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New cover art
And now for the reveal for Jewels of Darkover, due out May 2 2023.
Merciless Mermaids
Here's the cover art. Anthology due out August 2 2023.
Rook and Thorn Will Return
The five books in the Rook & Thorn alternate history series are coming back! They will be re-issued by Untreed Reads. Look for them to return to Amazon soon. The titles are: Perdition Purgatory Perfection Paradise Promised...
Two Shorts Coming Up!
In 2023, look for two short stories from me: "Goldeneyes" will be in the Darkover anthology Jewels of Darkover, edited by Deborah J. Ross. "Europa's Children" will appear in the anthology Merciless Mermaids, edited by Kevin J. Anderson. Also keep your eyes open for...
Rook & Thorn Will Return
I have received the official word that the rights to the Rook & Thorn books (Perdition, Purgatory, Perfection, Paradise, Promised Land) so I will be uploading them to Amazon at some point in the near future. So those books will soon be available again.
Ring of Fire Press
The passing of Eric Flint has precipitated a lot of changes for Ring of Fire Press. As in, it is currently defunct. If you go to any of my Rook and Thorn books on Amazon (Perdition, Purgatory, Perfection, Paradise, Promised Land) you will find they are currently "out...
Rook and Thorn
The fourth and fifth books in my alternate history series set in an alternate twenty-first century United States, should be out soon. Book 4: Paradise Rook and Thorn are introduced to the dangers of bioweapons. Who is behind the latest attack on the United States...
More Traveling
I went to Bukhara for a weekend. Here's some of the cool things I saw. It's more walkable than Samarkand, and my hotel was right in the heart of the old town, so the cool restaurants, historic buildings, and bazaars were right out the door. Nilufar explaining this is...
Exploring Around
I've been trying to keep up with classes, writing, sightseeing, YouTubing...there's so much to do! But here are a few pictures to show what's up in my life at the moment. Here I am helping Nigina chop the carrots and onion for the plov. The plov cooking on Nigina's...
Plov
On Sunday, Shokhsanam came by Mary's apartment to show Mary and me how to make plov. This is useful (especially for Mary and her daughter) because it is very difficult to find vegetarian meals here. Even if you order something without meat, it's going to be cooked...
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