July Nights
Dear old friends of the blog have been after me to write more here. I’m writing a whole lot in real life, by grace — wrapping up the edits to the second book in my series, which hopefully will find … Continue reading
Tag Archives: A Green and Ancient Light
Typewriter Mania and the Modern Writer
I got to write a guest post for Tor.com! It is live now, and here’s the link: Typewriter Mania and the Modern Writer The new book comes out this week! Friends are starting to see it in Barnes & Noble … Continue reading
Cleaning the “Silent 8”: History, Imagination, and Inspiration
Little by little, in breaks from checking galley proofs, I’ve had the joy of cleaning up this beautiful octogenarian typewriter, which brings our “fleet” up to five: This was a miraculous find on eBay, being sold by a nice couple … Continue reading
New Book Cover Revealed
This week, Saga Press unveiled the cover for A Green and Ancient Light! (This is the novel formerly called The Sacred Woods.) The design team have truly outdone themselves, and they were even willing to make some adjustments based on a couple … Continue reading
The Old Well
The following is an excerpt from A Green and Ancient Light, an unpublished collection of vignettes which I wrote in the summer of 1990. It has been slightly edited for readability. The Old Well Nothing can keep a secret like … Continue reading
A Green and Ancient Light
So far, so good: my agent reports that he’s read the first 50 pages of The Star Shard and likes it. Says he has some notes about fairly minor stuff, but overall, he says he hopes this will persuade the … Continue reading