Boars and ravens and gold
Over on Gemæcce, my research blog, I’m having more fun with totems and banners, this time Edwin and Oswald. I consider the…
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Hild’s totems and banners
Over on my research blog I talk a bit about visible tokens of allegiance among armed groups, and make some guesses of…
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Menewood Q&A
When can I buy MENEWOOD? Where can I buy it? Will there be an audiobook? How can I get an advance copy?
Everything you need to know to get hold of MENEWOOD on (or before!) publication on October 3.
Read moreBig, Bold, Bloody and Beautiful
Behold! Hot off the presses: the ARC of MENEWOOD! Big, bold, bloody and beautiful!
Read moreOrlando on Friday: Menewood wake-up call!
In Orlando Friday morning? Come listen to me read the opening of MENEWOOD! 8:30 am—yes, it’s early, but… This.Scene.Will.Wake.You.Up!
Read moreMore about the cover of Menewood
Want to know even more about the delicious cover of MENEWOOD? Read on…
Read moreMenewood cover reveal!
The cover of MENEWOOD!! It is *gorgeous*. And some tidbits about what to expect from the book, coming 3 October. I. CAN’T. WAIT.
Read moreComing tomorrow: Menewood cover reveal!
Coming tomorrow the cover reveal for MENEWOOD! Plus a surprise extra…
Read moreIn 5 days: Menewood cover reveal!
COMING IN 5 DAYS! The *Menewood* cover reveal…
Read moreHieme Horribilis
It was a hard summer and spring is even worse—though there are two bright pieces of news. Here’s my update and explanation.
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2023: A Big Year
2023 is a year of Big Anniversaries—those ending in 0 or 5—marking significant life events for me and Kelley. Here are a round dozen of them.
Read moreHild, Menewood, and Meanwood
MENEWOOD—out October 2023—is an epic tale of seventh-century Britain: war and devastation, victory and peace, love and loss, grief and change, power and responsibility and joy and lust and friendship and belonging and change. But above all, it’s about Hild in the wild places of the world, becoming herself.
Read moreAestas horribilis
It’s been a very hard summer—though it hasn’t all been bad. Here’s my update and explanation.
Read moreFacing the Butcherbird
Here’s how I imagine Hild looks in Butcherbird mode, along with the shield her men carry as a threat and a warning.
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Spear updates
SPEAR won’t be out for another nine months but I have updates on images, page length, and audiobook
Read moreHild’s bynames #3: Little Prickle
Little Prickle, referring to the hedgehog, is as much a pet name for Hild as a byname.
Read moreHild art
I’m experimenting with making my own Hild-related art. So far it’s mainly animals…
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Read moreMenewood progress
When is Menewood coming out? I discuss timing and talk about a juicy post going up on Gemæcce
Read moreSpear—my short fantasy novel
I’ve written a new book: a short fantasy novel (my first!): Spear. It’s like Hild but with magic—the wild magic of the landscape, yes, the magic of love and the human heart, absolutely, but also the sword-swinging, monster-killing magic of myth and demigods…
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I have finished the first draft of MENEWOOD and it is huge! Huge and awesome! Awesome and exciting!
Read moreWhy I’m going to be saying No a lot
For the rest of this year and all of next I’m turning down professional invitations of every kind. I have work to do.
Read moreA writing update: Hild, Aud, Ammonite and more
New of Hild, Aud, Ammonite and more
Read moreWriting space, September 2016
On Monday Vulpes Libris republished a slightly edited piece about my writing space that I first published here five years ago. Here’s an updated look at that space.
Read moreHild cat pictures and fan art
I’m hard at work on Menewood, aka Hild II. So here are a bunch of cat pictures, that is, cats with Hild, followed by some Hild fan art. Some of these you will have seen before, some are new.
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Every New Year’s Eve Kelley and I do the same thing: sit before the fire with Champagne while we eat delicious things and talk. We talk about the year that’s passed and the year to come…
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