Mid-March 2025 - writing updates and working in the garden
and a reminder The Lost Star Chart is out
Hi Everyone,
The Lost Star Chart is out in the world, and it has already gotten some great feedback. It has some of my favourite characters I’ve ever written in it—including a holographic hippo. It’s escapist, sometimes silly fun.
I just got On the Edge of Knight and Day (the sequel to Hope is the Thing With Feathers) back from my editor. I’m now deep into working on it—including adding some fun details and tightening the story up. Right now I anticipate releasing it in the fall. I also have a first draft of an associated novella to this series which I get back to at some point (I’m not sure how I’ll release it yet).
And… I have a complete outline for my time travel novel done. I’m ready to start drafting, which is exciting.
Awesome Things
I’m currently deep into the novel Water Moon by Samantha Sotto Yambao and it’s a delight. I has the feeling of a Studio Ghibli movie (most specifically Spirited Away) yet it’s for adults. The main character inherits a pawn shop that is also a threshold between Tokyo and a spirt world. When her father goes missing she’s forced to venture deep into spirt world to find answers. It’s wonderful and I highly recommend it.
My Latest Mix Tape
I went for brighter colours and more mix media—in addition to the watercolours, there’s gouache layers, ink, acrylic marker and pencil crayon. Overall, I feel meh about it. I’ll attempt another one this weekend.
Along the same vein, I found this fantastic article about the nostalgia of mix tapes.
Cheers,
Jeannette
Looking for an escape? Here’s a bunch of great options:
My Books:
The Lost Star Chart - Out Now!!!
Hope is the Thing With Feathers - direct or from the shops
Encoded Orbits Trilogy
Fractured Orbits - direct or from the shops
The Alien Algorithm - direct or from the shops
Subject 34 - direct or from the shops
Settler Chronicles
Day 115 on an Alien World - direct or from the shops
Far Side of the Moon - direct or from the shops
Abandoned Ships, Hijacked Minds - direct or from the shops
The Alien Artifact - direct or from the shops
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