Juliette Wade @JulietteWade@wandering.shop

The audio version of my novella came out today from Clarkesworld. Take it with you on a long car trip, because it will take a while. http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/wade_03_18/

The Alameda march was small but passionate. We were lucky that we didn't hit a larger one, because the crutches were a hindrance. It felt right to take action.

We're headed out to the March for our Lives today. Even the daughter on crutches. I hope you guys are marching, too.

I'm trying to get ideas for programming for two conventions that I'll be attending this year. Given that I have just been working for over a week, it's proving to be tricky.

Well, I think with my illness and the start of my new job I dropped off the shop for a bit. I'll try to be back. The horrid illness is gone (it might have been flu, but we'll never know), and now I have a run-of-the-mill cold. And sprained ribs. At least the job is going well.

Despite being sick, I'm excited because I signed up for WorldCon in San Jose yesterday. The whole family will be going!

This bug I've got is a doozy. Went to urgent care this morning and now I have all kinds of medicine. I slept two hours after I got home, which is twice as much as I managed last night.

The good news of the morning is I know I actually got some sleep, because I had two dreams. I'm not feeling great, but it actually felt like a night's sleep instead of just some hours lying there coughing.

Well, I haven't been on here for a while. Christmas was good, and my parents have been in town. I got sick, though. I'm still miserable with cough and intermittent fever, and hoping it will go away soon.

I just figured out who the protagonist of my next book is. I mean, I thought it was him, but it wasn't totally clear which of 4 POVs was the main one. That will help a lot.

I'm relieved to hear that Patreon has backed off its plan! Therefore, I'm going to tell all of you that I have a Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/JulietteWade), which supports and coordinates as a workshop with my YouTube show, Dive into Worldbuilding. The show talks about lots of different topics like economics, bathrooms, colorism, and birds, and features guest authors each month. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn3l9gt-Gz_ZyirZ9SfOgfQ
Summaries of previous discussions can be found here: https://dive-into-worldbuilding.blogspot.com/

So, I made this post about my awards-eligible fiction from 2017. Basically, it consists of the novella "Sunwake, in the Lands of Teeth," which appeared in Clarkesworld Issue 127. http://dive-into-worldbuilding.blogspot.com/2017/12/awards-eligible-fiction-from-2017.html

I'm so glad it's Saturday. I'm baking cookies. A lot of math catch-up for my daughter needs to happen, and I have French textbooks to review. I found a weird inconsistency error in my story but I think I've found a way to fix it without having to alter the story that has already received an acceptance.

Wow, I'm super tired after my first day of work orientation. Early night, I hope.

So, I'm going to start a new job. I'm going to be teaching French and English at a private school across the bay from me, part-time. Orientation is tomorrow. I'm kind of excited and also nervous. But I love language, and I love young people, so I'm keeping good thoughts.

@Elizabeth_Fitz I approve of your teacup photo! Thanks for the follow.

I'm excited - I sold a novella to Clarkesworld! It's called "The Persistence of Blood," and it has politics and prejudice and sex and death and I can't wait for you to read it. I'm so grateful to everyone who helped me in the writing process, and to Neil Clarke for believing in this story.