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Writing Strange Worlds and Interesting People. Karate Teacher, Cat Wrangler, Beekeeper, and SFWA Member. Bi/Pan, He/Him https://www.spacewizardsciencefantasy.com/
Did some Space Wizard updates today, as well as fleshing out the rest of the audiobook campaign for Lesbians in Space, and started on the Year 5 campaign coming in June! If you want to find out what books are coming, check it out here!
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Do you love #cozy #sapphic #romance and #Dnd inspired stories? Then check out Tavern Tale, by Kristina W. Kelly! The sequel, with even more of the world, releases tomorrow!
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Finished up the current editing job today! Also did a little more prep work on the audiobook campaign for Lesbians in Space, coming to you in March. If you want to find out more about it, sign up here!
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Learn the history of an entirely new world with three sentient species, in this anthology showing the timeline of the world! Created by Dan Eavenson!
#fantasy #sciencefiction #anthology
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Hopefully it goes well!
08.02.2026 11:22 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Should be able to finish this editing job tomorrow! I also got some prep work done for the audiobook campaign for Lesbians in Space, coming to you in March!
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I expect it's a lot greener!
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Two sisters escape confinement, learn seasonal fruit magic, and plot to overthrow a corrupt government in Fruits of the Gods, by William C. Tracy!
#fantasy #trans #sapphic
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Verne, a black and gray cat, snuggles a pink and black jacket on a bed.
Verne says it's very cold and he needs a jacket this #caturday
07.02.2026 18:12 β π 7 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Got another few chapters done in editing, and also got some preliminary sketches for new Dissolution Trilogy covers! Very excited to see those develop! I should be able to share at least the first one in a few more weeks!
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Enter an Indian mythology-inspired fantasy, where colonizing forces are threatening the future of peaceful villagers in Ajakava, by Chaitanya Murali!
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Didn't get any editing done today, as I got the Space Wizard finances done for January. Should be able to get a good bit done tomorrow!
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Quirk must deal with the space mafia in The Rigel Redemption by Robin C.M. Duncan!
#sciencefiction #mystery #thriller
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Thursday Tea is back! We have some tasty honey from New Zealand and a new shirt! Make sure to sign up for the audiobook campaign starting in March for Lesbians in Space, narrated by Mary Robinette Kowal!
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An 8:1 scale model of the miniature maker.
Jeff! The security guard for Weta Unleashed. He is a troll.
A Guinea Pig warrior with an axe!
And we're back home! Today was The Longest Day Ever, starting with a tour of Weta Unleashed in Auckland, then I gt the rest of The Healer's Magic edited and formatted, and started on a new edit. Time to crash!
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Nothing can go wrong at a genetic experimentation facility in The Carborundum Conundrum by Robin C.M. Duncan!
#sciencefiction #mystery #thriller
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A grumpy detective with a foulmouthed teenager thrust upon him must find a killer jumping android bodies in The Mandroid Murders by Robin C.M. Duncan!
#sciencefiction #mystery #thriller
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William C. Tracy sitting at a hobbit writing desk.
William and Heather at the entrance to a hobbit hole with a red door.
The path down Bagshot Row with yellow and red door hobbit holes.
William C. Tracy in front of Bag End, with the "No Admittance Except on Party Business" sign
Another few more chapters of The Healer's Magic edited today, and I'll certainly be able to finish the rest on the loooong plane flight back tomorrow. The rest of the day was Hobbiton!
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Maori carving of the front of a waka canoe from Te Puia.
Two of the five Te Puia geysers erupting, with water shooting out about 10 meters.
Te Puia members performing a Haka.
Got a few more chapters of The Healer's Magic edited, but most of the day was spent at Te Puia, learning about the Maori and seeing their hotsprings! Tomorrow is our last touring day before the flight home!
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Edi's mother gets turned into a mannequin by a ghost and it's up to Edi to fix it in Junk Junction by Sara Codair!
#fantasy #urbanfantasy #ghosts
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A view from a raised walkway of a sequoia forest, lit from below and above at night.
A series of scenic pointed cliffs jutting out into the bay, with a gannet colony visible on top of one.
The main gannet colony, with adult mated pairs and lots of nearly-grown chicks. They'll be making their way to Australia soon.
Got in late from a long day! I edited about half of the final version of The Healer's Magic, coming out in March, and we got a tour of the Cape Kidnappers gannet colony, then did the nighttime redwood walk in Rotorua!
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Enter a colony world torn between science and magic in Awry With Dandelions by J.S. Fields!
#sapphic #nonbinary #sciencefiction #fantasy
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Doyle and Verne sit in front of the windows with snowy weather outside.
The boys are braving the weather with the petsitter this #caturday
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A giant scale model of one of the officers at Gallipoli.
Two skeletons, of a male and female moa.
A very long Maori waka, which would seat around 30 people.
Got in about 1330 words on the new book today before touring the Te Papa museum in Wellington. We saw the Gallipoli exhibit, with giant sculptures created by Weta Workshop, along with Moa skeletons and Maori waka (canoes).
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Niall and Draven are separated across worlds and by magic, but once they make a connection, nothing can stop them being together in Crying Out For Magic by P.S.C. Willis!
#fantasy #gay #cozy #YA
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William Tracy gets picked up by a troll outside the Weta workshop!
A giant weta bug (in the middle of the picture) resting on fronds in red light.
William Tracy sits in the "get off the road" place where the hobbits hid from the black rider.
The back end of a kiwi, in red light, foraging at night.
No writing today because we had a busy day!
We toured the Weta workshop, had a leatherworking workshop, then went to Zealandia and saw a kaka parrot, a kiwi, and a Weta bug!
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A woman with social anxiety develops a relationship with a care bot in Isaac, by Allee Mead!
#sciencefiction #ace #cozy
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A seal hides under the netting at the salmon farm, looking to break in...
A seal turns over in the water and waves to us!
A pod of Hector's dolphins came up close to the boat!
Today we traveled up the last bit of the New Zealand south island to Picton and rode around the Queen Charlotte sound seeing the wildlife!
Also got 1800 words written on the new Shifting Lands book as we sailed back to port.
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Relic of Haven by Alex Kingsley is the sequel to the winner of the 2025 Small Spec Book Awards! Harvard and the crew are faced with a mysterious island across an ocean, where strange monsters abound!
#siencefiction #trans #nobinary
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A seal basks on the KaikΕura rocks.
The back of the sperm whale Rangatira (which means chief in Maori) as he dives.
The pebble beach of KaikΕura with the mountains in the background.
Continued our drive up the New Zealand coast to KaikΕura today and went whale watching! It was an amazing day with an incredible coastline. We got right up next to a sperm whale!
I also got in about 1620 words on the new Shifting Lands book.
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