Tag: folk music

Song of the Week

Delta Rae, “The Beast”

Good afternoon!

Preorders for The Book of the New Moon Door are officially closed! I’ve ordered the books from the printer, and hopefully I’ll have some more news about that soon. The book officially releases December 15, when it will be available from all the major online retailers (Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Apple Books, probably others too).

The last two chapters of the serial version of New Moon Door will be up here on the blog on Wednesday. I’ll be working on getting Journey to the Water running again, so expect to see new chapters in the next couple of weeks. I’m hoping to publish Journey next year, so I’d better get on that.

Tell President Biden to redouble his efforts to renew the ceasefire in Gaza. Win Without War is hoping to collect 10,000 signatures today.

Thanks for all you do! Have an excellent week.

Song of the Week

The Decemberists, “O Valencia!”

Good morning!

I am almost done with the Great Rewrite! This week, I’ll be finishing up my new draft of The Book of the New Moon Door, doing some final edits, and getting everything formatted with IngramSpark. My beta readers have been hard at work, and Brooke (of the Figuratively Speaking Tarot) has painted me a cover, and I’m so excited to show it to you.

A rough schedule for this week:

There will be a new chapter on Patreon tomorrow, and last week’s chapter will be here for free reading on Wednesday. We are racing toward the end! Just as a reminder, the published version will have some significant differences from the serial version, including a different ending. I hope you enjoy both versions.

On Friday, I’ll stop back in for an update on the publishing process.

The cover reveal will be on Monday, November 20, which is also when I’ll open up preorders for the third and final time.

Thanks for being here! Have an excellent week.

Also, our pressure on Congress and the Biden administration is working: keep calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. Saving lives is the most important thing.

Song of the Week

Al Stewart, “Roads to Moscow”

Good morning and happy Monday! Here’s a little historical journey for you.

The newsletter goes out tomorrow at noon my time (US Central). If you aren’t on the mailing list and would like to be, put your email in the box at this link. Don’t forget to check your inbox for a confirmation! (I’ve tried to embed this form, but MailerLite and WordPress don’t play nice together.)

There will be a new chapter of The Book of the New Moon Door on Patreon tomorrow, and last week’s chapter will be up here to read for free on Wednesday. Part Three is undergoing the most changes as I work on rewrites, and I hope you enjoy both versions.

I plan to open preorders for the third and final time (with the fancy packaging and everything) the week of November 20. I’ll keep you updated as my files get approved and I can start ordering.

As always, thanks for being here, and have an excellent week.

Song of the Week

The Tallest Man on Earth, “The Sparrow and the Medicine”

Hello! It’s Monday again.

The What the Hex Autumn Witches’ Market is this Sunday! Brooke and I will be at Dresden Castle in Cudahy, WI, and doors open at noon. Admission is free! Here’s a link to the Facebook event for more details.

This market will be the second opportunity to preorder The Book of the New Moon Door. The third and final opportunity will be on this website in late November. More on that next month.

Also, if you signed up for the newsletter, be sure you check your email for the confirmation! You won’t be added to the list unless the mailer program is very sure you consent.

I am still deep in rewrites, so please enjoy a new chapter on Patreon tomorrow and last week’s chapter here on Wednesday.

Have an excellent week!

Song of the Week

Basia Bulat, “Already Forgiven”

Good morning!

If you’re here from Bitchcraft Fair, welcome! And if you signed up for the newsletter, be sure to check your inbox for a confirmation email. I’ll be sending them out right after I post this.

While I work on getting The Book of the New Moon Door ready for publication, you can read the serialized version here. There will be a new chapter on my Patreon tomorrow, and last week’s chapter will be up here to read for free on Wednesday. All the previous chapters live under the Stories tab above (under the Menu if you’re on mobile). The published version will differ in several ways from the serial version, but there may still be spoilers.

Whether this is all old news to you, or if it’s your first time here, I appreciate you. Have an excellent week.

Song of the Week

Hozier, “De Selby (Part 1)”

Good morning!

