always blogging in the same car

And Sunday catchup is back! My apologies for missing last week. I had two things going on - finishing the latest draft of Copper Cove, and trying not to melt during the monster heat wave that California had going over the Labor Day weekend. Holy cats, was it hot. There are a few goodies after the cut, but first, this update: Copper Cove has been sent to two beta readers; one has finished and given some useful feedback, and the other should be done shortly. The cover designer is hard at work. With any luck, I'll be able to announce a publication date sometime this week. Click for more!

Fine man crazy man he can't see, blog of the sunset, blog of the sea

And we're back with a Sunday catchup post! I suppose I should let you know how A Tiding Of Magpies, the fourth Monkey Queen book, is coming along. I've approved Willow's cover sketch, and I can tell you that it's going to be gorgeous! We're hoping to have it finished soon, and when that happens, there'll be the Big Announcement with the cover reveal and the publication date! Stay tuned!

And the first draft of the fifth book is nearly done, and that's still on track for Fall 2015. Hopefully, this draft will be done by May 1!

More goodies after the cut.

Stan Sakai

There's a Big Wow convention review on the way, with photos and more, but I wanted to write this first, because it's about more than the con. You'll see why after the cut.