Rob’s Update: To Such A Deep Delight
Greetings all
Really busy week going through short stories for Songs of Valor, the FantaSci anthology.
The five winners were:
Benjamin Tyler Smith
Casey Moores
Melissa Olthoff
Jamie Ibson
James Chandler
But they weren’t the only good stories. We got 37 all told and it was truly a deep delight to go through all of them.
This is going to be a great anthology. The five winners will be joined by David Weber, Glen Cook, Larry Correia, Sarah Hoyt, Jon Osborne, and more.
It’s also the first full week since None Call Me Mother came out. Wow, thanks to all of you who bought it. If you haven’t already, it’s here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08NYDC6ZL.
And if you want to start the series from the beginning, I Am a Wondrous Thing is here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01HHKZJVA.
Alright, time to get back to editing. Have a great week everyone.
What I’m Listening To
Rush’s Xanadu. Such a great song. It was the song that really got me into the depth of Rush because I already loved the poem.
Quote of the Week
Might as well do a quote from Xanadu, by Coleridge. Let’s do one of the deeper portions. I love Coleridge’s sense of rhythm and word choice.
“A damsel with a dulcimer
In a vision once I saw:
It was an Abyssinian maid,
And on her dulcimer she played,
Singing of Mount Abora.
Could I revive within me
Her symphony and song,
To such a deep delight ‘twould win me”
– Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Xanadu
News and Works in Progress
The Ravening of Wolves (32,068)
UAMC (4,785)
MO (9,971)
CB (8,418)
Gato (2,312)
Recent Blog Posts and Wiki Additions
Rob’s Ramblings (Only *This* Story): http://robhowell.org/blog/?p=2177
Upcoming Events
FantaSci, 19-21 March, Durham, NC
https://fantasci.rocks/
LibertyCon, 27-27 June, Chattanooga, TN
https://libertycon.org/
DragonCon, 2-6 September, Atlanta, GA
https://www.dragoncon.org/
New Releases
This week’s spotlight is on Charles Gannon and a collection of rogues, who released Murphy’s Lawless, an anthology of stories in his Terran Republic universe. You can find it here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08PG4N2FS.
Today’s Weight: 354.0
Updated Word Count: 261,189
Shijuren Wiki: 678 entries
Let me know if you have any suggestions on the website, this email, or cool story ideas at rob@robhowell.org. Especially let me know of suggestions you have for the Spotlight section.
Have a great week, everyone.
Rob Howell
Author of the Shijuren-series of novels
Website: www.robhowell.org
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Currently Available Works
Shijuren
A Lake Most Deep (Edward, Book 1)
The Eyes of a Doll (Edward, Book 2)
Where Now the Rider (Edward, Book 3)
I Am a Wondrous Thing (The Kreisens, Book 1)
Brief Is My Flame (The Kreisens, Book 2)
None Call Me Mother (The Kreisens, Book 3)
“What’s in a Name” in When Valor Must Hold (An Edward prequel story)
“An Oath’s Other Edge” in Dragons and Dribbles : A Corner Scribblers Flash Collection w/ guest author, Rob Howell
Four Horsemen Universe
“Where Enemies Sit” in For a Few Credits More (Revelations Cycle, Book 7))
“A Sword for Striking” in Luck Is Not a Factor (Four Horsemen Tales, Book 6)
Fire From Fire Quickened” in The Gates of Hell (Four Horsemen Saga, Book 4)
The Feeding of Sorrows (Four Horsemen Tales, Book 11)
The Phases of Mars
“Far Better to Dare” in Those In Peril
“In Dark’ning Storms” in To Slip the Surly Bonds
“Here Must We Hold” in Trouble in the Wind
Short Stories
“A Gift of Crimson” in Hand of Gold and Other Stories (Pussy Katnip)
“The Chaos of Well-Seeming Forms” in We Dare
“Nor War’s Quick Fire” in We Dare II: Semper Paratus (Forthcoming, 2020)
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