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Bestselling author of historical fiction including THE ARCTIC FURY and the Five Queendoms epic fantasy series (SCORPICA, ARCA).
Yikes! All of a sudden, it’s February 2022, and I can say that my new book is coming out THIS MONTH!
And others are saying it, too, like this Tor.com list of February fantasy releases. And look how gorgeously the amber cover of SCORPICA pops out in the intro graphic! Love it, love it.
Yay, another great review to share! You can read the Booklist review in full on their site if you’re a subscriber — here’s the link.
But in case you can’t get behind the paywall, my publisher has pulled out the most exciting bit and made it oh so pretty! I love it when they do that.
Hello! I know I’ve been nattering pretty nonstop about my new book coming out in a few weeks (SCORPICA SCORPICA SCORPICA) but it’s only been a year since THE ARCTIC FURY first came out, and especially now that it’s winter again, I’ve been doing more book clubs and interviews about it! The latest is a fabulous podcast called The Bent Biblios, and I have to say, Ashley and Tegan asked me so many insightful, in-depth questions that I was blown away.
Hope you have as much fun listening to the podcast as we did recording it!
The podcast is likely available wherever you like to get your podcasts, but here are direct links to a couple of the most likely locations. Enjoy!
Apple: Bent Biblios Podcast: Greer Macallister Talks The Arctic Fury on Apple Podcasts
Spotify: Greer Macallister Talks The Arctic Fury - Bent Biblios Podcast | Podcast on Spotify
A kind reader just brought this deal to my attention: SCORPICA (and other forthcoming books) can be pre-ordered right now from Barnes & Noble for 25% off! That’s a nice discount!
Here’s the SCORPICA page. Don’t forget to use the code PREORDER25 for the discount.
The offer ends Friday, January 28, so get clicking!
Somehow I seem to have forgotten to mention that SCORPICA got a starred review from Kirkus. Possibly the shock of the good news knocked everything else out of my head for a bit. You can read the whole review here, and as usual, my publisher’s fabulous team has pulled out the most exciting and relevant bit to present in graphic form. Not everyone is reading my blog daily and knows all about this book, after all — we’ve got to get the word out to other readers who would love to read feminist fantasy set in a matriarchal world and just haven’t heard about SCORPICA yet!
It has been A Week around here and I have honestly lost track of what I’ve posted about and what I haven’t. Thank goodness I can look back at the blog itself and see.
So it looks like I haven’t shared this particular bit of good news yet: SCORPICA made The Nerd Daily’s list of Fantasy and Sci-Fi Book Releases to Devour in 2022!
The books are listed by month of release so you can set up your schedule for what to devour when, and I love seeing SCORPICA’s gorgeous cover (with art by Victo Nghi) pop out of a row like this:
Want to see all the other good stuff coming in the first half of the year for SFF fans? Take a look here.
I often get a heads-up on reviews, honors and other book-related news items, but not always. And sometimes the unexpected discoveries are extra-fun.
Like today, when I got a BookBub email with a link to “Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of 2022,” and of course I opened it and skimmed it, looking at the familiar names, and then — BOOM! Scorpica was right there with the likes of upcoming books from John Scalzi, Melissa Albert, Mike Chen, Tamsyn Muir, and other SFF luminaries.
Check out the list of 23 awesome reads here!
Well hey! That headline pretty much says it all! You can read the whole fabulous review here, and my publisher has pulled out one of the best snippets for the graphic below, which I will just be staring at contentedly for the next, say, five weeks. Yay!
Fittingly, as we begin a new year, I decided to make my new Writer Unboxed post all about beginnings! Specifically, the two different beginnings every novel has, and why one of them is far more challenging than the other.
Hello! It’s 2022! It’s snowing like blazes here in DC. My kids couldn’t be more excited. I couldn’t be gladder that we don’t actually need to go anywhere today. Heavy snow like this is very pretty to watch… from inside the warm, dry comfort of the house.
And here’s some more good news—if you can’t wait until February to get your hands on my matriarchal epic fantasy debut SCORPICA, you can enter to win a copy at Goodreads!
Speaking of Goodreads, though I probably shouldn’t read my reviews there—these reviews are for readers, not authors—I can’t help it, and it puts such a smile on my face to read praise like this:
This is more than a woman's story or women's stories. This is a woman's world. The Drought of Matriarchal Fantasy is over. And I am so here for it.
When I say everyone, I mean everyone needs to read this book. I don't care if you don't like fantasy, I don't care if you hate women—actually, I do care; women are gorgeous, talented, unstoppable beings and they deserve everything—just read it.
Want to win a copy and read SCORPICA for yourself? Click here for the details.