I got some very good news this week, but I'm not sure whe...

I got some very good news this week, but I'm not sure when I can announce it. (!!!!)

As a result, I was a lot less stressed and got a lot done yesterday. Writing on a difficult scene on third Cloud Roads book, plus three loads of laundry, plus dusting and vacuuming the main areas of the house. I had already gone to early voting last week, so I didn't have to worry about that. Only bad part was it was supposed to pour down rain yesterday. We had an 80% chance of rain. And it did not pour. We got a few minutes of light rain off and on, and that was it. So the drought goes on.


Book rec:

I finished reading The Kingdom of the Gods by N.K. Jemisin and I loved it. It's the last book of an epic fantasy trilogy, told from three different very personal viewpoints. The first book is out in paperback, ebook, audiobook etc The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, which was nominated for the Nebula, Hugo, and World Fantasy awards.

Oh, and I know some of you are looking for middle grade and YA with female heroes, so wanted to point to this review of Winterling by Sarah Prineas.
Unusually, almost every character (except the puck-in-distress) is female, portrayed in all ages and roles—authority, hero, villain, mentor, warrior, healer, servant and goddess. Fer is herself brave and kind, but not unrealistically so; her magic is both matter-of-fact and a source of quiet joy.