Rob's Update: Friends and Family
Week 35 of 2020
Greetings all
A week of things projects as much as writing. Only 3 real writing days, but still productive. Still getting over 2k per day done on The Ravening of Sorrows.
We finished a major project here that's been something we've been stepping around for months, but it's now to the finish work stage. We're really pleased to have that done.
We spent a lot of the week dealing with stuff. Neither of us have gotten great sleep for a while because one of us has had to sleep with the cat that was wearing a cone of shame. The cone of shame is off as of today and everything seems back to normal.
I'll be editing a short story next week and adding to The Ravening of Sorrows a bit. Then I'll be switching to editing None Call Me Mother. Getting close on that.
And with that, I'm going to go watch a movie with the sweetie.
What I'm Listening To
Good friends on a Zoom meeting call. It's good to see friends, even if only virtually.
Quote of the Week
Today is Mary Shelley's birthday and here's a quote from one of the founders of science fiction and fantasy. This is a perfect quote for writing SF/F.
"Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of void, but out of chaos." - Mary Shelley.
News and Works in Progress
The Ravening of Wolves (29,837)
CB (8,418)
AOOE (1,030)
Cynewulf (8,642)
Gato (2,312)
Recent Blog Posts and Wiki Additions
Didn't have a chance to work on anything else this week.
Upcoming Events
3-7 September, DragonCon, Atlanta, GA https://www.dragoncon.org/ Digital stuff coming, more information soon.
New Releases
This week we have a new release in the Fallen World, The Island of Dr. Laroue by Christopher Woods and Chris Kennedy. You can find it here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08GQ6R9VR/.
Also, we have a couple of entries on Bookbub this week. A Time to Die by Mark Wandrey is today. Tomorrow will be Jon Osborne's A Reluctant Druid. Both are 0.99 cents. The Bookbub links are awful, so click on the titles to go to those specials.
Today's Weight: 364.4
Updated Word Count: 234,350
Shijuren Wiki: 874 entries
Let me know if you have any suggestions on the website, this email, or cool story ideas at rob@robhowell.org. Especially let me know of suggestions you have for the Spotlight section.
Have a great week, everyone.
Rob Howell
Author of the Shijuren-series of novels
Website: www.robhowell.org
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Currently Available Works
Shijuren
A Lake Most Deep (Edward, Book 1)
The Eyes of a Doll (Edward, Book 2)
Where Now the Rider (Edward, Book 3)
I Am a Wondrous Thing (The Kreisens, Book 1)
Brief Is My Flame (The Kreisens, Book 2)
None Call Me Mother (The Kreisens, Book 3) Forthcoming 2020
"What's in a Name" in When Valor Must Hold (An Edward prequel story)
Four Horsemen Universe
"Where Enemies Sit" in For a Few Credits More (Revelations Cycle, Book 7))
"A Sword for Striking" in Luck Is Not a Factor (Four Horsemen Tales, Book 6)
Fire From Fire Quickened" in The Gates of Hell (Four Horsemen Saga, Book 4)
The Feeding of Sorrows (Four Horsemen Tales, Book 11)
The Phases of Mars
"Far Better to Dare" in Those In Peril
"In Dark'ning Storms" in To Slip the Surly Bonds
"Here Must We Hold" in Trouble in the Wind
Short Stories
"A Gift of Crimson" in Hand of Gold and Other Stories (Pussy Katnip)
"The Chaos of Well-Seeming Forms" in We Dare
"Nor War's Quick Fire" in We Dare: Semper Paratus (Forthcoming, 2020)
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