Martha Wells

A little update

Hey, everybody! I hope you're all doing well and having the best holidays possible under the circumstances. 

If you haven't been following my Twitter (marthawells1) or dreamwidth blog (m...

Fantasy Story

Hi, everybody. Well, I couldn't get anything new done this month (I'm still trying to finish the new fantasy novel by the end of August) but here's an older sword and sorcery story that hasn't been...

I messed up

Hey, everybody, I messed up and forgot to come here and push the button that tells Patreon to not bill Patrons for the month. (You can only turn off billing for one month at a time.) I always have ...

Update

Someone asked a question and it suddenly occurred to me I should share the answer with everybody!

Re: this Patreon: I want to keep the Raksura shorts available, but I'm not planning to add to...

New Short Story Online

I have a new fantasy story out called The Salt Witch https://uncannymagazine.com/article/the-salt-wi...

Quick post

Just to remind/let everybody know, the monthly payments for this Patreon are turned off for June, and I'm going to turn them off for July also. (Patreon only lets you do it for one month at a time....

State of Me

Last week Network Effect was released and it was a trip. If the  pandemic hadn't happened I would have been about to leave on my first  ever book tour. Instead I got a virtual to...

Murderbot Ebook Giveaway

https://www.tor.com/2020/04/20/downlo...

Some JoCo Cruise videos

If you're bored, some videos of the JoCo Cruise I went on a few weeks ago are making their way online:

http...

Interview

If you missed the livestream, you can watch it here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llu2nQI1USI 

Murderbot Interview

I will be on the Doubleclicks' livestream https://www.youtube.com/thedoubleclicks/live

today (Thursday...

Great article on the Books of the Raksura

Comfort, Connection, and Community in Martha Wells’ Books of the Raksura by Kali Wallace
2020-03-25 15:15:21 +0000 UTC View Post

Billing Paused

Hey, everybody. I just figured out (from another Patreon creator) that I could pause my billing cycle but still allow you access to the content. So I've done that. (I should have done it earlier bu...

Super Fun Times

Well, here we are. I hope you all are doing well and able to stay at home without too much hardship.

I have too many paperback copies of The Serpent Sea and The Siren Depths...

Machina

Hey, all, I have been given 10 discount codes for Machina, the serial SF story I was a guest writer on for Serial Box.  2020-01-22 21:55:57 +0000 UTC View Post

Couple of Things

Today, I have a short story, "Obsolescence," in a new free collection called Take Us To A Better Place: Stories.
It's  a collection of original art and short stories commissioned b...

The Harbors of the Sun Audiobook

Just found out I can talk about this now -- there will be an audiobook of The Harbors of the Sun!

The publisher finally got Audible to do it and finish off the series! We've asked for Christo...

Raksura Post

Well, I just lost the first version of this post so I see Patreon hasn't changed a bit. Let's try again.

It's funny that Thank You, Patrons Day is on the same day as the mass market release o...

More links

Network Effect cover reveal and excerpt: https://io9.gizmodo.com/weve-...

More WorldCon Posts

WorldCon Day 2 and 3 https://marthawells.dreamwidth.org/484465.html 

WorldCon Day 4 and 5 2019-09-03 12:10:31 +0000 UTC View Post

WorldCon Posts

Hey, everybody, I've been doing some WorldCon posts over on my blog:

https://marthawells.dreamwidth.org/4837...

ArmadilloCon Report

So I was at ArmadilloCon this weekend and it was awesome! Even more awesome than it usually is. 

I was Special Guest this year and had a lot of programming, especially on Saturday, inclu...

Upcoming and Updates

Upcoming Conventions

* August 2-4, 2019. I'll be Special Guest at ArmadilloCon in Austin, TX.

2019-07-03 13:19:14 +0000 UTC View Post

Novel Finished

I just finished a draft of The Murderbot Diaries: Network Effect.  This is the first time I think I almost cried at finishing a novel, not  because it was sad, but because I am s...

My Anxiety Closet

As some of you know, I have problems with anxiety and it's been really  bad lately. This book has been a bear to write and even now that I'm  past the difficult bits and am finishing up, ...

Discontinuing Patreon

Everybody, I think I am going to have to discontinue this Patreon,  As far as stress goes, I am about at the end of my rope, and I feel terrible that I can't continue to add stories and conten...

Hugo Awards

Just a quickie post:

The Murderbot Diaries: Artificial Condition is a Hugo finalist in the Best Novella category!!

This is pretty awesome news and I'm extremely happy to be...

Raksura Art Project

This is so cool!  I saw this on File770 yesterday.  Someone is doing a community art project for the WorldCon in Dublin, making a knitted diorama of the platform of a mountain-tree.

57. Extra Scene from The Serpent Sea

When Moon, Chime, and Root didn't come back when the others did, Jade wasn't worried. She had spent the day at their camp on the mountain-tree platform because she needed the tim...

Question Answer

eh asked  I'm rereading the Raksura series and I'm currently on The Siren Depths (my favorite). I love the scenes at Viridean Sea - the other consorts are so kind to Moon. Will he ever get...