There’s no way to catch up. I might as well start, at least. 🙂
It is the month-o-travel, more or less. We had Norwescon, which was a ton of fun–so many good people seen, an awesome release party for Julie’s Waking Up Naked in Strange Places, and lots of prints sold in the art show. There was also a custom framing service to go along with it, so you had the option to choose from several frames, looking for the one you liked or that would fit wherever you wanted to place it the best. I like when they go above and beyond like that.
I caught glimpses of the Author Guest of Honor, but that was about it.
throne detail
At Norwescon, we also got the news about this year’s Hugo ballot. My thoughts about that are complex and confused. And not very articulate. So you won’t be hearing about them here, beyond the fact that something that should be happy…isn’t.
From the con, we were off to one overnight with some friends in Seattle, and then up to Orcas Island, where we are still: doing another substitute innkeeping stint. Much shorter this time–only ten days–but the island is even more gorgeous than ever. And we want to move here. Some how, some day….
I enjoyed an author milestone today: a signing event with no sales. Okay, one sale, technically, right after the event ended, to a friend of ours. *sigh*
But in much, much better writing news, the acquisition of Per Aspera Press by Ragnarok Publication was finalized and announced! This is one of the things I mentioned a while back that I couldn’t tell you about yet. And now I can! I’m super excited about this. Working and publishing with Per Aspera has been amazing–and, at the same time, a bit overwhelming for us all. In partnering with Ragnarok, Jak and I will be able to keep doing all the parts of publishing that we’ve loved, while having a bigger, uber-capable team to support us and help bring all our books to the next level. Good news all around!
There was another thing in the works, that I still can’t tell you about yet–hopefully soon. And then another exciting secret appeared on the scene! So life stays interesting.
Later this week, we head up to Vancouver for a few days, while, not coincidentally, some nice Vancouverians go to stay in our house. I’ve never been to Vancouver before, believe it or not. Very much looking forward to that!
Oh and a certain little dude already knows how to smile:
So that’s a super-brief gloss of the last few weeks…more detail when I get a chance.