My Friends, They're the Best. And, oh yes, I'm Going on Submission

The last ten months have been really productive despite the seeming acceleration of entropy world wide. I published three essays while simultaneously working on final edits for my novel.  Then just today, my agent, Barry Goldblatt, told me we were ready to go on submission in August. I announced my intentions to the world and my friend Shan gave me the biggest virtual hug you ever saw. We've known each other for years. She's old school BSFW. I even got to produce one of her stories on the Keleidocast's first season, way back when.It was "Bilaadi," one of my favorite short stories of all time. ​Now she's bringing straight fire to the readers of epic fantasy with her Daevabad Trilogy, the final installment of which is coming out Tuesday, The Empire of Gold.  (I already got my copy. Read it. Loved it. Will  review it).

Needless to say, I'm super proud of her and grateful for her support. Also, happy that I can put down my novel and write something completely different for awhile. I've got a weird western alternate history with a Black conjure woman/ gunslinger burning a hole in my pocket. Well, it won't be completely different. There will be a dragon. 

::yells:: IT'S A REALLY, REALLY GOOD BOOK THAT MADE ME CRY AND ALL YOU EDITORS SHOULD LOOK OUT. HIS NAME IS ROB CAMERON!!!! https://t.co/1aY6ptVFyv

— Shannon/S.A. Chakraborty (@SAChakrabooks) June 27, 2020