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But not going dark -- more on that below.

News first:

The BIG news is:
Brown: Grisaille in Sand and Sunset is out from Torquere Press!

In smaller news:
1.) Pentimento: Poppy is now available from All Romance Ebooks.
2.) Gray: Grisaille in Stone and Sky is written, and has gone off to the editor.
3.) I am Torquere Press' Featured Author until May 7th.

In not-fun news, this blog is going dim for a while -- it's not because I haven't been putting up something new weekly, though it's for the same reason:

I'm in pain, and an awful lot of it. Getting Grisaille in Gray done was excruciating, and I've learned that voice-recognition does not work for me, for writing fiction. It works (when it works, which is not all the time, either, for other reasons) for posts and email.

So I'm going to be taking time away from the computer, not just typing. There may be odd posts occasionally, but I will not be trying to update weekly. I apologize for this, but it's largely out of my control -- the only part that I do have control over is trying to heal, and I have to take responsibility for that.

Originally written for the Torquere Social Happy Hour, "The Queen and the Soldier" is a short >1K m/m story written to the prompts supplied by various members.

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( The Queen and the Soldier )

I'm pretty sure this really will be a short round up, unlike last week's short round up.

For those curious, my speech recognition software is still making my teeth clench, which is at least a different kind of repetitive strain injury. But moving along to the interesting news (some of which I have already covered):

1.) I have a new website (which is to say, I have a website): www.mollychurch.com. Please check it out.

2.) I have a new release, Pentimento: Poppy, available from Torquere Press.

2b) If you're interested in an excerpt or a "sexy snippet" for Poppy both are available (just follow the links).

2c) An extra scene, which doesn't appear in Poppy is also available.

3.) Another free story in the Dylan and Xavier semi-series was written on Wednesday (St. Patrick's Day) in honor of release day. It follows in a separate post.

Pentimento: Poppy (10700 words and published by Torquere Press), is out now.

To celebrate that, and St. Patrick's Day, I'm throwing a bit of a party on the Happy Hour LJ.

In other news, I have a website: www.mollychurch.com. Please check it out!

Not such terribly big round up this time, though I have been busy. Still, it's the kind of busy that takes an awful lot of time but isn't necessarily all that interesting to talk about.

Point the first: Software :/
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Point the second: Editing :)
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Oh, and PS -- I love this, too:

Perfectionists like chasing the horizon;
You kept perfection, gave the rest to us,
so let me earn the wisdom to move on.
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Lord, let me be brave, and let me, while I craft my tales, be wise:
let me say true things in a voice that is true,
and, with the truth in mind, let me write lies.
-- from Neil Gaiman's Writer's Prayer

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Okay, that was a big round up, and I have now added lj-cuts. Oops. See? Editing is awesome.

Aside from apparently having some black hole in my memory where the fact that it is Friday falls in, I have had two good reasons for not being properly up-to-date with my blog - my apologies.

Reason the first: I am having a real problem with RSI, making it important to prioritize story-writing. I am still having problems there (although I may be investing in some speech recognition software - I hope to try it out today), so this will be a short post.

Reason the second: I had news, but wasn't ready to share it. Well, it wasn't sharing-ready. It is now.

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Yes, I forgot the Friday-blogging thing the very first Friday after I announced it. But, in my defense I was VERY busy Friday, writing something, but it's a little bit of a secret. Hopefully I can say more next week.

Originally written for the Torquere Social Happy Hour, "Facade" is a short >1K m/m story written to the prompts supplied by various members.

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( Facade )

I used to be such an organized person. Anyway, in the spirit of organization, I think I shall name Fridays as my blogging day. Well, we'll try it for a while, and see how it goes.

First! some catching up.

I, on a rather spur of the moment whim, took over the Torquere Social list for another day - I don't think I'll do it again until April, though, as I do feel a bit silly, with nothing new out recently. But, it meant another installment of Dylan and Xavier, and their world is becoming increasingly clear - and murky, too, but that's worlds for you - to me. I'll put that up in a bit.

Second, what I'm working on at the moment... well, actually, my brain is hopping with ideas, which is always good - wonderful, actually - but it does make settling down to work on one thing very difficult. Fortunately, deadlines come in handy for this sort of thing, so what I am working on is Grisaille in Gray, but I'm not entirely sure what do start on after that. I think I know what it will be, but we'll see.

Part the second of my update:

Bleurg. So. Tired.

Acts of god and war, indeed - well, acts of tiny virtually immortal biological agents anyway.

But I'm mostly better now. Today's update will probably not include the fabled story I started writing for my Torquere day - and if I don't get it done soon, it'll probably have to keep til next year, and nobody wants that. Although I suppose early in the new year would still be okay - but although it's not Christmas themed, it is Christmassy. You'll see why when you see it.

Anyway, enough whining. There is plenty of time yet.

So! Today's update will include a repost of my latest prompt story (another Dylan and Xavier story, and for those curious, yes, there might be more to their story at some point, though it's unlikely to be at any point very soon).

I will also update my lj (including with my previous post, which I failed to copy over due to an attack of extreme featherheadedness).

But, onto Dylan and Xavier.


Written to the prompts supplied here.

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( The Club on the Cliff )

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New Year's Eve 2009 is a blue moon, did you know?