by Christie Meierz | Jul 15, 2024 | Review
Christmas is coming to the Crater School, so the girls must celebrate. So says the Earth calendar. But Mars does not respect school rules. Nor does the Red Planet have much respect for Earth weather. Why bother with a white Christmas when Martian weather can be far...
by Christie Meierz | Jul 1, 2024 | Review
On a world where cake is a necessity, it takes the Grid to protect the civilized and the deaf from the dire influences of the ambient and to keep the chaotic Haosa at bay. Having arrived at recently Dust-bound Colemeno, Trader Padi yos’Galan is essential to...
by Christie Meierz | Jul 1, 2024 | Books Read, Writer's Life
31 Wave Without A Shore, by C.J. Cherryh 32 A Taste of Rebellion, by Rachel White 33 Double Vision, by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller (collection) 34 Three Twins at the Crater School, by Chaz Brenchley 35 Save the Cat! Writes a Novel, by Jessica Brody 36 Ribbon Dance,...
by Christie Meierz | Jun 23, 2024 | Review
Mars, the Red Planet, farthest flung outpost of the British Empire. Under the benevolent reign of the Empress Eternal, commerce and culture are flourishing along the banks of the great canals, and around the shores of the crater lakes. But this brave new world is not...
by Christie Meierz | Jun 4, 2024 | Books Read, Writer's Life
26 A Memory Called Empire, by Arkady Martine 27 A Desolation Called Peace, by Arkady Martine 28 Ice & Alligators, by Angel Martinez 29 Port Eternity, by C.J. Cherryh 30 Voyager in Night, by C.J. Cherryh
by Christie Meierz | May 16, 2024 | Publishing, Publishing News
We have news, yes we do: on May 1, 2024, Histria Books acquired Top of the World Publishing with all of its imprints, including Novus Mundi. Some cautious optimism is in order here. Histria Books is a traditional publisher with the means to distribute my books to...
by Christie Meierz | May 11, 2024 | Books Read, Writer's Life
I note that I have been a little low on romance reading lately! 20 The Hanging City, by Charlie N. Holmberg 21 The Emperor and the Endless Palace, by Justinian Huang 22 Death in the Spires, by KJ Charles 23 Farryn’s War, by Christie Meierz (administrative read)...
by Christie Meierz | Apr 2, 2024 | Publishing News, Writer's Life
Did you know? Novus Mundi is publishing hardcover editions of the Tales of Tolari Space. The Marann and Daughters of Suralia are available now! The Fall, Farryn’s War, and Rembrandt’s Station will come out in hardcover over the coming months as we receive...
by Christie Meierz | Apr 2, 2024 | Books Read
14 Doors Into Change, by Sharon Lee (chapbook) 15 The Hidden Masters of Marandur, by Jack Campbell 16 Ribbon Dance (e-ARC), by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller 17 Salt & Broom, by Sharon Lynn Fisher 18 Posted to Death, by Dean James 19 The Middling Afflicion, by Alex...
by Christie Meierz | Feb 29, 2024 | Books Read
These are all novels. Half (9, 11, 12) are by Black authors in honor of Black History Month. 8 Defiance, by C.J. Cherryh & Jane S. Fancher 9 Of Cinder & Bone, by Kyoko M. 10 Heart of Stone, by Johannes T. Evans 11 Adulthood Rites, by Octavia Butler 12 Imago,...