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My next book is out! The Rising Flood (book 3 -- not the final one -- in the Marek series)[0]. E-book only for now; paperback forthcoming in December.

I started editing it back in early 2020, under the fond impression that I'd whisk through that and be done with it by mid-2020. Ahahaha. Finally got it to the publishers about six months ago, so they've done a splendid job of rapid turnaround. Let's hope that book 4 (which should be the last one in the series, at least for now) edits happen a bit quicker.

[0] Book 1, The Deep And Shining Dark, and book 2, Shadow And Storm, if you missed either of those[1] & fancy a read.
[1] Shadow And Storm, unfortunately, had its paperback release on the same day the UK went into its first lockdown, so publicity kind of...suffered.

doop & I just spent a week in Les Arcs (somewhere in the Alps... not actually sure exactly where, but it took us about 5 hrs by train from Paris) throwing ourselves down mountains. Snowboarding is a very splendid thing, even if it did take me half the week to remember what the hell I was doing. Mountains lovely, injuries mostly moderately minor (though d did get to visit the doctor on day 1 after crocking his elbow).

Beastwatch: 4 penguins, 2 leopards, a koala, and a Jersey cow, all on skis; and Batman on a snowboard. (He waved at me, then fell over.)

Actual beastwatch: lots of tiny birds! And what looked a lot like hare tracks, but no actual visible hare.

ION: I am clearing out drawers again, & have a nice set of straight knitting needles, in a nice zip-up red case, that used to belong to my Mum. I never use straight needles, so really they ought to go to a better home. Anyone want them?

(While I'm at it: despite my best efforts to offload the lot on anyone who expressed even mild interest at my party, I still have a couple of copies of that book about Linux that I wrote to give away. Anyone want one? Happy to post.)