Because I’m lazy, this week’s links are all things I should have blogged about this week.
Crowdfunding now! And Then: The Great Big Book Of Awesome is at Indiegogo. I really want this book to go ahead (though it looks like it’s two books now!) because it has my dragon circus novelette in it, about (broken) reformed assassins and trapezes and found family. Here’s a snippet:
Cicero was light in the air – as if a puff of that dry, sand-laced city wind might carry him away. Cato was more solid, moving like a knife through silk. They tossed Inga from one perch to another with a practiced confidence, as if she was a silk ribbon or a painted hoop.
Inga picked up their moves and cues and then developed whole new moves of her own, forcing the Birds of Paradise to follow or be left in her dust.
This was it. Kurt had lost her to the circus. First there were dragons and now they’ve taught her to fly. No coming back from this. She’s found her retirement plan.
I also have an article up in the latest issue of Writing Queensland Online! The topic is ‘Put Some History in Your Worldbuilding.’
I’ll be at Genrecon next week and hope to see many of you there. So exciting!
My Mistress of the Empire re-read at Tor.com is coming to an end (only 2 posts to go!) but my Jessica Jones coverage is only just beginning. You can read the first of my Alias re-read essays here and they’ll be updated each Monday until the SHOW STARTS OMG and then I’ll be reviewing those episodes too. Join me over there to read & comment & chat!
Alias is a fantastic, groundbreaking comic which integrated artist style into the narrative in such interesting ways, as well as telling a story which defies genre and gender conventions. I’m so glad to be able to talk about Jessica and her adventures (and her angst and her deadpan face) over the next couple of months.
Oh and don’t forget to support my Patreon if you like the things I put on the blog and want to give me time to do more of the same – I’m only $27 a month away from writing Wonder Wednesday, a regular column of superhero & comic news, commentary and hijinks!
EDIT: Also, check out this lovely review of Musketeer Space.
Finally, a project that has nothing to do with me except as an excited subscriber, check out this fabulous trailer for the upcoming Ellen Kushner (and team) serial, Tremontaine – I adore that it’s a trailer for the medium as much as the story.