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,...
by Christie Meierz | Feb 4, 2024 | Books Read
Off to a good start this year, but I will point out that only 3 of these titles are actual novels. Bad Actors, by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller (reread) (novella/shorts) Bread Alone, by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller (reread) (novella/shorts) From Every Storm, by...
by Christie Meierz | Jan 15, 2024 | Publishing News
We have publishing news! Novus Mundi Publishing has given me a publishing schedule. Note that my self-published editions of the Tales of Tolari Space novels are no longer available other than at second-hand sellers. January 23rd, 2024: Release of Daughters of Suralia,...
by Christie Meierz | Jan 13, 2024 | Books Read, Writer's Life
This post inaugurates something new: sharing my reading with you all. To begin, here’s what I read last year. It’s undated, unfortunately, but it is in order-read. You will note that there are a great many titles by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller. This is...
by Christie Meierz | Oct 11, 2023 | Publishing News, Writer's Life
Tolari Space has a publisher! A chance comment on Sharon Lee’s Facebook page put me in touch with Walt Boyes, who has, unknown to me, been a fan of Tolari Space since The Marann, and who is now editor at Novus Mundi Books, an imprint of Top of the World...
by Christie Meierz | Apr 26, 2023 | Writer's Life
Back in the beginning, when The Marann was newly released and I was writing the prequel short stories contained in Into Tolari Space, I went to visit family in Rochester, a very picturesque small city on Lake Ontario. It is located in Monroe County, New York—and the...
by Christie Meierz | Apr 19, 2023 | Review
Watch the skies! The 26th novel in the Liaden Universe®, and 100th collaboration between authors Sharon Lee and Steve Miller, comes to us on July 4th, 2023. The publisher’s blurb: A door never closes, but a window opens . . . With origins in the Old Universe,...
by Christie Meierz | Feb 12, 2023 | Snippet Sunday
First, the surprise: on Wednesday last, the 8th of February, I received an email from Kirkus Reviews containing the following lines. I am writing to let you know that “REMBRANDT’S STATION” has been selected by our Indie editors to be included in...
by Christie Meierz | Jan 15, 2023 | Snippet Sunday
“Are you all right?” he asked. She shrugged. “Not really, but it had to be done. You?” “I have no idea. I don’t feel much, except when I do.” “I’m sorry I contributed to that this morning.” She stuck out a hand. “Pax?” He eyed the hand and crossed his arms....