{"id":31795,"date":"2018-01-08T08:14:55","date_gmt":"2018-01-08T13:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/?p=31795"},"modified":"2018-01-08T08:14:55","modified_gmt":"2018-01-08T13:14:55","slug":"macro-monday-returns-to-regularly-scheduled-shenanigans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/2018\/01\/08\/macro-monday-returns-to-regularly-scheduled-shenanigans\/","title":{"rendered":"Macro Monday Returns To Regularly-Scheduled Shenanigans"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>No, that’s not a macro photo.<\/p>\n

OR IS IT<\/p>\n

MAYBE THAT’S A CLOSE-UP OF A CAR WINDSHIELD<\/p>\n

AND THAT BIRD IS JUST REALLY, REALLY TEENY-TINY<\/p>\n

YOU DON’T KNOW<\/p>\n

Ahem.<\/p>\n

Hi!<\/p>\n

Welcome back! Slowly, but surely, we kick the cold machinery that runs this place, pouring boiling water on it to unfreeze its gears and flywheels. I’m not sure we’ll return to a full-bore schedule just yet, as I’m in the midst of finishing a novel (and a somewhat important one, it being the\u00a0very last<\/em> Miriam Black novel,\u00a0Vultures<\/strong>), so bear with me as everything slowly grumbles and grinds to life once more.<\/p>\n

Finishing the last book in a series is traditionally very difficult, as it is here — compounded by the fact this is not merely a trilogy, but rather, six whole books (and a novella, and a short story). Just as you want to stick the landing on the final act of any book, you really\u00a0really<\/em> want to stick the landing on the final act of\u00a0six<\/em> books, because holy shit. But have trust: the books have been building to something, and after the, um, ending of\u00a0The Raptor & The Wren<\/strong>, you’ll get some sense of where it’s headed — at least, until I knock you off balance once again.<\/p>\n

That seems then to be a good segue into a review of\u00a0The Raptor & The Wren<\/strong>, this one coming in from Library Journal:<\/p>\n

[Stuff cut out because slightly spoilery.]\u00a0<\/span>With a dark story line and an even darker protagonist, this vivid adventure takes readers on an emotional, violent ride. VERDICT: The fifth book in the series (after Thunderbird<\/strong>) drives further down the road into Miriam Black\u2019s life: the trauma, the fears, and the forgiveness. It will please fans of Joe Hill and Joe Abercrombie. \u2014Kristi Chadwick, Massachusetts Lib. Syst., South Deerfield<\/span><\/p>\n

And, in case you missed it,\u00a0Let’s Play Books<\/strong> is running a pre-order deal — buy the book, I’ll sign it, I’ll even personalize and predict\u00a0YOUR DEMISE into the pages, and they’ll get it to you on release date with free shipping. Details here<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Or you can just come to the book launch\u00a0at<\/em>\u00a0Let’s Play Books<\/strong><\/span><\/a> on 1\/23.<\/p>\n

Or or or<\/em> you can come hang out with me at the Elgin Literary Festival<\/strong><\/span><\/a> (Chicago ‘burbs) on 1\/26 – 1\/27, should you so decide.<\/p>\n

Let’s see. What else is a-brewing?<\/p>\n

You will find that my\u00a0Heartland<\/strong> series — think John Steinbeck’s\u00a0Star Wars<\/strong> — is on sale for a buck per book for your Kindle, so, check out Under the Empyrean Sky<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, Blightborn<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, and The Harvest<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

ANYWAY, here, have a tweet thread, goodbye!<\/p>\n

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“Put a jade egg in your hoo-ha.”<\/p>\n

“Gwyneth, no.”<\/p>\n

“Coffee enema.”<\/p>\n

“Seriously, Gwyneth, c’mon.”<\/p>\n

“Eat three rubies in a ruby smoothie and an elf will arrive to open your Sex Chakras.”<\/p>\n

“What the fuck, Gwyneth.”<\/p>\n

“Feed a stolen baby to a cunning wolf at midnight–”<\/p>\n

“GWYNETH, NO.” https:\/\/t.co\/POfpvQpGmY<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Chuck Wendig (@ChuckWendig) January 7, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n