Song of the Week

Wilsen, “Sirens”

Good morning!

Brief catch-up in case you missed it: The Book of the New Moon Door is showing up on various audiobook platforms, and paperbacks of all my books are on sale until the end of the year.

I’ll have another page of Last Watch Before Dawn for you tomorrow. It will be the last page of this first chapter, so next up will be some bonus art, and then we’ll be moving onward and forward and meeting some new characters! I’ll try to get the bonus art out later this week, but you may have to give me some grace around the impending holiday. I have so many pies to make. Going forward, I am going to try to stick to a posting schedule of Tuesdays and Fridays with (hopefully) minimal interruptions.

A couple of petitions:

Via CHN Action: Demand Congress reverse SNAP cuts

Via the Workers Circle: Shut down Alligator Alcatraz

Via No Business With Genocide: Stop the UAE from fueling genocide in Sudan

I’ll be back soon with more comic. In the meantime, take care and stay warm, and I hope you have plenty to eat whether or not you’re observing Thanksgiving.

Last Watch Before Dawn: Volume 1, Page 8

It’s 4:30 on Friday, but I did it! Two pages before the end of the week!

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Holiday Sale!

From now through the end of the year, you can purchase each of my books in paperback directly from the printer at a discounted rate!

Get Beyond the Frost-Cold Sea (super gay sword-and-sorcery) for $12/£10 (down from $14.99)

Get Journey to the Water (super gay sword-and-sorcery, part two) for $15/£12 (down from $19.99)

Get The Book of the New Moon Door (steampunk/Gothic horror/murder mystery) for $16/£14 (down from $20.99)

In addition to giving you the sale price, using these links also gives me a slightly better cut than I’d get from a retailer like Amazon. I hope this helps a bit with your holiday shopping!

Also, if the audio of The Book of the New Moon Door disappeared from your preferred audiobook source, it should be back shortly. There was an error in one of the files, and I believe I have fixed it.

Last Watch Before Dawn: Volume 1, Page 7

Here it is! Let’s see if I can do another one before the week is out.

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Song of the Week

Huun-Huur-Tu, “Orphan’s Lament”

Good morning!

I had a lovely time at Story Keepers Books on Saturday. I love meeting readers the best, but I often meet other authors, and since I’ve been doing this for a little while, sometimes they ask me about independent publishing. This happens often enough that I think IngramSpark should give me a sponsorship for all the free advertising I’m giving them.

Even though they definitely won’t, I can still answer your questions. I’m mostly making things up as I go along, but I did finish three books and get them out into the world, so I guess I know something? Comments are open, in any case.

My goal for this week is to finish the next page of Last Watch Before Dawn today or tomorrow and finish another page by Friday. We’ll see how it goes.

Some petitions:

Via Save the Children: Speak up for Afghanistan’s children

Via Civic Shout: Stop Trump’s anti-trans passport rule

Via Win Without War: No US arms to the Israeli government

Via Eko: Stop arms for genocide in Sudan

That’s it for now. Thanks for being here, and stop by again soon!

Last Watch Before Dawn: Volume 1, Page 6

Making progress! There must be a better way to format speech bubbles, but I have yet to discover it.

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Song of the Week

Hozier, “Empire Now”

Good morning!

In case you missed it, The Book of the New Moon Door is now available on more audiobook platforms. It may also be available from your library’s digital catalogue! If it’s not, you can always request to be notified if and when it’s available. If enough people do that, the library will buy a copy.

I’m working on another page of Last Watch Before Dawn, and I should have it ready by Wednesday. I’m hoping to get to a pace of two or more pages per week, so as to finish the first volume before the heat death of the universe.

On Saturday, I’ll be at Story Keepers Books in West Allis, WI for a Meet the Author event! The address is 7035 W Greenfield Ave, and the event runs from noon until 3. Bring books for me to sign! The shop has a few, also. More information can be found here.

A couple of petitions:

Via Women’s March: Abolish ICE

Via IfNotNow: Stop home demolitions in Umm al-Khair

Via CHN Action: Governors must demand SNAP funding

Via Civic Shout: Call for an immediate ceasefire in Sudan

That’s all I have for today! I’ll be back later with more comic, and I hope to see you at the bookshop on Saturday.

Last Watch Before Dawn: Volume 1, Page 5

Dialogue! Finally!

Edited to add: WordPress’s suggested tags on this were “Bible,” “Jesus,” and “Christianity.” Why, WordPress? Your AI is drunk.

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The Book of the New Moon Door: Audiobook now available!

Digital audiobook cover of The Book of the New Moon Door. A dark, distorted cityscape featuring a church, several houses, and a plaza paved in a spiral. By Madeline Crane, read by Beni Vaganov and Rachael Brolin

IT’S HERE!

Here are all the places it’s available right now (10:15 Central US, Monday, November 3):

Barnes & Noble/Nook
Libro.fm
Chirp
Bookbeat
Kobo
Apple Books

Edited 11/6 to add:

Google Play
Storytel

Edited 11/10 to add:

Audiobooks.com
Spotify

More platforms should carry it soon, including hopefully some libraries. I’ll do another round of searching in a week or two and update you.

Song of the Week

Chasing Abbey, “Íorónta”

Good morning!

I hope you had a happy and safe Halloween. I would like to report that my baby was extremely adorable in her dragon costume.

I was hoping to get some drawing done last week, but the audiobook ended up taking up all my time. In related news, THE AUDIOBOOK IS LIVE! I’ll be back shortly with links and things for you!

So, I’ll be drawing this week, and will hopefully have a page for you by Wednesday. Now that the audiobook is done, I will try yet again to get back to a good working and posting schedule.

A couple of petitions for today:

Via CHN Action: Governors must demand SNAP funding for November

Via Win Without War: Tell governors to resist occupation of our cities

Via No Business With Genocide: Stop the UAE from fueling genocide in Sudan

I think that’s it for now. I’ll get to work on those audiobook links.