Macro Monday Brings The Maui Macro (And A Bit Of News)

Look at that little lizard dude-slash-dudette.

(An anole, I believe.)

Very surprised this critter let me get that close. But, it did, and I am enamored of the texture captured over that eyeball. It feels real enough to touch. I had another cool anole shot — one who again was willing to pose for me — or, rather, I wish I got the shot that I wanted. This next lizard was covered in water droplets, and I never really got any shots that captured what I wanted. They either captured the droplets but not the lizard, or like this one below, it captured the lizard but not really the droplets. (DOF was too narrow, should’ve opened it up some.)

Alas.

I’ll post some more Maui shots at the bottom of the post, or you can check out the (still-growing) set of them that I’ve posted in an album over yonder at Flickr. But first, some news —

First: INVASIVE is $2.99. Why is it on sale in e-book? I have no idea! Let’s just go with HEY, IT’S A CHRISTMAS PRESENT or something. If you’ve been wanting to take a chance on it, please nab it up. And spread the word, if you so care. And, if you’re willing to leave a kind review, I’d appreciate that. Or, if you have a surly review, please scream it into a hollow stump somewhere. Anyway, go and getchoo some antpocalypse.

Second: My agency sold rights to my writing book, 250 Things You Should Know About Writing, to the Russian publishing house, Alpina! And then —

Third: We also sold the next three Miriam Black books to Beijing White Horse Time, who hold the rights to the first three. If you haven’t seen the very cool Chinese cover for Blackbirds, well —

Love that cover.

Don’t forget about the AWKWARD AUTHOR PHOTO CONTEST, still ongoing.

Also check out my Gifts For Writers 2016 post yesterday.

I think that’s it for news. I’ve got a couple other pieces I’m sitting on, but can’t really talk about yet, so — *stitches mouth shut, screams from behind flesh gag* — onward to a few more Maui pics. Please to enjoy.

This sunset pic is from 10,000 feet. At the top of a volcano, you can see the coast and ocean:

Here’s another sunset pic from Haleakala:

Looks like Mars up there —

I’m quite partial to this photo. Someone is hiding in this pic, though…

HERE IS A SASSY GOAT.

Hey! Beach! Sunset! Pretty!

Last one for the day — LOOK AT THESE STUPID ROCKS.