A Short Story
People have been asking me if I’m getting all excited yet, and I know the answer should be yes, but it’s not.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m amazed and happy, but not really excited. I’m not scared either. Just . . . interested.
Less than a week before When the Sea is Rising Red hits shelves (in the US at least, not sure about SA dates) and there’s a feeling of release. This thing is really out of my hands now. Mistakes will have to go uncorrected, clunky lines left to clunk. People will hate it, or they’ll love it, or they’ll be meh on it (and they’ve been all these things, that’s because they’re readers, and this is just a book – as much as I love Tender is the Night, for example, I can’t make everyone give it five stars. Sadly.)
But I am excited about other things – opportunities that have been placed before me, waiting for me to find the courage to reach out for them; potential good news whispers; new books to read.
And this: my companion piece/prequel to my novel. It’s a short story called Mother, Crone, Maiden, and it’s up at Tor.com. It’s about how seeing the future isn’t enough to make you choose the right path. Pretty much. It also is illustrated with unbelievably gorgeous artwork from Goni Montes, and I adore that picture so so so much.
