Week 9 of 2024
Greetings all
Happy Leap Day. Congrats to all the people who were born on February 29th and get a birthday every 4 years (well, except for years evenly divisible by 100 but not by 400).
I had another productive week, especially with Paladins of Valor. It’s now a complete manuscript and went off to the editor on Tuesday.
Plus, I got to see the first draft of the art by J. Caleb Design. Great stuff! We’ll have a reveal at some point in March.
However, to get your whistle wetted, we’ve got interviews with some of the authors in Paladins of Valor writers. I’ll post those on my blog in the middle of April as we get close to the release.
However, you can get a sneak peak on these interviews by joining the New Mythology Mailing List here: chriskennedypublishing.com/fantasy-mailer/.
I got a goodly amount of writing done, both in The Feasting of Vengeance and a new sooper sekrit project. It’s in bits and pieces on a few different computers, but I got about 5k done all told.
I spent the past week editing a bunch of stuff in Okkorim in order to have new modules looking ship-shape for Gary Con in a less than a month. OMG, it’s less than a month!
Speaking of things sneaking up on me, Planet Comicon is next weekend! Whaaa? How did March get here so fast?
In any case, I’ll be in booth 1746. Come on by!
With that, I’m getting back to writing. Have a great week!
What I’m Listening To
I thought I’d change this up to new and cool stuff that I found, and some weeks that will still be the case. However, I’ve honestly had my head buried in work, so I barely notice anything new.
Quote of the Week
The Riddlemaster of Hed is such a good book, one of those books I read in grade school that inspired my love of fantasy. Happy birthday to Patricia McKillip and many thanks to her memory for all the inspiration she gave to bunch of us.
“When you open your mind and hands and heart to the knowing of a thing, there is no room in you for fear.”
― Patricia A. McKillip, Riddle-Master
Dragon’s Tidings
We have a bunch of new stuff. Dozens of new bolts of fabric and hundreds more books. Come in and see all the cool stuff!
Check out our class schedule:
reddragonquilts.com/calendar.htm
New Mythology Works in Progress
I’m pleased to announce the 2024 FantaSci Short Story Contest. Get the details here: chriskennedypublishing.com/2023/03/28/2024-fantasci-short-story-contest/.
Of note, this now includes our recent releases, so if you’re not sure what we’ve put out lately, you can go here and check.
Rob’s Works in Progress
- Sowing Spring’s Wrath (3,213)
- The Feasting of Vengeance (4,809)
Upcoming Events
- Planet Comicon, March 8-10, Kansas City, KS
planetcomicon.com/ - GaryCon, March 21-24, Lake Geneva, WI
garycon.com/ - FantaSci, April 19-21, Durham, NC
fantasci.rocks/ - LibertyCon, June 21-23, Chattanooga, TN
libertycon.org/ - Pennsic War, July 26 – August 11, Slippery Rock, PA
pennsicwar.org/
New Releases
This week we have book 2 in James Fox’s Sol Saga universe. It’s called Retaliation and you can get it here: amazon.com/dp/B0CW29B39G.
Your pre-release this week is Fallout on Darsaana, most Salvage Title action from Melissa Olthoff. Get it here: amazon.com/dp/B0CW1FNXP1.
Tracked Items
My Weight Today: 369.0lbs
Updated Word Count: 81,777
Firehall Sagas Archives: 758 entries
Have a great week, everyone.
Rob Howell
Creator of the Firehall Sagas Universe
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