You can get autographed copies of Artemis Rising, Celestial Accord, or Mirim’s First Christmas at the Downtown Arlington Farmer’s Market Saturday.

Got Fiverr folks to start work on an illustration of Endeavor. She will likely figure prominently on Walter & Eleanor book covers, so this will need to be pretty high quality.

A new character – no plans on her being more than a background character right now. But I figured it would be better to have a complete character outline of María Esperanza Gresham (née Carrillo) and not need it than otherwise. Also her sister-in-law Carmen Gresham (née Salazar). I also needed Thoma’s children so did an entry for him and his family.

On a lark, I decided to get Midjourney to generate a wedding picture of Eleanor. It came out pretty good, I think.

I also learned that wedding month and day had some folk rhymes around them.

Monday for Wealth; Tuesday for Health; Wednesday the Best Day of All; Thursday for Losses; Friday for Crosses; and Saturday No Luck at All

Marry when the year is new and he’ll be loving, kind and true,
When February birds do mate, you wed not or dread your fate.
If you wed when March winds blow, joy and sorrow you’ll both know.
Marry in April when you can, and joy for maiden and for man.
Marry in the month of May and you’ll live to rue the day.
Marry when June roses grow and over land and sea you’ll go.
Those in July who do wed must labor for their daily bread.
Whoever wed in August be many a change is sure to see.
Marry in September’s shrine your living will be rich and fine.
If in October you do marry, love will come but riches tarry.
If you wed in bleak November, only joys will come, remember.
When December snow falls fast, marry and true love will last.

Monday wedding in August can be seen as foreshadowing the rest of the book.

Did Character bible entries for Walter, Eleanor, and Walter & Eleanor as a couple. Also got AI generated pictures of them. I also decided to get an image of them in adventurer clothes for Antarctic Honeymoon

Antarctic Honeymoon is progressing. Chapters this week:
Earth Wedding
Southward Bound
Lost Island – started

Word count is 38,266. Aim is 71,000-78,000.

Artemis Rising is #1,314 in Steampunk Fiction, #4,135 in Alternate History Science Fiction, and #7,570 in Exploration Science Fiction. If you don’t have yours yet, you can get the paper version here or the kindle version here. There is also an audiobook version here. Five customer reviews now (thanks Rick). I still need more so other readers can find it, but I may start promoting with these five – if you’ve finished the book and haven’t left a review, please do so here.

Celestial Accord isn’t ranked yet. If you don’t have yours yet, you can get the paper version here, the kindle version here, or the audiobook version here. One review so far. If you’ve finished the book and haven’t left a review, please do so here.

Mirim’s First Christmas is live. You can find the paper version here or the kindle version here. I’m still working on getting free versions to be available on my website.

Celestial Accord copy-edit is available now. The Audible AI audiobook is also available.

If you want to get early access to Book 3 chapters, write a nice review for Artemis Rising or Celestial Accord on Amazon or Goodreads, and email me that you’ve done it.