February 2020 Brings News
I’m sad I did not send this on 02/02/2020 because obviously why wouldn’t you want to? But I didn’t. Which is a lesson of itself: Don’t beat yourself up for the things you didn’t get done in an arbitrary time frame you set for yourself, when those things aren’t life threatening or crucial.
This month’s newsletter involves . . . . news.
First, I received so many entries for the giveaway for the ARC of The Book of Dragons that I decided to give away both my ARCs. Anthony and Kendra are the winners. Thank you all so much for entering. I appreciate each and everyone of you.
This is not the end of giveaways! At some point soon I hope, nay even expect, to receive ARCs for UNCONQUERABLE SUN. When I do, I’ll be holding another giveaway. We shall see how many ARCs I am able to give away (depending on how many my publisher sends me). Keep your eyes open. I’m hoping they’ll come in before the end of this month.
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AUDIOBOOK NEWS!
Macmillan Audio will be producing an audiobook of UNCONQUERABLE SUN, which should publish on the same date 7/7/2020 for those of you who prefer audio. The narrator is Natalie Naudus. She’s an experienced voice actor and has recorded over one hundred audiobooks. Very excited about this!
Preorders available at Audible.
But wait! There’s more!
At long last I can announce that audio rights for the first three Crown of Stars books have sold to Tantor Media. King’s Dragon is being recorded by voice actor Shiromi Arserio. I was able to chat with her about pronunciations, and it was great, so I am also very excited about this.
You can’t pre-order King’s Dragon yet, but here’s the link to keep an eye on its status. If you are an audiobook lover and want the entire series to eventually be produced in audio format, then I recommend buying the early volumes and, if you like them, encouraging your audiobook-loving friends to get them too.
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In the meantime I posted three older essays of mine on Substack. If you haven’t read them and are interested, they are:
The Omniscient Breasts: The Male Gaze Through Female Eyes (2012)
It’s Amazing the Things We Know That Are Actually Wrong (2012)
Is Fantasy Writing Gendered? (2016)
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No newsletter can be complete without the requisite photo of Fingolfin, High King of the Schnolder, aka Finn the goofball white schnauzer. Did I mention previously that the reason white schnauzers are white is because schnauzers have an undercoat and an overcoat, and for reasons unfathomable to me but surely having something to do with recessive traits, white schnauzers have no black, black/silver, or salt-and-pepper overcoat, only the silky soft-as-baby’s-hair white undercoat. Believe me, he is so so soft that people often just stand with their hands on him saying “he’s so soft!” No, really, they do. I do it too.
Here’s Finn at “camp” with a friend, aka I take him once or twice a week to a dog day care so he can spend the day playing with other dogs off leash in a safe, monitored environment. It’s great.
As always, thank you for reading.
Kate Elliott