Drive-By Blogging

[dancinghorse]

I've been trying to post for a week or two, but manage to time my posting attempts to the latest round of DDoS attacks. You think it's something I said?

We are all alive. Pooka is still healing--it's slow. Now he's in blankets (plural) as we go through an early onslaught of Real Winter. Cold days, frosty nights. Hard freeze tonight. We are testing the heated water tub. Will see how that looks in the morning.

Without Pooka to ride, I'm totally unfocused on the riding front. Capria is getting disgusted. Must try to do better, though the arena is underwater and it's cooooold. As in, highs in the 40sF. Even in New England, for early December that's brisk.

We've had much rain, as well--supposedly a La Nina year, but so far it's been a lovely wet fall and early winter. If we get any rain at all in January and February, the spring wildflower season will be off the charts. Autumn rains trigger the seeds to germinate. Winter rains help them along.

Now we're in the Holiday Black Hole Cluster. This year will be more interesting than most: we're having a Yoga/Horse/Writing retreat starting a week from Friday, and Camp Lipizzan in and around that. Much cleaning and prepping to do there.

And! I have a book coming. My World Fantasy Award nominee, working-titled "Alexander the Great in Egypt," is coming out in ebook form from Book View Cafe basically, now. It's called Lord of the Two Lands, and it's here. It's DRM-free, and has mobi/Kindle and epub versions.

Just for pretty, here's the cover:

Comments

[sfmarty.livejournal.com]

a beauty of a cover!

As for the rain, in San Francisco we are quite dry. Our rainfall is way below normal. Not complaining, mind you.

[electricland.livejournal.com]

oooh, exciting!

It's rainy here too. So rainy. It is now December, though, and I feel it should be snowing. Would happily share if you needed it.

[seachanges.livejournal.com]

I still have my hardcover of that. It's one of my favorite books, period. ♥

Also, I now have sympathetic shivers from your description of the cold. The front is supposed to reach us in another day or so. I've pulled out the flannel sheets in preparation.

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

Good to see your phosphors--I love that new cover!

[catsittingstill.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on your book. Book view cafe looks like a great place and I will have to go back and poke around.

[cypherindigo.livejournal.com]

Loud Cheers! Now I can replace the taped and rubberbanded mass market paperback. I don't pitch them until I find new copies; just in case I can't find new copies.

[badgermirlacca.livejournal.com]

Soggy here, but temps in the mid-sixties. I live in dread of January and February, but at least I've got hay.

Congratulations on Lord! Nice cover, too--where did you find that? Best of luck with it!

[estara.livejournal.com]

Bought! And I got Madeleine Robin's third regency romance while I was at it.

Good horse karma and health to all of you!

[rwglaub.livejournal.com]

That is one of my favorite books.

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

I'm so glad to hear Pooka is doing better. And yay on Lord of The Two Lands. I've been telling everyone to buy and read it for years. Now I can start all over again!

[hippoiathanatoi.livejournal.com]

Best wishes for Pookas continued recovery and congratulations on the book being out again. So great to have it as an ebook, I am already well into a re-read now. :)

[sea-pony.livejournal.com]

Hugs for Pooka! Patience for Capria! ;)