Surela Novel Preorder is Up!
Go lock in your copy now! It's at all retailers, not just Amazon: https://books2read.com/shieldmatron1
Thoug...
2023-06-23 13:09:37 +0000 UTC View Post
mcahogarth posts
Cut Scene: Stone Moon, Silk Scarves
Perhaps on my mind because the Jokka books were the first ones to come off of their KU exclusivity period and I've restored them to wide sale (and had to redo the epub of Bloom in the process, beca...
2023-06-19 13:44:54 +0000 UTC View PostRandom Game Art
Trying to get back in the habit of daily art by drawing things that don’t matter as much to me…So have some random World of Warcraft characters 🙂
2023-06-16 13:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostWorldshapers' Podcast
If you want to listen to me ramble about worldbuilding with a genial and interesting host!
2023-06-12 12:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostPoem: Ocean's Daughter
Still going through old files, found this poem from at least twenty years ago? Something like.
OCEAN'S DAUGHTER
Ocean's daughter, born in fever-re...
2023-06-09 12:02:45 +0000 UTC View PostAncient Taylitha Sketch
This is one of the first sketches (ink drawings) of Taylitha I can find, from 1990 (that makes it 23 years old, good lord). Even back then she was the put-upon everywoman of the crew.
For tho...
2023-06-05 15:13:24 +0000 UTC View PostThe Rest of Surela 1 Done/Uploaded
You'll find it in the google doc, and if you've been reading up to this point, jump to 1234 to read the end of the book. Don't forget to tell me what you think!
I have some stuff to handle an...
2023-06-01 16:32:11 +0000 UTC View PostDoe and News
Want to keep all of you up to date on what’s going on, so here’s a quick rundown as we head toward the end of May:
- I am still quasi-serializing the remainder of Surela’s n... 2023-05-22 21:22:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Quasi-Serializing the Rest of Surela's Story
As a way to keep going (because this is where the outline gets adventurey and I always get nervous writing actiony things), I've started quasi-serializing the remainder of Surela's novel by posting...
2023-05-16 21:01:27 +0000 UTC View PostCatching Up
I keep forgetting that I’m in the middle stages of moving my entire workflow to a new ecosystem and this is one of the reasons I’m moving like molasses (the other being that we’re heading str...
2023-05-15 13:07:32 +0000 UTC View PostBook Doodles!
The first ten from the Kickstarter. I'll be livestreaming these all week until I'm done with the 40! I've been doing them on youtube at 6 PM EST (so I'm about an hour out from starting tonight's).T...
2023-05-09 20:40:14 +0000 UTC View PostMagnolia Mother
I decided to do a piece of art for fun (!), unrelated to any current project, and with a media I haven't messed with seriously for decades (color pencil). Here's a Le'enle mom with baby then, and m...
2023-05-01 15:07:58 +0000 UTC View PostPublishing Schedule 2023
As per usual, I evaluate my progress partway through the year to see if I’m track for my goals. This year, in particular, I was worried about lost time, but… it appears nothing’s changed. Iâ€...
2023-04-26 13:36:12 +0000 UTC View PostAlpha Group Read: Surela's Novel, Part 1
This is an alpha read opportunity, because Part 1 and Part 2 of this book happen two years apart, and Part 1 is the most fraught in terms of connecting with the existing timelines. It starts at the...
2023-04-24 12:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostCover Art, Court of Love
Since the full piece isn't visible on the book, here's Giliriel and Arianhrod, and the events of the multiple stories in the frame around them. I did most of this one with a 4/0 brush, which is fou...
2023-04-18 12:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostPatience with the Journey
It is a thing I return to, and that becomes more urgent the older I grow and the more work I’ve made: what it means, to have such a consistently released body of work, representing decades of per...
2023-04-11 13:52:45 +0000 UTC View PostThe last short story for the collection...
...is done! Check out the draft if you're into that... the group read comments on this one are already good: 2023-04-05 12:14:07 +0000 UTC View Post
More Ai-Naidari Words: Sickness and Health
In this case, I found this page from a year or two ago that I never got around to filling in, and here we get to some conlang process stuff. Typically when I want to make new vocabulary, I do it at...
2023-04-03 15:54:25 +0000 UTC View PostNewest Short Story
Still working on stories for the next collection... if you'd like to read this one in advance, it's up!
SCHEDULED: Is a Cinnamon Bun
Someone asked me which characters would go in the 'cinnamon bun grid meme' and I had no idea what they were talking about, so I looked it up... and was amused. But I also thought it would be more i...
2023-03-27 13:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostSCHEDULED ART POST: Kediil
I set these up a while ago so you'd have some entertainment in my absence, so enjoy!
This week is Kediil, done in an Art Nouveau style, sort of? At least that was the plan. I think her hand i...
2023-03-21 15:49:31 +0000 UTC View PostLife Happens
Hello, aletsen! I've been putting off this post in the hopes that matters would resolve, but they haven't so: my posting will be erratic for the foreseeable future due to family concerns. I appreci...
2023-03-14 18:35:23 +0000 UTC View PostThe New Computer
I think I may have mentioned in one of the recent updates (or maybe on the Kickstarter project blog?) that my PC has been making unhappy noises, and in fact, I can no longer count on it to boot up ...
2023-03-13 15:14:28 +0000 UTC View PostArt Post: Prince and King Riding
I have been working on this one for three days! And it's as done as I think it's going to get. Here's Morgan, Amhric, the various genets, drake, horse and hunting cats, escaping from Suleris in Boo...
2023-03-02 13:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostArt Book Question
I'm getting closer to done on the Blood Ladders art book (while juggling the Kickstarter stuff), and it's time to make a decision about the size of the book.
On one hand, I can make it ...
2023-02-27 16:37:25 +0000 UTC View PostNews and Fun Stuff Coming
Posting this from a coffee shop because the internet died in my house and estimated repair isn't until mid-to-late week (fun!), but the Kickstarter is doing well and wraps up this Friday, so that's...
2023-02-20 15:00:59 +0000 UTC View PostKickstarter is Live!
Go play!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mcahogarth/to-the-court-of-lo...
2023-02-14 16:04:54 +0000 UTC View PostGroup Read: Teachers and Students
The final story I wrote for the collection prior to the forthcoming Kickstarter! Go enjoy everyone's comments. :)
Kickstarter Warning: Prep Your Engines!
Here's the first of your notices: the next Kickstarter is tentatively coming next week, and appropriately I'm going to kick it off on Tuesday the 14th, because it's for 'To the Court of Love', the ...
2023-02-06 15:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostAudio Catalog, Now Available!
After many technical and legal difficulties, I have finally gotten my audiobook catalog onto Bandcamp, including these full ...
2023-02-03 13:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post