Happy New Year and PREORDER GIVEAWAY
Happy New Year! I’m not exactly New Year’s biggest fan…for one, it interrupts the holidays so rudely. “Hello, yes, I’m here now, festivities should end and you should start improving yourself…NOW.” And as we kvetched on a recent Worldbuilding for Masochists episode, it’s the weirdest time of year to associate with beginnings. The world is asleep, at least here in the Northern Hemisphere. It is not waking up anytime soon. I do not want to start things now, either, you weird construct of time. I prefer hibernation, as God clearly intended.
But good things happened in 2022, and it’s worth looking back and celebrating them (even if I have to do it now, instead of some reasonable time like…April. Heck, even the fall equinox. I would take the winter solstice, even. But I digress).
I published exactly ONE thing in 2022, a short story in the anthology Don’t Touch That! A Sci-Fi and Fantasy Parenting Anthology. It got a lot of Kickstarter love, so you might already have a copy, but if you don’t, I’m pretty proud of my little story and the others in the collection are absolute bangers.
I got to meet folks and talk about fun stuff at both ArmadilloCon in Austin, Texas, and at WorldCon in Chicago.
We had another great year of meeting fabulous writers and geeking over worldbuilding on the podcast, AND were nominated for a Hugo, AND got to go to the Hugo ceremony and meet even more fabulous humans. Plus, losing never looked so good!
And now it’s 2023! And I have a book out in about three months—NEW release date is March 28! (A couple weeks earlier than before!) . I’m excited…and nervous…to share Alaine, Delphine, and the Fae world with you. And since preorders are open NOW…
A Preorder Giveaway!
Everyone who orders by MARCH 1 is eligible* to receive:
Two bookmarks
Art card
Signed bookplate (for your copy when it arrives March 28, of course!)
All of these are created in Art Nouveau style by June Page
*Open to the first 100 respondents
One Grand Prize winner will ALSO receive:
Two of my favorite fantasy books from 2022 (TBD so we don’t duplicate your library!)
A handknit (by me) scarf (mistakes included)
All goodies will ship AFTER March 1. Already preordered? It’s ok—there’s instructions on how to submit your info on the form.
Fill out the preorder giveaway form here!
I hope you all enjoyed the holidays and are having a good start to the year!