Serendib Writing

Writer Neepery

I spent an hour organizing the _Jump Space_ book, figuring out dates and such. Some parts are pretty locked down, others are more speculative, as they just have a sentence of story idea that may not coalesce into an actual story. But still, it’s interesting trying to figure out how best to put these pieces […]

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BOOK SOLD!

Delighted to note that while we still have contracts to finalize, etc., it looks like Riverdale Avenue Books will be bringing out the print edition of Jump Space in 2021. Constellation Press will edit the book and do the digital edition. (Yes, this is unusual, but it means I get to have Jed Hartman edit

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Pleased

Pleased to note that Riverdale Avenue (which took over Circlet Press, our original publisher) has kindly agreed to let us include _The Stars Change_ in the _Jump Space_ volume that Constellation Press will be putting out. (I think we actually have some plan to release it both with and without TSC , for people who

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Updating My C.V.

Updating my c.v. this morning, because I’m going up for hopeful promotion this year. I really should’ve done it last year, but the pandemic intervened, ah well. I’m currently Clinical Associate Professor; this would be going up to Clinical Full. (To clarify: I’m not on the tenure-track, but UIC has this rarely used Clinical position,

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Jump Space

While I’m announcing things, I think I may not have announced that I’m thrilled that Jed Hartman’s Constellation Press will be bringing out a collection of my Jump Space stories next year. Working title: “Jump Space”, because titling is hard. I admit, it does feel a little odd announcing it as a publication, given that

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Fall 2021 Picture Book

It looks like I’ll have a picture book coming out in fall 2021, which is exciting. More details when the press is ready to announce, but I’m just delighted. And I think it’ll even come out while my niece Savreen is still of an age to enjoy it, which is particularly pleasing. It’s about a

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The Element of Fire

I was feeling the need for comfort reading yesterday, but I wanted something new, and Martha Wells didn’t have another Murderbot book out yet, and I’ve read all her Raksura books, so I decided to go back and try her first series. The first book is “The Element of Fire”. She did something a little

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