead. Their bodies were never found. Now the two are lost in time, hunting each other across decades, leaving clues in books of poetry and trying to make their desperate timelines overlap.
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April 27, 2018
The Murderbot Diaries: Artificial Condition
Just going to link to this tumblr post: https://marthawells.tumblr.com/post/173353440167/i-was-trying-to-take-the-traditional-cat-with
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April 25, 2018
Rogue Protocol Excerpt
Here's an excerpt from the beginning of The Murderbot Diaries: Rogue Protocol, the third Murderbot Diaries novella from Tor.com. I've removed the most spoilery paragraph from this excerpt, but it's still on the version posted on my web site.
Preorder information is on my web site here: http://www.marthawells.com/murderbot3.htm
It comes out August 7 in ebook, hardcover, and audiobook.
The Murderbot Diaries: Artificial Condition, the second Murderbot novella, will be out May 8. (Preorder info here: http://www.marthawells.com/murderbot2.htm) If you want a signed hardcover, you can order one from Murder by the Book in Houston before my signing there on May 12 https://www.murderbooks.com/event/martha-wells
Excerpt
I have the worst luck with bot-driven transports.
The first one had let me stow away in exchange for my collection of media files, with no ulterior motives, and had been so focused on its function that there had been hardly more communication between us than you’d have with a hauler bot. For the duration of the trip I had been alone with my media storage, just the way I like it. It had spoiled me into thinking all bot transports would be like that.
Then there was this transport.
( read the rest )
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Preorder information is on my web site here: http://www.marthawells.com/murderbot3.htm
It comes out August 7 in ebook, hardcover, and audiobook.
The Murderbot Diaries: Artificial Condition, the second Murderbot novella, will be out May 8. (Preorder info here: http://www.marthawells.com/murderbot2.htm) If you want a signed hardcover, you can order one from Murder by the Book in Houston before my signing there on May 12 https://www.murderbooks.com/event/martha-wells
Excerpt
I have the worst luck with bot-driven transports.
The first one had let me stow away in exchange for my collection of media files, with no ulterior motives, and had been so focused on its function that there had been hardly more communication between us than you’d have with a hauler bot. For the duration of the trip I had been alone with my media storage, just the way I like it. It had spoiled me into thinking all bot transports would be like that.
Then there was this transport.
( read the rest )
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April 20, 2018
Audible Daily Deal
https://www.audible.com/pd/Sci-Fi-Fantasy/All-Systems-Red-Audiobook/B076XSGP65
For today only (April 20, 2018) the Hugo-nominated novella The Murderbot Diaries: All Systems Red is the Audible Daily Deal for $1.95. Narrated by Kevin R. Free.
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For today only (April 20, 2018) the Hugo-nominated novella The Murderbot Diaries: All Systems Red is the Audible Daily Deal for $1.95. Narrated by Kevin R. Free.
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April 19, 2018
Many Things
* After my second visit to the arthritis doctor I got diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. Got some medication for it now but not the most fun day I've ever had.
* Return to Dominaria episode 6 is posted: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/return-dominaria-episode-6-2018-04-18
* There's an article here about my books: https://www.tor.com/2018/04/16/where-to-start-with-the-works-of-martha-wells/
* And I was interviewed here on Breaking the Glass Slipper: http://www.breakingtheglassslipper.com/2018/04/12/five-questions-with-martha-wells/
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* Return to Dominaria episode 6 is posted: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/return-dominaria-episode-6-2018-04-18
* There's an article here about my books: https://www.tor.com/2018/04/16/where-to-start-with-the-works-of-martha-wells/
* And I was interviewed here on Breaking the Glass Slipper: http://www.breakingtheglassslipper.com/2018/04/12/five-questions-with-martha-wells/
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April 17, 2018
Sex and the Single Raksura
Since the series is up for a Hugo nomination now, I thought I'd repost this older essay.
It took two years to sell the completed manuscript of The Cloud Roads to a publisher. (My agent was the one doing all the work. I was just sitting at home writing The Serpent Sea and Emilie and the Hollow World (which didn’t have a publisher either at that time), and quietly freaking out.) But one of the comments my agent got back on The Cloud Roads was that it was hard to follow.
If you’ve read it, you know it’s not a multi-character, multi-storyline epic. Moon is the only POV and the story is pretty linear. After talking to other readers about it for a while, I think the reason for that comment was the Raksura’s gender neutral names.
For me, this was a feature, not a bug. I found it hard to talk about the bisexuality or pansexuality of the characters when they had no concept of heterosexuality, so I tried in various ways to show it. And our concepts of gender don’t map exactly onto the Raksura’s concepts of gender. Using gender neutral names helped me keep that in mind while I was writing. But for some people it was too confusing; they had to assign a gender to identify who the character was.
