And a writing update

Having a novel making the rounds with publishers must count as one of the Circles of Hell. TRIBULATION'S WAR has garnered some tremendously flattering rejects, but they're still rejects. I still have hope, but it's not easy; in fact it's horribly hard, to struggle to get every historical detail right, to struggle with recalcitrant inspiration and emotional overload, and to have the damn thing still not be good enough.

STEALING THE SUN has been delivered in draft to my agent. I meant to take a break for a while -- like, say, a couple of months -- but it didn't happen, and I expect RIDER ON A NARROW WAY to be finished by some time this spring or early summer.

--Kyri