UK cover for Christian Cameron’s THE CAPTAIN OF VENICE — a man in full armour stands on the coast, Venice in its lagoon behind him. Plus author and title information.
THE CAPTAIN OF VENICE by Christian Cameron is out in three weeks!
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Book 7 in the acclaimed Chivalry series. Published in the UK by @orionbooks.bsky.social.
Occasionally
When writing travel—long trips on horseback, for example—writing fantasy or historical fiction, there’s no substitute for experience. In this case, it is Burnaby’s experience 😊
I have a new favourite thing; two sideswords, an early 16th century style. This is living!
Totally fair. I’m way to the left of him, but right now his non-corrupt competence is very appealing.
Yes, I have published 50+ novels with Hachette. I’ve made a living at it since 1999.
No. Sorry. I have all the beta readers I need.
Very kind of you to ask, but I have a nice group of beta readers. This will be my 58th published book, and yes, I still appreciate feedback, favourable and critical.
This made my evening 😀
Another 20k to go, but damn that feels good. It’s a challenge to write in the current geo-political environment; a challenge not to doom scroll and despair. So frankly, this feels like a small victory
In about ten minutes I’ll hit 100k words in this book. Yesterday I wrote a fantastic fight scene (if I do say so myself) which may require footnotes for sword nerds. Yes, having fun!
Listening to Mark Carney chatting with the Artemis II crew. He just sounds so human, so much like a leader.
Still a neo-liberal banker. But in this moment, I’m onboard.
I hope you liked it?
And I’m writing book 4, ‘The Alien’s War’ right now.
Military history is a really weak point for this administration. For example, earlier this week the President attempted to lecture Great Britain about gunboat diplomacy…
A new @grimdarkmagazine.bsky.social ! With an #arcanaimperii novella which I wrote with @slashnburnett.bsky.social
Horrible
It’s done and dusted
I LOVE these covers
I had a 15k word week last week. Hoping for more this week but taking an hour to make a change to a Secret Project. Over the weekend I read something that triggered an idea that… well, you know…
Writing science fiction today… but at 6pm I’ll leave pastry behind to talk to @taowong.bsky.social about his brilliant new novel ‘First Step’ @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social in Toronto. Please come. Tao and I need an audience 😉
Final day reminder, there's a book launch at Bakka Phoenix books for The First Step today at 6pm. With @phokion.bsky.social
Final day reminder, there's a book launch at Bakka Phoenix books for The First Step today at 6pm. With @phokion.bsky.social
Excellent point.
Authors this round include: @buehlmeister.bsky.social, @phokion.bsky.social, @barfridmantell.bsky.social, @amalelmohtar.com, @marklawrenceauthor.bsky.social, @ericlarocca.com, @quellist1.bsky.social, @garethlpowell.bsky.social, +
Thursday at 6pm @taowong.bsky.social and I will be (unarmed) at @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social in Toronto to talk about his latest book (which I loved). BTW that’s us sparring with side swords last night. Swords will probably be discussed!
Oooh. Well thought!
(4) Among the many things about the current US administration that puzzle me; they claim to be conservatives, but they suck at military history and operational planning and intelligence. I’m not in any way a fan of neo-imperialism but… at least be competent in your evil. Read ahead.
(3) but when the treasure shipments became uncertain, the banks became nervous, loans were refused or cost astronomical interest, and Spanish military power declined. It didn’t collapse… but the system broke and never recovered.
Iran doesn’t have to sink many oil tankers. QED
(2) Spain had already (massively) overspent; the treasure fleets of stolen silver and gold from First Nations cultures in the New World were mortgaged years in advance, which worked because banks will loan against reliable income no matter how immoral….
A brief history lesson for the Trump administration: in the 16th century, English ‘privateers’ helped bankrupt the global military superpower, Spain. It wasn’t that they inflicted much damage to Spanish trade… it’s that Spain’s backers, foreign banks, couldn’t stand the risk. (1)