There were other things people didn’t like. Raksura form intensely close bonds with each other, but are not romantic in the way most earth humans would interpret it. The closest they come to kissing is biting, and they don’t say to each other "I love you." The queens and consorts are the only ones who form single permanent sexual relationships that we would recognize as marriages, and even they aren’t exclusive with each other. (Though a consort wouldn’t sleep with another queen unless he wanted to start a war.) Moon is the only Raksura in the book who has seen any other type of relationship, and even he only has an outsider’s understanding of them.
For infertile warriors and fertile Arbora, sexual relationships are friendly and casual. Having children is a serious business, and partners are selected with a lot of attention toward the court’s bloodlines and what the court needs. But the relationships between Arbora child-bearing partners aren’t exclusive and aren’t marriages, the way we’d think of marriages, and children are raised communally. (When it’s normal to give birth to five babies at one time, it takes an organized segment of the community to take care of all of them.)
The entire court is basically a very large, often cranky, extended family.
I had beta readers for The Cloud Roads who tried to see the Raksuran relationships as marriages and nuclear families, and it just didn’t work for them because the relationships didn’t make sense that way. To me, trying to see the relationships of your flying lizard ant lion people as being exactly like earth human relationships was what didn’t make sense.
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It took two years to sell the completed manuscript of The Cloud Roads to a publisher. (My agent was the one doing all the work. I was just sitting at home writing The Serpent Sea and Emilie and the Hollow World (which didn’t have a publisher either at that time), and quietly freaking out.) But one of the comments my agent got back on The Cloud Roads was that it was hard to follow.
If you’ve read it, you know it’s not a multi-character, multi-storyline epic. Moon is the only POV and the story is pretty linear. After talking to other readers about it for a while, I think the reason for that comment was the Raksura’s gender neutral names.
For me, this was a feature, not a bug. I found it hard to talk about the bisexuality or pansexuality of the characters when they had no concept of heterosexuality, so I tried in various ways to show it. And our concepts of gender don’t map exactly onto the Raksura’s concepts of gender. Using gender neutral names helped me keep that in mind while I was writing. But for some people it was too confusing; they had to assign a gender to identify who the character was.
There were other things people didn’t like. Raksura form intensely close bonds with each other, but are not romantic in the way most earth humans would interpret it. The closest they come to kissing is biting, and they don’t say to each other "I love you." The queens and consorts are the only ones who form single permanent sexual relationships that we would recognize as marriages, and even they aren’t exclusive with each other. (Though a consort wouldn’t sleep with another queen unless he wanted to start a war.) Moon is the only Raksura in the book who has seen any other type of relationship, and even he only has an outsider’s understanding of them.
For infertile warriors and fertile Arbora, sexual relationships are friendly and casual. Having children is a serious business, and partners are selected with a lot of attention toward the court’s bloodlines and what the court needs. But the relationships between Arbora child-bearing partners aren’t exclusive and aren’t marriages, the way we’d think of marriages, and children are raised communally. (When it’s normal to give birth to five babies at one time, it takes an organized segment of the community to take care of all of them.)
The entire court is basically a very large, often cranky, extended family.
I had beta readers for The Cloud Roads who tried to see the Raksuran relationships as marriages and nuclear families, and it just didn’t work for them because the relationships didn’t make sense that way. To me, trying to see the relationships of your flying lizard ant lion people as being exactly like earth human relationships was what didn’t make sense.
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April 16, 2018
Schedule of events
Here's all the events I have scheduled so far this year:
* Signing for Artificial Condition at Murder by the Book May 12, 2018 at 4:30 pm in Houston, Texas. If you can't be there, you can preorder a signed copy (or any other of my books the store can order for you) and have the store ship it to you.
* Nebula Awards Conference May 18-20, 2018 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The mass signing on Sunday is free and open to the public.
* Comicpalooza in May 25-27, 2018 in Houston, Texas.
Friday
12:30 to 1:30 The Storytelling of Star Wars
2:00 to 3:00 Crafting the Perfect Sentence
Saturday
2:30 to 3:30 Signing at the Murder by the Book booth in the Dealers' Room
4:30 to 5:30 Worldbuilding for Short Stories, Novelettes, Novellas
Sunday
12:00 to 1:00 Story Engineering
* ALA Conference June 21-26, 2018 in New Orleans, LA.
* ArmadilloCon August 3-5, 2018 in Austin, TX.
Major guests: Deji Bryce Olukotun, Holly Black, and Robert J. Sawyer
* WorldCon 76 August 16-20, 2018 in San Jose, California.
* I'll be the Special Writers Workshop Guest at FenCon September 22-23, 2018 in Irving, Texas.
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* Signing for Artificial Condition at Murder by the Book May 12, 2018 at 4:30 pm in Houston, Texas. If you can't be there, you can preorder a signed copy (or any other of my books the store can order for you) and have the store ship it to you.
