{"id":780,"date":"2019-02-04T20:30:16","date_gmt":"2019-02-04T20:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ethshar.com\/serials\/?p=780"},"modified":"2019-02-04T20:30:16","modified_gmt":"2019-02-04T20:30:16","slug":"status-report-winter-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ethshar.com\/serials\/2019\/02\/04\/status-report-winter-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Status Report: Winter 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I’ve been neglecting my blogs because I’ve been busy with travel and other time-consuming things, but I think it’s time I said something<\/em> here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We sold our house in October, and after some extensive travel we’re currently living in Spain; I don’t expect to be back to the U.S. until November or December. My main computer is in storage; I’m getting by with my handy little Surface Pro 3. This limits my ability to work effectively, due to the small screen and keyboard, but I’m managing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Short stories: Release the Virgins<\/em>, featuring “Valedictory,” is out. Lace and Blade Vol. 5<\/em>, containing “An Interrupted Betrothal,” should be out on Valentine’s Day. “How I Found Harry’s All-Night Hamburgers” is scheduled for the March\/April issue of Asimov’s<\/strong>. “Personal Space” is scheduled for the October issue of Asimov’s<\/strong>. I have two invitations to submit short stories, both with May 1 deadlines; I’ve started writing one story but don’t even have an idea yet for the other.

Novels: I have four novels I’m keeping as active files and theoretically working on, but the only one that’s actually making much progress is Tom Derringer and the Steam-Powered Saurians<\/em>, which is up to page 146. The other three are Elfshot<\/em>, Stormchildren<\/em>, and Charming Sharra<\/em>, which are on pages (respectively) 18, 13, and 51.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Audiobooks: The audiobook of Dragon Venom<\/em> is complete and should be appearing on Amazon and Audible any day now. I have an agreement for Shawn Saavedra to do Touched by the Gods<\/em>, as well. I opened Tom Derringer and the Aluminum Airship<\/em> for auditions, but am having second thoughts about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And that’s about it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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