Hello, my lovelies! I hope everyone had a marvellous Christmas and that you're all gearing up for a fantastic new year, too. I have a little seasonal gift for you, which I hope you will enjoy.
People are always asking me if I'll ever write a sequel to Shadows on the Moon, and I'm always saying 'If I write a sequel, I have to make my babies suffer! I don't want to make my babies suffer!' But it turns out that short stories are a kind of exception to that rule. You can nip quickly into and out of your characters lives, just to check up on how they are. Which is what I did when Walker Books asked me to write something to promote the iTunes and Kindle sale that's going on right now - offering Shadows on the Moon for just 99p until the 6th of January.
You can read the short story, which I called 'The Rainy Season', for free, on the Ink-Slingers blog here, and get a taste of what life is like for Akira and Suzume in their new home in Athazie. And if you've been meaning to pick up a copy of Shadows on the Moon, now would be a great time to do so from Kindle or the iBookstore.
Read you later, chickadees.
6 comments:
Ooooh, I got a copy of the audio book from you years ago from a contest and have been thinking recently "yeah, I just need to buy myself a physical copy of that someday" (since while I love the audio book holy cow it is looooong, got so much photoshop homework done while listening to it!). I feel like this is a sign that i should go out and get it even sooner. XD
Love the story! It's interesting to see Suzume from somebody else's viewpoint.
It's so nice to see Suzume, Otieno and Akira finding happiness, I just love all of SotM's characters! Really good short story Zoë :)
Helen: Yes, now is the time! Well, if you have a mobile reading device, anyway.
Phoenix: Oddly, writing S. from A.'s POV feels very...homey. I suppose I see S the same way Akira does, as a beloved little sister. I loved writing this.
Isabel: I've got short story fever at the moment! Hopefully if they ever do a new edition of Shadows I'll get them to include this short and another one too (about a wedding).
That's so cool that you've conquered the short story block - Go you!
Thanks, B. Now if I could just get over my 'finishing this final trilogy book' block...
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