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Thursday News Bites - By Imperial Decree Pre-order!

11/12/2020

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It's almost time. A brand new ESTO Universe novella launching on November 17 - a thing that hasn't happened since 2013!  Up for pre-order now!

By Imperial Decree - where we get to explore more of both the Galactic Hansa and the Altairian Empire through the setting and the characters. There's royalty/commoner and fake engagement tropes going on, an AI ferret, and a lightning sword.

You may even, if you're very polite, meet the Empress. \o/

Come pre-order your copy here :D :

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08MZ84C87

https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/by-imperial-decree

https://books.apple.com/lu/book/by-imperial-decree/id1539353735


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Thursday News Bites - Coming Soon and FB Live

10/29/2020

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Where are we now? Briefly, the rewrites are done after content edits. So far, we're still on track for 11/17 for By Imperial Decree.

Um, my 30K novella is now 38K, but that's not as huge a jump as some rewrites have been this year (*cough* A Fine Mess *cough*.)

Sooooon....

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Also, I'll be doing a Facebook Live Ask Me Anything hour on Sunday, November 1.

1 pm EST, my FB group. It's a public group, so I think anyone can come?

https://www.facebook.com/groups/angelmartinez/


Come chat with me! :D
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Thursday News Bites - Rolling along!

10/8/2020

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Some snips and snails about Where Things Are:

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  • By Imperial Decree: an ESTO Universe novella
Is being picked apar-- um, looked over by the content editor. Currently around 31K, final word count still to come. If you'd like to see the blurb and stuff, that's up at the publisher.
  • The Anti-Quest
Writing has begun! I'm finishing up chapter one this week. No full blurb yet, but have a tag line:
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It's a simple old story--princess, dragon, knight--simple unless they're all the same person.

  • Audiobooks in process!
Vance is barreling through A Fine Mess - I can't wait for you all to hear All The Voices!

Laila should be finishing Safety Protocols for Human Holidays a little before schedule. So looking forward to having that out there for you!

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Thursday News Bites - The Dreaded Writing Calendar

10/1/2020

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The calendar is booked out for quite a while. (2023? Something like that.) My editor has the whole list, but I find it's best to concentrate on the things in front of me so I don't run screaming into the void.

So what's in front of me? Three things:

By Imperial Decree (an ESTO story)

This will be one of the shorter ESTO works, probably under 30K, about parts of the galaxy we haven't visited yet: a mechanic on a Galactic Hansa station and the Altairian prince who sort of falls into his lap.
  • On the last chapter, should be finished this week
  • Release date may be pushed back a smidge at the publisher, but it shouldn't be too bad
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The Anti-Quest

Slated as this year's lesbian science fiction humor holiday story. I'll be getting started with the actual writing as soon as Imperial Decree is finished.

Snillek inherits her estranged mother's royal throne, much to her dismay. There are secrets. There is a serious misunderstanding. Shenanigans ensue. (No, that's not the real blurb. Editor would never speak to me again.)
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Geoffrey the Very Strange (part of the Magic Emporium collection coming out next year)
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It's all the fault of the folks at Queer Sci Fi. Honestly, I can't remember how it came up, but I'd made an offhand remark about an theoretical necromancer named Geoffrey the Very Strange who proposed the use of seashells instead of blood magic.

Um. Yes. Shenanigans ensue. There are notes and a general plan. This one's due out sometime in March of 2021.
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Thursday News Bites - Surprise Audio!

9/3/2020

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We kept it kind of secret-ish, but with the lovely refresh on the ESTO Universe covers, MCB decided to do an audio for *drumroll****

Prisoner 374215

Ken Teutsch/Bill Hare did a wonderful job on the voice work and we're now just waiting on approval at ACX. I'll certainly let you know when it's up!

Hooray! 
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Thursday News Bites - Message is Out! And ESTO Updates

8/27/2020

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Someone left the door open at the publisher and A Message From The Home Office got out! It's out there at the book vendors running around without supervision!

​You can grab a net and snag your own copy at the links below :)

Mischief Corner Books
Amazon    
Barnes and Noble   
Kobo
Apple 
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Also - some quick updates on ESTO stories:

Prisoner 374215 has a stunning new cover and will be going into audio production soon. More on that later.

A Matter of Faces also has a fabulous new cover.

Both of these shorter works will be joined by a new ESTO novella in October - By Imperial Decree. Fingers crossed that I don't foul up the deadline.

