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L. D. Colter -- Speculations

Speculations: a newsletter from award-winning speculative fiction author, L. D. Colter. Musings on writing, reading, and various piffle, but always a cute animal video.

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Speculations for January 2026: A new release date, audiobooks nearly here, and baby polar bears

Speculations for January 2026: A new release date, audiobooks nearly here, and baby polar bears... Well, not unlike last year, 2026 is off to a surreal start. Some people doing awful things but also amazing people doing wonderful things. Alignment all the way from Lawful Good to Chaotic Evil on full display. My twin sources of refuge, lifelong, have been speculative fiction and nature. Besides reading and hanging out with fellow writers, I walk everyday in the country where the wind blows in...

December 2025 Book 3 Coming Soon, Book Recs from 30 SFF Authors, Smashwords Sale, and Holiday Baby Bats Final Book in The Perilous Gods Set Coming Soon This year has been one long, wild ride with the Perilous Gods trilogy moving through the various publishing stages while I juggled my copyediting freelance work, promotion, life in general, and a separate multi-book publishing contract at the same time. (Can't have too much of a good thing, right?? ... but it can make for many months in a row...

An occasional newsletter from a writer of weird things...Musings on writing, reading, and various piffle, but always a cute animal video. Wow -- this month is jam-packed -- both this newsletter and my writing schedule, which is completely outta control right now. News for this month: Book two of The Perilous Gods, When the Winds Sing, releases today and you're in on the celebration!! I avoided the words "giveaway" and "free" in the subject line so emails wouldn't bounce, but YES a FREE ebook...

An occasional newsletter from a writer of weird things...Musings on writing, reading, and various piffle, but always a cute animal video. Cool (or creepy) Crescent City Stuff, Free Ch 1, Cute Animal Video Oct 21, 2025 Speculations Newsletter If there are a few typos here or less polished writing, well, things are wild right now. Book one is out and still getting interviews, book two releases in less than a month, book three edits are due back to the editor (sounds better than saying overdue,...

An occasional newsletter from a writer of weird things...Musings on writing, reading, and various piffle, but always a cute animal video. Look who's featured on John Scalzi's Blog! Plus Book 1 Is Live! plus some free SFF and fat bears Sept 25, 2025 While the Gods Sleep: The Perilous Gods, Book One released yesterday!! 🥳 Wow. Well the big day finally arrived. While the Gods Sleep has been released into the world. Here are some of the recent reviews that have been coming in: Dark, intense, and...

An occasional newsletter from a writer of weird things...Musings on writing, reading, and various piffle, but always a cute animal video. Three Weeks and Counting: Plus Reading a Novel by Keanu Reeves, How My MC's 2 Childhood Deaths Were Nearly My Own, and Animal Hugs Sept 4, 2025 While the Gods Sleep Book One of The Perilous Gods is currently on NetGalley and is set to release three weeks from today! What the early reviews are saying: And of course, this amazing endorsement: "The pleasures...

An occasional newsletter from a writer of weird things...Musings on writing, reading, and various piffle, but always a cute animal video. Cover Reveal At The Nerd Daily! and other fun updates Aug 7, 2025 Things are starting to feel really real. The Nerd Daily (a UK online source of book reviews, previews, and interviews) was kind enough to feature the cover reveal for all three books in my upcoming trilogy. So without further ado — ta da!! You can click the preview below to go to the full...