One of these Beanie Babies is larger than the others.
It is once again Caturday! And I am healthier, and relieved, because I have a week and a half of work to catch up on. Which I've been busily doing the past couple of days.
I’m not sure this is broadly known—in fact, after talking with a bunch of you, I know it’s not broadly known—but our $1000-a-month goal, which we reached a while ago, is “I can write one major niche project a year.” Looking at that now, I feel like the meaning is a bit opaque, so I’ll state it more clearly: as an a...
2018-09-13 14:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostI looked up at the perfect blue plate of the sky, so far overhead. The spires of Kherishdar’s temple district touched it, gold flashes of fire in the sun. The breeze skirled past, bringing with it the perfume of incense, and it tugged me into motion, down the thoroughfares toward the gate. ...
2018-09-12 14:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
I hope you've had a good week! Mine has consisted of a fractured rib and a sinus infection. I am feeling sorry for myself and re-reading all of David Weber's older books from the center of a mound of tissues and afghans. (Don't feel the need to wish me well, I assume you are all rooting for me!)
One day I will get the cat to l...
2018-09-08 14:22:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe following morning I was spared—I think that’s the only appropriate word—the discomfort of a second not-quite-argument, for I found the first floor silent after my descent from my room. Not that I was the only one awake. The doors to the garden were open, and through them I saw Shame...
2018-09-06 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
When you lifted me from
the wreckage of my life
When you rescued me
and I felt your arms around me
your arms -
&...
Hello, Patrons! We come to the end of the summer at last! Schools are back in session, and soon the holiday shopping season will arrive. I’ve been busily at work, and as usual, here’s my monthly report on my progress so you know what I’m up to, what your coffee money is supporting, and what goodies you can expect in the fu...
2018-09-03 14:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
These photos of Ron Weasley the Cat are like a slide show of the softest spots in the house...
Anyway! It is September 1st, and next week there's going to be lots of content, with the progress and sales reports and both serials, etc. So instead of using Caturday for an update, instead I'll mention some books I spent the weeken...
2018-09-01 23:50:44 +0000 UTC View Post “I guess we’re playing District tonight?” Ajan said, interrupting their tacit argument. “What season are we starting in?”
“Winter,” I said. “We started in summer before.”
Ajan unfolded himself with a luxurious stretch and dropped i...
First, the cat:
No, the cat has nothing to do with the poll, except that it's Saturday, which means random cat picture.
But seriously, the poll!
I have been making bookmarks for my Kickstarters as stretch goal gifts, and I...
2018-08-25 12:41:48 +0000 UTC View PostI'm preparing the Amulet Rampant print edition Kickstarter for next month, which is requiring me to come up with some fun "extra/deleted scenes" or "more context scenes" material, and I wanted to see if any of you had anything you wanted first!
To refresh your memory, because the vignettes should take place during the...
2018-08-23 17:07:57 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 7: Family
The room across from Shame’s study was a private family room—by that I mean it had a door. The first floor was organized around the tsuni, the great room, a large space open to the foyer, the kitchen, and the gardens, and that was typically wher...
2018-08-22 14:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Several of you asked why I thought one-line reviews were so important, so, as always, I am here to answer your questions!
I have talked several times about the importance of a broad audience to an artist’s viability, but for those of you just joining us, I’ll reiterate that particular lesson because of 2018-08-21 14:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Yes, it is time for your Caturday photo. Shameless cat, sleeping amid all the soft things. *shakes head*
Quick news!
Episode 6: The Letter
There was no reading it at home. We lived in a big house, but not so big that there wasn’t always someone underfoot. And I, particularly, attracted attention; everyone wanted to make me feel welcome, as if being rakadhas was some sickness that...
2018-08-15 14:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm still deciding how this is going to work, but I think it'll go like this! On the 15th*, I will answer one or two of the questions asked, and then solicit new questions for next month! I think that's how I want to do it. I'm debating whether having the answers as a separate post would be better. I guess we'll just have to try...
2018-08-14 14:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Someone asked after Caturday, so I have supplied! Here is Ron Weasley the Cat, trying to assert his dominance over my territory, the round chair, by leaning on me. (You think I'm kidding, but he likes to sleep on it when I'm not on it, and when he found me on it, he lay down next to me and started biting me until I shoved him of...
2018-08-11 15:14:14 +0000 UTC View PostMy intent posting this on my blog was to get comments going over there, but people don't really comment over there. So let's try moving it here. (Discussion in the Discord chat, of course, stays in the Kherishdar channel, #tsuni!)
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Episode 5: Broken Tool
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2018-08-08 14:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
As always, I'm trying to figure out the best combination of transparency, effort, expectation, and coolness for this Patreon, something I do by watching my own behavior and guessing at what people would want based on what I would want, since I'm a pretty average sort of person. Then I run it by the Discord people. Who a...
2018-08-05 13:49:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Because skunks don't get enough love. Poor skunks.
The Kickstarter ends in two hours, at 9 am EST! Check it out if you haven't already and want to: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mcahogarth/some-things-transcend<...
2018-08-03 11:21:55 +0000 UTC View Post
July has ended! And such a July. It is time to discuss what I’ve been up to the past month! But first, some unavoidable factors affecting my pace: I lost about nine? Days? This month of work: 4 for Anthrocon, and 5 to the worst stomach virus I’ve had in ages. I was hard down for almost two days, like ‘I can’t even get ou...
2018-08-02 14:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostOoooh, oooh, NESTHAE
http://mcahogarth.org/2018/08/01/serial-kherishdars-exception-episode-4-outrageous/
2018-08-01 14:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Gouache are wonderful. They're like time-travelers. You squeeze them on a palette and they are creamy and soft and wonderful, and you use them and then put them away... upon which point they dry up into these chrysalises just waiting for revival into gloriousness with the application of water. I had literally left these paints o...
2018-07-30 15:58:24 +0000 UTC View Post
I am soooooooooooo happy with how this series looks now. :D
Spines too!
The Sword paperback is now ready--I literally just clicked 'go' on it an hour ago--so I've pushed the launch to August 1st to give Amazon time to link up th...
2018-07-28 14:03:21 +0000 UTC View PostIs now up! Go enjoy, and stop by Discord to chat about it if you want!
http://mcahogarth.org/2018/07/25/serial-kherishdars-exception-episode-3-pride/
2018-07-25 14:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostI'm hoping we get to the stretch goal where I get to write Sehvi and Vasiht'h talking! But I can't look because I've got errands to run, so... *crosses fingers and hopes it goes well while she's gone*
2018-07-24 14:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
...the forthcoming one, that is!
Tuesday, we get the PG2 Kickstarter launch! One week to $500! We can do the thing! I'm already working on the bookmark art. Just, you know, in case. I'm hoping I get to write the extra fiction bits in the stretch goals, though, 'cause those are going to be fun. One of ...
2018-07-22 14:28:36 +0000 UTC View PostSerial post today! Go get it at my blog!
http://mcahogarth.org/2018/07/18/serial-kherishdars-exception-episode-2-and-you-knew/
2018-07-18 14:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostIf you did first-reading for Sword (first or second time around) and would like your name in the acknowledgments, please tell me (here or in dm or email) how you'd like to be called out. I default to 'observe privacy' which means not mentioning people, so please tell me if you'd like me not to. :)
