What am I up to?
Dec. 28th, 2020 08:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
catherineldfAlways an exciting question. The main thing since finishing up my CPPM Certification has been getting Blood Moon ready. I sent it off for edits, it came back right before Christmas, I sat down and began cranking through edits, then on Christmas Eve, ran across a continuity problem that I had missed twice and my editor has missed once. Frantic scrambling ensured, but I got it fixed, finished and loaded up. The official cover reveal and preorder (ebook) links will be coming on 1/1/21. Print preorder will be shortly thereafter. ARCs will be available and the beast launches upon the world on 3/15/21. At which point, I will have 1,200,000 words in print, which is pretty cool. I do like this book and I really hope that the people who've been patiently asking about it for years feel the same way.
Other Me (Emily L. Byrne) sold two reprints to an excellent podcast, which was lovely. And Queen of Swords Press title The Voyages of Cinrak the Dapper by A.J. Fitzwater is on three reviewer's Best of 2020 lists (Maria Haskins of Strange Horizons, Paul Weimer of Tor.com and the Skiffy and Fanty Show and author Nathan Burgoine who reviews short queer fiction on his blog) and is on the recommended reading list for the Ursa Major Awards (major award for anthropomorphic fiction). I have an extension on my new story to February, programming invites from Arisia and Capricon, classes lined up and all sorts of other things going on.
The holidays were reasonably pleasant. After more day job shenanigans, I was down for two days with a migraine, but better on Christmas, which I spent doing edits and cooking and watching Bridgerton with Jana. We went for the 8 hour blitz and I enjoyed some of it quite a bit, some of in smaller doses than I got and some of it not at all. Saturday, I got takeout from the Midtown Global Market and then we headed out to Hopkins to enjoy a firepit night with friends and eat pie, which was delightful. Apart from that, it's been all work, with a break to watch Wonder Woman 1984, about which I had much the same reactions that I had to Bridgerton. I'm hoping to clear the decks to get started on a grant proposal and some SEO certification stuff next week. I still have a day job at the moment, but am getting prepped to jump either to something else or off into thin air and hope that I can string together enough to keep us solvent. More bulletins as events warrant. Year in review post coming soon!
Other Me (Emily L. Byrne) sold two reprints to an excellent podcast, which was lovely. And Queen of Swords Press title The Voyages of Cinrak the Dapper by A.J. Fitzwater is on three reviewer's Best of 2020 lists (Maria Haskins of Strange Horizons, Paul Weimer of Tor.com and the Skiffy and Fanty Show and author Nathan Burgoine who reviews short queer fiction on his blog) and is on the recommended reading list for the Ursa Major Awards (major award for anthropomorphic fiction). I have an extension on my new story to February, programming invites from Arisia and Capricon, classes lined up and all sorts of other things going on.
The holidays were reasonably pleasant. After more day job shenanigans, I was down for two days with a migraine, but better on Christmas, which I spent doing edits and cooking and watching Bridgerton with Jana. We went for the 8 hour blitz and I enjoyed some of it quite a bit, some of in smaller doses than I got and some of it not at all. Saturday, I got takeout from the Midtown Global Market and then we headed out to Hopkins to enjoy a firepit night with friends and eat pie, which was delightful. Apart from that, it's been all work, with a break to watch Wonder Woman 1984, about which I had much the same reactions that I had to Bridgerton. I'm hoping to clear the decks to get started on a grant proposal and some SEO certification stuff next week. I still have a day job at the moment, but am getting prepped to jump either to something else or off into thin air and hope that I can string together enough to keep us solvent. More bulletins as events warrant. Year in review post coming soon!