* Nebula Awards Conference May 18-20, 2018 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The mass signing on Sunday is free and open to the public.
* Comicpalooza in May 25-27, 2018 in Houston, Texas.
Friday
12:30 to 1:30 The Storytelling of Star Wars
2:00 to 3:00 Crafting the Perfect Sentence
Saturday
2:30 to 3:30 Signing at the Murder by the Book booth in the Dealers' Room
4:30 to 5:30 Worldbuilding for Short Stories, Novelettes, Novellas
Sunday
12:00 to 1:00 Story Engineering
* ALA Conference June 21-26, 2018 in New Orleans, LA.
* ArmadilloCon August 3-5, 2018 in Austin, TX.
Major guests: Deji Bryce Olukotun, Holly Black, and Robert J. Sawyer
* WorldCon 76 August 16-20, 2018 in San Jose, California.
* I'll be the Special Writers Workshop Guest at FenCon September 22-23, 2018 in Irving, Texas.
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State of Me
I don't know why I'm so tired and stressed out. It's probably the weather, which became spring-like on schedule then abruptly got cold again, particularly in the evenings. It hasn't been cold enough to kill plants yet but it has made it hard to get my pond started. I keep having weird anxiety dreams. Last night I dreamed about trying to help another author and her husband at a large event, which was like a dream study in awkwardness and imposter syndrome.
I've got a second arthritis appointment on Thursday, and I hope I can get some medication or shots or something. My hand doesn't hurt much, but it's perpetually stiff, which is just weird.
I'm working on the final proof of Exit Strategy, the fourth and currently final novella in The Murderbot Diaries, and thinking about what I'm going to do next. Return to Dominaria seems to be going well, so that's good.
Oh, and The Murderbot Diaries has sold to a Japanese publisher, which is really cool. That means I'll have had books translated into eleven languages.
Still trying to get my brain around the Nebula and Hugo award nominations.
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I've got a second arthritis appointment on Thursday, and I hope I can get some medication or shots or something. My hand doesn't hurt much, but it's perpetually stiff, which is just weird.
I'm working on the final proof of Exit Strategy, the fourth and currently final novella in The Murderbot Diaries, and thinking about what I'm going to do next. Return to Dominaria seems to be going well, so that's good.
Oh, and The Murderbot Diaries has sold to a Japanese publisher, which is really cool. That means I'll have had books translated into eleven languages.
Still trying to get my brain around the Nebula and Hugo award nominations.
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April 11, 2018
Dominaria episode 5
Episode 5 of Return to Dominaria is posted:
https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/return-dominaria-episode-5-2018-04-11
Or start from the beginning here: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/columns/magic-story
Seven more episodes to go.
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https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/return-dominaria-episode-5-2018-04-11
Or start from the beginning here: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/columns/magic-story
Seven more episodes to go.
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April 9, 2018
Con or Bust and Appearance
The Con or Bust fundraising auction started today! http://con-or-bust.org/2018-auction/
You can bid on a full signed set of the Books of the Raksura http://con-or-bust.org/2018-auction/2018/03/18/complete-signed-set-of-the-books-of-the-raksura-by-martha-wells/
or signed Advance Review Copies of the Murderbot Diaries http://con-or-bust.org/2018-auction/2018/03/18/signed-paperback-and-arcs-of-the-murderbot-diaries-by-martha-wells/
Plus lots of other books, art, food, knitted items, jewelry, etc
Appearance:
I'll be doing a reading from The Murderbot Diaries: Artificial Condition and question and answer session on April 11, 2018, at Texas A&M University-Commerce. It'll be from 3:00-5:00 at the David Talbot Hall First Floor Lounge.
Free to public, students, and faculty.
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Had a good weekend, though it basically went from spring 70s and 80s back to winter 40s and 50s. I got to visit with both my goddaughters and their spouse and spouse-to-be, and otherwise just read and watched TV.
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You can bid on a full signed set of the Books of the Raksura http://con-or-bust.org/2018-auction/2018/03/18/complete-signed-set-of-the-books-of-the-raksura-by-martha-wells/
or signed Advance Review Copies of the Murderbot Diaries http://con-or-bust.org/2018-auction/2018/03/18/signed-paperback-and-arcs-of-the-murderbot-diaries-by-martha-wells/
Plus lots of other books, art, food, knitted items, jewelry, etc
Appearance:
I'll be doing a reading from The Murderbot Diaries: Artificial Condition and question and answer session on April 11, 2018, at Texas A&M University-Commerce. It'll be from 3:00-5:00 at the David Talbot Hall First Floor Lounge.
Free to public, students, and faculty.
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Had a good weekend, though it basically went from spring 70s and 80s back to winter 40s and 50s. I got to visit with both my goddaughters and their spouse and spouse-to-be, and otherwise just read and watched TV.
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