Don't these covers look wonderful together?
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Thursday News Bites - 12 Days Until Messenger and The Next ESTO story

8/13/2020

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A Message from the Home Office releases 8/25! 12 more days! All the pre-order links are up if you want to snag it beforehand. :D 
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Amazon    
Barnes and Noble   
Kobo
Apple  

Next up is an ESTO story and takes place in a part of the universe we haven't visited before: a Galactic Hansa station. I'm about halfway into the writing (I think), and there is a blurb now. :D

By Imperial Decree

Marsh Kensinger's work as the utility mechanic for Bremen Station keeps his life interesting - but never quite as interesting as finding a pilot still hidden inside a hibernation drawer in what should have been a salvage craft. He knows he shouldn't get involved, but the Altairian Imperial crest on the private craft and the semi-conscious pilot's odd questions pique his always-whirling curiosity.

Still unattached at a concerning age for an imperial son, Prince Shiro Shinohara hadn't been running from the endless, mind-numbing rounds of omiai his mother, the Empress, had mandated. Not exactly. He'd just wanted a break from persistent suitors at the family retreat on Ceti Tau. The short respite becomes a panicked flight for his life when one of the suitors stalking him attacks the family compound.

Worried for the soldiers he was forced to leave behind, afraid there's a conspiracy to kidnap him, Shiro confides in the handsome mechanic who found him, and in a moment of panic, concocts the fiction of a serious relationship with Marsh. It's only until Shiro's people can reach him and he can press charges back home. Marsh is willing to play along and Shiro's just going to have to keep himself together and not, under any circumstances, fall for the wonderful, generous man who refuses to stop helping him.
 

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Thursday News Bites - a new release, a cover reveal, a new cover, and a virtual Con!

6/18/2020

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ALL THE THINGS!!!!

1. Sub Zero launched on Tuesday - a science fiction romance with a mystery, culture clashes, a heavy dose of anti-colonialism, and how hard it is to go back to where you died. (An ESTO Universe story - in ebook and paperback)

Mischief Corner Books 
Amazon
Kobo 
Apple 
Barnes &Noble 
Paperback

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2. A Fine Mess: Brimstone 7 has a cover! And a fun cover it is with a certain young demon prince vying for attention. Coming July 28!
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3. Mischief Corner decided that Hearts and Flower: A Tale of Hayfever and Bad Decor needed an updated cover - and it's so cuuute! An absurd Valentine's Day short story with an MC who hates Valentine's, the office party from hell and some magical mayhem!

Mischief Corner Books
Amazon
Kobo
Barnes and Noble
Apple

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4. And finally, don't forget that Rainbow Space Magic Con is this weekend! It's FREE, but you do have to register to have the webinar link sent to you. :) Lots of fun panels and readings from queer science fiction and fantasy authors!

Registration
Schedule

I'll be doing a reading during the 12 pm (EST) block on Saturday and a panel on Outlaws and Adversaries at 1 pm (EST) on Sunday!
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Thursday News Bites - podcasts!

6/11/2020

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First, Sub Zero comes out on Tuesday, June 16, don't forget! Come pre-order your anti-colonialism science fiction! 
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And on to podcasts! I'll be on a couple of shows airing Monday, June 15:

Two Gay Geeks - where I get to talk to Ben and Keith about writing and all sorts of geeky things. :D
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AND

Jeff and Will's Big Gay Fiction Podcast - where Scott and I talk to Jeff about the upcoming Rainbow Space Magic Virtual Convention!
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Friday Reading Day - Sub Zero

5/29/2020

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Happy Friday, everyone! This week, I get to read something from this Angel Martinez person... Oh wait. That's me. :D A little excerpt from Sub Zero, m/m science fiction romance coming out in just a couple week here on June !
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Sub Zero
An ESTO Universe Story

by Angel Martinez

Release date, June 16, 2020

Pre-order on:
Amazon
Kobo
Apple


Returning to the frozen planet Aren died on was bound to have complications...

Major Aren Dalsgaard's newest assignment is to investigate a series of murders on the frigid planet, Drass, where relations between the Treaty settlers and the indigenous inhabitants have taken a nasty turn. A linguist and trained xenologist, Major Dalsgaard should be the ideal Special Investigations Officer for this case, but Drass is where he died, over a hundred and twenty years ago.
 
Sent by his family to the chigyel city, Nyachung finds himself confronted with a murder charge, racial prejudice, and a man who claims to be a hero from his grandmother’s generation. The man could be crazy or he could be lying to manipulate Nyachung, but the sincerity in those spring-green eyes disturbs him more than anything else he's encountered in the foreigners’ city.
 
Evidence that makes no sense, mysterious boxes, and a suspicion that they can't trust anyone in the city drives the major and Nyachung together and out into the wilderness. No one's telling Major Dalsgaard everything, but every step leads him closer to a feeling of imminent catastrophe if he can't wrap this case up in time.

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