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Yeah. Uh. February got way more exciting than it was supposed to be.The Russian invasion of Ukraine has eaten up a lot of my attention, understandably.I have relatively little commentary to make as a science fiction author of occasional military SF, given that I write about fiction, but I will offer a reminder that war… Continue reading Frigging February

A brand new season begins. My idiosyncratic calendar of three seasons a year has tipped over into spring – which I, personally, find a surprise given how cold it’s been over my way. Spring is all about new growth and bringing things out of dormancy to full bloom, however, and that is definitely on the… Continue reading Jaunting into January

Hello, at the dawn of 2022. I hope your holidays have been well, and that your year ahead is looking if not outright hopeful, at least like something you can shape into something better.My year ahead? That’s definitely a mix, some hopeful, some scary, but there’s a lot of room to sculpt it, and I’ve… Continue reading Departing December

Okay, so, first up – I am going to be upping the prices on my self-published efforts as of January 2022.The short, quick explanation is that if I sell around 500 copies of a work (Dog Country has, if we factor in the Kindle Unlimited thing, sold around 450-500 copies) I, at present, earn back… Continue reading Remixing November

A friend of mine goes in for open water swimming. I’ve never tried it, or gone to watch them, but I imagine there is a moment in which when you’re not quite sure where you are you slow down, tread water, poke your head above water and take a breath. One of those moments of… Continue reading October Phantoms

I started work on Aconite Braid on September the 14th, 2020. I finished my second revision draft (second draft of the revisions) on September the 13th.I didn’t plan for that, but the synchronicity pleases me.It has been a very weird year with a lot of changes – some absolutely enormous, some small. Change is the… Continue reading September to September – A year of Aconite Braid

Life has changed. It is very, very difficult to know how to talk about or enumerate all those changes – my last patreons only post goes into it – but even if my circumstances have changed, and continue to change while I find out what my new normal looks like, I’m managing to work on… Continue reading Long days of August

This is a very short update.That change in circumstances I mentioned as a possibility last time? That's come to pass, and there are a lot of changes I need to cope with, now. Going to do my best to keep at it, but for a little while, coping with life needs to come first.I'll keep… Continue reading June and July, changes.

Let me start with the work, and where all of that stands.As you may know, for the past year and change I’ve organized my year idiosyncratically around three seasons. Last month I started my ‘summer’ season, in which I’m aiming to achieve three projects – the revisions for Aconite Braid, bringing it up to the… Continue reading Come what May

I am not sure if the April just past was excruciatingly long, or incredibly short. It managed to be both at once over here, which is its own kind of magic.Last month I managed to finish the first draft of my WIP, Aconite Braid. I am incredibly pleased and there are a number of very… Continue reading April Fast, or April Slow?

Hi! Hope the month finds you well, and, with at least a little luck, finds you and/or many of your loved ones vaccinated.This is a relatively quick update. I won’t go too far into details – I’m never quite sure what I should and shouldn’t share with the public of my personal circumstances – but… Continue reading Quick March Update

It hasn’t all been lockdowns, at least not over here, but it’s been a year since Covid-19 hit my radar and I suggested we all get enthusiastic about handwashing. It’s been a tricky year, hasn’t it? Exhausting. But one thing I’m not exhausted of is washing my hands – I regard each bar of soap… Continue reading February to February – a year of handwashing.

The trouble with being interested in the world is that sometimes the world is too interesting, and reading the news all day with my jaw slack from just how utterly bananas the world is not a very useful way to spend my time.I’ve been thinking a lot about time this month – partly because I’ve… Continue reading January Up and Down and Update

Heck of a year, huh?Of course, in reality, all the events we’re worrying about are on-going, but the psychological effect of crossing the calendrical boundary and entering 2021 is real, and it’s valuable.There was a meme going around which summed it up pretty well – Don’t assume 2021 will be better, force it to be… Continue reading 2020 Hindsight (December)

So, I made this announcement on twitter, so you’ve likely seen it, but for those patrons not on there, an adapted announcement:I am pleased to announce, officially, that you, my Patreon patrons, have helped me self publish a paperback edition of Dog Country, which is now available here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08PJN7234 ( US ) / https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08PJN7234( UK… Continue reading Dog Country is in Print!

Between the election (thank you, voting Americans) impinging on me across the Atlantic, tricky life stuff and happy surprises, writing’s been pretty rough this past month.Not stopped, or stalled out, but rough. Some good days were mixed in, and I’ll talk about the math of it all in a bit, but, the short version? This… Continue reading Remember remember there’s no 31st of November

It is really strange to be here after spending the lion’s share of the previous month writing actual story, instead of just working on endless streams of outlines. But, thankfully, thanks to Aconite Braid being a complete story in and of itself, I have actually managed to reach the end of outlines, and I’m drafting.Or,… Continue reading October Ghosts