More Bats!

Fava and Dandy

This week has been bats both in the sense of a bit crazy, as well as in the sense of good fortune.  (Bats are am emblem of good luck in Chinese culture.)

First of all, I’m happy to announce that DreamForge magazine is launching its new year with a very cool Kickstarter.  The Kickstarter not only includes some great deals on print and/or digital subscriptions, but also opportunities to become a part of the DreamCasters on-line writing group, and to bid on a variety of manuscript reviews and other treats for the writer in your life (or even for yourself).

Officially, the magazine’s current name is DreamForge Anvil to reflect that it not only includes great non-dystopian Science Fiction and Fantasy (as well as the occasional zombie tale) but also articles about the craft of writing.  It is fully illustrated, in color, which is an increasing rarity.  If you opt for the print version, you can count on the stories being printed in a readable font.  I highly recommend.

My second bit of crazy good is that today marks twelve weeks since I had surgery to repair my right rotator cuff.  Yesterday, I met with the surgeon and he seems happy with my progress.  He also told me that while the difficulties I have had with my finger dexterity are not common, they are not unknown.  Interestingly, they can occur either when a shoulder has been injured (as with me) or when a hand has been injured, then the shoulder may experience difficulties.  The important thing is whether or not the difficulty improves over time.  Since mine is, I should get my finger dexterity back in time.

So, I’m not “all better,” but there’s hope that if I keep up with my PT and don’t do anything too stupid, I’ll continue to improve.

Finally, several of you asked if there are audiobook pages for the first two of my Over Where novels.  I’m happy to say you can find the page for Library of the Sapphire Wind here, and for Aurora Borealis Bridge here.  The pages not only include audio samples, but other little extras, including easy links to various vendors who carry the audiobooks.

That’s it for this week.  Once again, I handled my own typing, which was a bit of a challenge, but I’m just happy to have been able to do it!  Soon I hope to start doing the Friday Fragments again, but not quite yet.

Take care…