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In big Queen of Swords Press news, Wireless and More Steam-Powered Adventures by Alex Acks, is a MIPA Midwest Book Awards Finalist for speculative fiction! We're all pretty excited about it. :-D

Adding some online events this month, complete with virtual tables and Zoom panels and what not.


On the home front, the house is awash in contractors for another week. Yesterday, was a surprise visit from the roofers to put in a new vent. And identify chimney problems. The bathroom is done for the time being and the attic is looking promising, at least. So it goes.

Otherwise, we're holding up as well as can be expected: working at home, doing puzzles, online events, Zoom calls, regular calls and what not. I've got at least another two weeks working from home, probably more. So lots of baking, online events, watching things and so forth. I hope you are all healthy and happy in the meantime!

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Xposted from the Queen of Swords Press Facebook because I'm pressed for time. I'm also working on a WisCon writeup so I'll be back to at least weekly posts again soon.

It's here! This year's Pride StoryBundle is out with SCOURGE OF THE SEAS OF TIME, WIRELESS AND MORE STEAM-POWERED ADVENTURES by Alex Acks, a collection from the Glittership Podcast, Bogi Takács' latest anthology, a fantasy novel by K.J. Charles, a game from Amy Griswold and Jo Graham, werewolves from Geonn Cannon and short fiction from Craig Laurance Gidney! Buy the whole bundle at the $20 level and designate a portion of your purchase price for Rainbow Railroad to assist LGBTQ refugees!
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Queen of Swords Press Title #8! I feel a sense of accomplishment and such! :-)
Available at Queen of Swords Press and a bunch of other places. It's terrific, just saying.


Tonight!

Mar. 21st, 2019 09:41 am
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I’ll be giving a talk at DreamHaven Books in Minneapolis from 6:30-7:45 about small press publishing  (also of interest to indie book folks). 

Other things going on at the moment or, where I’ve been lately:
  • New stories drafted for one end of month deadline 
  • Other new story in progress for, you guessed it, other end of month deadline
  • Article done and submitted
  • Two story/article pitches sent in, one accepted so far
  • Got Wireless by Alex Acks up for preorder. Ebook up now, print up by this weekend.
  • Did a ton of pre-release publicity for the book.
  • More words on Blood Moon
  • Occasional collapse
  • Blurbing people’s books, reading and plotting for my birthday next week.
  • Day job
  • Spring walks!
More soon...

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Queen of Swords Press' newest title, Wireless and More Steam-Powered Adventures by Alex Acks, is up for preorder now at the Evil Empire, other platforms to follow soon! Print will be up for preorder in the next week or so too. The pretty, pretty cover is by Nathalie Grey of KaNaXa.




Home with a splitting headache and working like a mad thing. Good times! But on the progress front, finished two very short story drafts and starting on a longer one, all due this month, have a new article mostly drafted and making progress on sundry things.

I've also been using my "snowed-in" time to shop for my birthday at the end of the month. It's pretty lowkey, but I've found an infrared massager that's supposed to be good for knees, shoulders and elbows (fingers crossed that this works! I'll link if it does), copies of Peking Opera Blues (Brigitte Lin in a tuxedo - do you really need to know more?) and Sword of Destiny (Crouching Tiger 2, pretty much just about Michelle Yeoh) and literary chocolate from Open Book Chocolates. Normally, there would be books too, but we're  tackling the Great Cleanout in prep for the Great Furnace Replacement so we're getting rid of a lot more than we're buying.

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