So I’m sitting in a session at Realm Makers 2015, called “The Fabric of the Cosmos: Philosophy and Theology as Found in Science Fiction and Fantasy.” Which is a pretty fascinating topic, really.
And the speaker, Steve Laube (both an agent at Steve Laube Agency and editor at Enclave Press) mentioned something I’ve heard before, but it’s not the kind of thing that gets old.
Remember that lovely cover I showed you last week? Now it’s got a whole book to go with it. Scarecrow releases today!
Yes, I know it’s been a busy few weeks, what with Corvidae and Mythic Indy and Scarecrow and all, but Scarecrow has my story “Judge and Jury,” which continues the story begun in Corvidae. Each can be read alone, but together they’re like, um, chocolate and peanut butter. Which actually sounds really good right now….
I’m not gonna lie — I am not a fan of crowdfunding an unknown creative project. Every time I see someone posting, “Hi, you don’t know me and I have no evidence of work ethic or talent, but please give me thousands of dollars to encourage me to be artistic,” I get a little rage-y on behalf of all those who do the work first.
It’s a bit different when it’s an established creative who has proven talent. I have contributed to crowdfunding projects by artists whose work I’ve enjoyed previously.
And it’s more different still when the crowdfunding is to enable 100% of the sales to go to a good cause, without having to first pay back production costs.
Guys, I have the Scarecrow cover to share, and it is pretty.
Granted, I’m an autumn-lover, so I have a natural bias toward this palette and subject matter. But, pretty.
Are you ready?
So if you need a copy of Fae to boost your chances in the #ScarecrowSelfies contest, here’s your chance!
Fae is on sale for just $.99 through July 29, 2015. at all the usual favorite retailers. You can find it at Amazon, or pretty much any other seller of ebooks you can legally find.
Who wants free books? I know, that’s a dumb question.
Who wants their birthday and Christmas shopping done early? Yeah, that’s another easy one.
So Corvidae released yesterday, and today I thought I’d share some bonus content. Twitter personality Magnus E. Magpie wrote short reviews of each story and poem included in Corvidae. You can find them all collected at editor Rhonda Parrish’s blog, so hop over and give them a browse.
Well, I got up about 25 hours ago, and my body thinks it’s 8 am Danish time, and I just finished a 9-hour flight and a 4-hour car ride with an 8-week old puppy, so this is gonna be a short post. Here’s what you need to know: Corvidae…
Remember how I said there were some new stories coming? They’re nearly here.
Today, let’s see the cover for Corvidae, an anthology of ravens, crows, magpies, jays, and more.
For a story in progress (now available!), I was doing some research on infrasound and sea animals and hydrophonics, and I happened across this amazing and terrifying recording.
The March 11, 2011 Tōhoku earthquake off Japan, which produced a devastating tsunami killing perhaps 16,000 people, was recorded by a hydrophonic array in the Aleutian Islands, more than 900 miles away. Despite the great distance, the recorded seismic disturbance is the loudest they’ve ever captured, even louder than the nearby underwater volcanoes.
Listen all the way through to the end, when the sound simply buries the microphone. It’s terrifying.
