Week 3 of 2020
Greetings all
It’s been a procrasticlean sort of week. I just haven’t really had a ton of focus since Neil died to get much done, combined with an event last weekend, so I only got about 2k written on None Call Me Mother.
I did, however, get really close to finishing my portion of When Valor Must Hold, the fantasy anthology coming out this year. I’m really excited, because all the stories are really good. Team “And More” did very well, not to mention all the cover writers.
One of my upcoming ramblings will be an AAR of this process, by the way.
I also revamped my website a bit. Go to www.robhowell.org if you want to see what I did. I’m still messing around with things a bit, but it’s getting there.
Also, the Shijuren wiki is temporarily down for some maintenance. I want to get that out of the way before releasing None Call Me Mother, as I’ll be adding all the new characters, places, and everything else.
I’ll also be improving a number of pages, cleaning up the info, adding some details, and putting in hints about the series to follow The Kreisens, mostly information about Amaranth and Euskalerria.
In other words, this was stuff that had to be done, so I didn’t waste the week, even if my mind was elsewhere.
What I’m Listening To
Rush. All of it. On repeat. Currently Cygnus X-1 from Different Stages.
Quote of the Week
“The treasure of a life is a measure of love and respect
The way you live, the gifts that you give
In the fullness of time
It’s the only return that you expect”
– Rush, The Garden
News and Works in Progress
- None Call Me Mother (97,812)
- CB (8,418)
Recent Blog Posts and Wiki Additions
- Rob’s Ramblings (40 Seconds to LOS): https://robhowell.org/blog/?p=1941
- Interview (Cedar Sanderson): https://robhowell.org/blog/?p=1956
Upcoming Events
- 24-27 January, ChattaCon, Chattanooga, TN
https://chattacon.org/ - 20-22 March, FantaSci, Raleigh, NC
https://fantasci.rocks/ - 12-14 June, LibertyCon, Chattanooga, TN
https://libertycon.org/ - 20-28 June, Ragnarok XXXV, Slippery Rock, PA
http://dagorhirragnarok.com/Home - 24 July-9 August, Pennsic, Slippery Rock, PA
http://www.pennsicwar.org/ - 3-7 September, DragonCon, Atlanta, GA
https://www.dragoncon.org/
Spotlight
This week’s spotlight is on Cedar Sanderson, one of the people who first read my stuff and gave me useful feedback, for which I’ll be forever grateful. Also, I really enjoyed her story Goddess’s Tears, which will be in When Valor Must Hold. You can find her interview here: https://robhowell.org/blog/?p=1956 and you can find her on Amazon at: https://www.amazon.com/Cedar-Sanderson/e/B006WFPHO6.
Today’s Weight: 399.7
Updated Word Count: 11,660
Shijuren Wiki: 874 entries
Let me know if you have any suggestions on the website, this email, or cool story ideas at rob@robhowell.org. Especially let me know of suggestions you have for the Spotlight section.
Have a great week, everyone.
Rob Howell
Author of the Shijuren-series of novels
- Website: www.robhowell.org
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- Shijuren Wiki: http://www.shijuren.org/World+
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well.org/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rhodri2112
Currently Available Works
Shijuren
- A Lake Most Deep (Edward, Book 1)
- The Eyes of a Doll (Edward, Book 2)
- Where Now the Rider (Edward, Book 3)
- I Am a Wondrous Thing (The Kreisens, Book 1)
- Brief Is My Flame (The Kreisens, Book 2)
- None Call Me Mother (The Kreisens, Book 3) Forthcoming 2020
Four Horsemen Universe
- “Where Enemies Sit” in For a Few Credits More (The Four Horsemen Universe)
- “A Sword for Striking” in Luck Is Not a Factor (The Four Horsemen Universe)
- The Feeding of Sorrows (Four Horsemen Tales, Book 11)
The Phases of Mars
- “Far Better to Dare” in Those In Peril
- “In Dark’ning Storms” in To Slip the Surly Bonds
- “Here Must We Hold” in Trouble in the Wind
Short Stories
- “A Gift of Crimson” in Hand of Gold and Other Stories (Pussy Katnip)
- “The Chaos of Well-Seeming Forms” in We Dare
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