I’m continuing to work on The Book of the New Moon Door. I’ll be back at the end of this week with an update on an estimated release date. The short version: this is a big book (not Wheel of Time doorstopper big, but about twice as long as Beyond the Frost-Cold Sea), and an October release date is probably out of reach, but I plan to prepare some extremely fancy signed preorders for my two events in October.

In the meantime, I’ll have a new chapter on Patreon tomorrow and last week’s chapter here for free reading on Wednesday. I hope you’re enjoying the serial version, and I hope you’ll enjoy the published version more.

Thanks for being here! Have an excellent week.

Song of the Week

Wickerbird, “The Fold”

Good morning!

I’m neck-deep in The Book of the New Moon Door and enjoying the one day I can keep the windows open before the heat hits again. When my cats can’t watch the birds and insects flying around, preferably from right up against the screen, they get antsy. Winter is a hard season for them.

While I work on rewrites, you’ll have a new chapter of New Moon Door on Patreon tomorrow, and last week’s Patreon chapter will be up here to read for free on Wednesday. Also, August is almost over (how??), so the newsletter will go out next week. Here’s a signup link if you haven’t done so already.

As always, thanks for being here. Stop by again soon!

Song of the Week

Darby DeVon, “The Knight at Dublin Castle”

Hello! It’s Monday again.

First and most importantly: on Sunday (the 16th), I’ll be accompanying Brooke and her Figuratively Speaking Tarot to the What the Hex Summer Witches’ Market! It will be at Dresden Castle: 3775 E Underwood Ave, Cudahy, WI. Admission is free, and the doors will be open from noon until 6, and there will be mermaids. Here’s a link to the Facebook event if that’s where you like to keep track of things. I have been moving HEAVEN and EARTH to get enough copies of Beyond the Frost-Cold Sea in time for you! I hope to see you there!

In the meantime, I’ll have a new chapter of Journey to the Water up on Patreon tomorrow, and the latest chapter of The Book of the New Moon Door will be here Wednesday. Also, I am halfway through the Great Reread of New Moon Door. I’m hoping to finish that before the end of the month and make some structural changes in preparation for a Great Rewrite in August.

Thanks for being here! Have an excellent week.

Song of the Week

Rhiannon Giddens, “O Love Is Teasin'” (Traditional)

Hello! Happy Monday! I hope you’re well on this fine morning.

ETA: Happy Juneteenth! I didn’t realize what day it was.

I regret to inform you that there will be a minor disruption to the normal posting schedule. Between travel and recovery from travel, last week got away from me, and this week looks similarly busy between my cats’ annual checkups and several home improvement projects. There won’t be a new chapter of Journey to the Water this week, but the latest chapter of The Book of the New Moon Door will be up here on Wednesday. I should have a new Journey chapter ready by next week, so your regularly scheduled nonsense will resume shortly. I’ll also have an update on New Moon Door‘s editing progress soon.

As always, thanks for being here, and have an excellent week.

Song of the Week

Orville Peck, “Big Sky”

Good morning!

Firstly, I am happy to announce that The Book of the New Moon Door is complete! I am the proverbial day late and a dollar short, of course, but it’s done. Final word count for all three parts, including chapter headings, is 170,764. This will probably change significantly as I go through the editing process this summer. New Moon Door has been the least structured of my serial novels (which is a gentle way of saying “I was definitely making this up as I went”), and I’m looking forward to pruning it into shape.

This week, I’ll have a new chapter of Journey to the Water on Patreon tomorrow, and the latest chapter of New Moon Door will be up here on the blog Wednesday.

As of right now, here’s the plan for all my projects going forward: Journey and New Moon Door will continue their biweekly schedule while I’m editing New Moon Door. I’m aiming to publish New Moon Door this year and Journey next year. In between those, I want to revisit The Well Below the Valley and The Tarot of the Gates, possibly rewriting and reformatting the former before writing some new content for it.

I’ll keep you updated as things progress! Thanks for being here, and have an excellent week.