Back in Cambridge, and enjoying myself. Steph's done with Law School exams, so we can both relax (her more than me, but that's fair because she was more tense than I to begin with). Editing my novel about Genghis Khan, and working on another - I just put together the first ten pages as sort of a proof of concept, and it felt great. Faster than my usual work, but it's always good to try new things. Also it's a foray back into Fantasy/SF, which I haven't done long form in a while.

For some reason I think of myself as a fantasy and/or science fiction writer mostly, but I've written four books now, and only one of them is really a fantasy. Sente was a mystery with speculative elements, Raise My Head And Watch The Moon tries to be a literary kung-fu novel, and Khan! is historical fiction/archaeological adventure. If I had to pick a genre, I'd say "adventure," but that doesn't so much get you shelved neatly at the book store.

Thoughts?

On a completely different note, you owe it to yourself to watch the following vid. I've got some healthy skepticism about the project, but well, the first minute-and-a-half.... eh, just watch it. I can't gush enough.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puXPozd-kuc

In other news, they posted the Writers of the Future finalists online a few weeks back; I know I've already glowed to you all about them, but I'm super excited regardless:

wotfblog.galaxypress.com

I just got a call from the Writers of the Future people, and they say they'll know in a week or so! Super excited, also very scared/nervous. Fingers crossed!

Peace!