TRAVERSING Z

Harkworth Hall

Leviathan is coming

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Dear readers, it’s finally happening. Forgive me for dawdling; I was loathe to leave this story. But in just two months it will be your turn … watch this space for preorder information, official publication date, and more.

We will survive this, Caroline.

When a stranger arrives in their village and asks to see the damaged bay, Caroline Daniels and Joanna Chase know that word of the creature has spread despite the efforts of Mr. Smith. With tensions simmering between France and England, they depart in haste for Medby, where Sir Edward’s brother resides. There they hope to discover if Thomas Masterson has stepped into Sir Edward’s shoes, and now wields the monster called Leviathan.

The situation in Medby, however, is far worse than they anticipated. Claiming the French attacked his ships, the younger Masterson seems about to launch an audacious reply. But his true plans are not so straightforward, and there is little time for Caroline and Jo to uncover them.

With the threat of war demanding risks in kind, Caroline and Jo must weigh their deepening affection against the greater good … and learn to trust not only their instincts, but their hearts as well.

In like a lion, out like a lion

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March has been a month for practicing gratitude: for the gift of unemployment, which has meant time to write; for this writing life; for the support of family, friends, and felines; and for you readers out there, who are the other half of the writing equation. Leviathan is off with its editor and I am 3/4 of the way through revising my poor neglected novel and remembering all that I loved about it. It is an overdue reconciliation. My head, as usual, is bursting with story stuff and I would like about three clones, please: I’m guessing two more to help get all this stuff out of my head and a third one to earn a paycheck … Yep, I think three would do the trick.

FOGcon was a great, exhausting whirlwind as the best cons are. If you had more questions about my panels, my reading, or if I just shot past you in the hall, please don’t hesitate to reach out. I’m always happy to keep the conversation going.

In Leviathan news: to ramp up for the release I’m serializing Harkworth Hall on Radish, so if you have an account there do check it out! I had to break up a couple of chapters to conform to their suggested lengths, but I think it still works out to be less $$$ than the ebook, and you’ll be able to read it in that nice clean Radish format.

And the Leviathan cover is coming, though newsletter folks will get to see it first. Which means it’s an excellent time to sign up! —>

World Fantasy and Harkworth Hall

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As I write this, Harkworth Hall is uploading to Kobo, iBooks, B&N, and Gumroad, and I believe the price has already dropped at Amazon. Because that’s right, it’s a sale, to celebrate the fact that I am still getting on a plane for San Antonio tomorrow despite all that 2017 could throw at me. Grab it by Monday!

So yes, I will be at WFC! Look for me at the mass signing on Friday night, where I’ll have copies of Vacui Magia and Harkworth Hall for sale, and again on Sunday morning for a reading/hanging out time at 10:30. There may be pastries. There may be a special guest reader, a dear friend of mine, who will read for a few minutes before me. I will be reading part of “Vacui Magia” and maybe another little something depending on the time. So sweet, sweet, and bittersweet, which feels to me the theme of this weekend: how sweet to be there, to be nominated; how bittersweet the road to this point.