Laura Anne Gilman @LAGilman@raggedfeathers.com

from the WiP:

"She did not think of herself as a particularly violent person, but there was no denying that the act of stabbing something could lift even the most melancholic of moods."

In which Rosemary is embodying Big Mood.

via CNN: BREAKING: David Koch, billionaire businessman and influential GOP donor, has died.

May his memory be for a warning.

5 hours left for the Sorcery and Steam Storybundle! Including my FROM WHENCE YOU CAME, involving magicians, scientists, and sea-monsters, and which SF Signal called "a thoughtful examination of the consequences of magic."

https://storybundle.com/fantasy

What's a #Storybundle?

A curated collection of 10 ebooks, available for a limited time only.

-Pay what you want ($15 to unlock the bonus)
-Zero DRM. The books are yours, forever.
-Support a nonprofit charity w/ your purchase!
-Support writers directly!

Check out our current Fantasy Storybundle at https://storybundle.com/fantasy) storybundle.com/fantasy

Having to do a line-by-line check of manuscript to previous edition of a book.

Send caffeine and pizza. No, more caffeine.

More than that.

You Might Live With Cats If:

I just described something as having the relative mass and volume of a catloaf.

Ireland, the Dublin WorldCon, and Moi. https://www.lauraannegilman.net/ireland-the-dublin-worldcon-and-moi/

News Flash: The "Sorcery And Steam" Storybundle is live!  (limited time offer) - https://mailchi.mp/1e93bf67b592/news-flash-the-sorcery-and-steam-storybundle-is-live-limited-time-offer

Frantastic 2.6 is up! In which Fran confronts a demon, and Amir may be hiding a deadly secret....

https://www.patreon.com/posts/28547532

Between travel, deadlines, WriterCamp, and Frontier fucking with my connectivity, I've been least in sight recently. This will probably continue.

Playing around with the bottle of pomegranate-quince balsamic vinegar I picked up last week, and I spy the bottle of vodka sitting there just waiting to be asked to dance.

Hrm, I sez.

Yep, I sez.

(still playing around w/ the percentages, but that works)

#drinkresponsibly

A good alpha-reader is compassionate but not kind, brutal without being mean, and answers to the book, not the writer.

In other news, I just sent the first chunk of the new book off to my alpha-readers.

Tonight's volunteer shift ran the gamut from a teacup Yorkie named Holiday to a 60-pound Pittie named Ginger. And they both wanted to give ALL the kisses & snuggles.

A woman on one of our walks thanked me for volunteering. But honestly, I get as much out of it as the pups do.

Kitten Season ™ has officially begun at the shelter, OMG. And several of them are escape artists, so cleaning their kennels was An Experience. 🤣

Also, my first time caring for a wobbly kitten. No video, because my hands were full, but he's Adorkable!

Seen on Route 99 near Green Lake (WA): a beat-up pickup truck, clearly used for working not commuting, with "terrorize this" in rainbow colors on the back.

I don't know who you are, truck owner, but I think I'd like to buy you a drink.

All that it takes for evil NOT to triumph is for people to say “no, I will not go along with it.”

In which I have some news.... https://www.lauraannegilman.net/a-good-run-and-a-new-run/

“And a demon? _Another_ demon?” My dad had perfected the long-suffering put-upon tone by the time he was eleven, according to nana.

“Not my fault!” Okay, it was kinda a little my fault, but not really.

#WiP #PatreonSerial