Latest news on the writing front

List of stuff that’s happened in my career lately in lieu of a full blog post:

Just got Bantam’s cover art for Lilly’s Song, and it kicks ass (will post as soon as they confirm I can post it to the web).  I got an equally kick-ass blurb from George R. R. Martin for it:

S.A. Swann has written a spellbinding fantasy of the Teutonic Knights and the great Northern Crusade, set in a little-known period of history amidst the gloomy forests of Prussia and Lithuania. Vivid and visceral, dark and delicious, this one kept me turning pages from start to finish.

This comes on the heels of the one from Mary Balogh:

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It never ends. . .

About those counters I have in the sidebar here:  In one sense they tell you (and me) how close to completion a given project is.  In another sense, they’re a lie.  I am tracking, essentially, the progress of a first draft.  A worthy achievement, but nowhere near actually done.  My Read more…

Rewrite Done

Well, I’ve gotten through most of the editorial rewrite of Wolfbreed #1 (Yeah, I know, but I just e-mailed Anne a bunch of title ideas) and I’m going to go over copy-editing type stuff this weekend and hopefully send out the final draft to her and Eleanor by Monday. Most Read more…