This Saturday, I will be presenting on Writer’s Research for the St. Louis Writer’s Guild.
You can join for free via Zoom.
I’m basically going to talk about how to do historical research and also chase down various things about writing. There’s going to also be a lot of Q&A, so if you’re wanting to pop in to ask me random questions there will be a chat available at that blog link. No, I will not be debating “What is the best fighter of World War II?”
Nor will I be getting much into Victorian-era work. Why? Well, in addition to not being a Victorian historian, two hours after I’m done, the indomitable Holly Messinger is also doing a talk for the Olathe Public Library. For those who don’t know Holly, she writes Weird West stories, does costuming, and also knows a bit of Kung Fu. If you’ve ever had a bunch of burning questions about Victorian-era dress, where to find Wild West information, or general gothic tid bits, it’ll be well worth your time to drop in. Here is the Zoom Link for Holly’s Presentation.
On another front, your humble narrator has just had an essay published in Proceedings‘ online magazine. This had been an entry for their General Essay contest, and getting selected for publication from the bevy of other essays is quite an honor.
In celebration of the presentation Saturday and Against the Tide Imperial‘s imminent release (I swear, it’s almost done), I will be placing On Seas So Crimson on sale for $.99 / £ .99 from 11 – 18 July on both the US Amazon and UK Amazon sites. (Sorry for any other Amazon sites, but those are the only two it will let me do a countdown for.)
In addition, Those In Peril, the first Phases of Mars anthology, is currently on sale for $.99 on Amazon and will be through Saturday, 11 July.
Last but not least, my novellas A Midwinter’s Ski and Pandora’s Memories will likely become audiobooks by the end of the year. I look forward to hearing them “brought to life” by a crackerjack narrator who sounds awesome, but more on that once things are closer to getting finished.
I will expound on many of the above things in my newsletter, but wanted to give people a quick heads up on some of the things going on. If you’re not a member of the newsletter, you can join it here.
