Martha Wells

SF/F Writer - The Books of the Raksura, The Murderbot Diaries, and more. Nebula and Hugo Award winner. NYT Bestseller. (She/her) Agent: Jennifer Jackson

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2023-12-23 16:13:45

Witch King ebook is on sale today (Saturday, 12/23) in the US for $2.99 https://www.amazon.com/Witch-King-Martha-Wells-ebook/dp/B0B9KVV7JH -- https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/witch-king-martha-wells/1141976525?ean=9781250826800
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2023-12-01 18:06:35

FYI, if you want to get signed and personalized books by me, you can order from https://hyperbolebookstore.com/
They're an independent family-owned bookstore close to where I live so I can come in and sign mail orders, and they do flat rate shipping. They have a lot of other great books too.
I can personalize with names but I can't do doodles or long sentences. With the rheumatoid arthritis, my hands just can't do it and it would look terrible.

2023-11-30 16:53:54

There are only TWO licensed sellers of Murderbot-related merchandise:
* Murderbot pins, a Sanctuary Moon t-shirt, and signed bookplates for <i>System Collapse</i> from Worldbuilders, all of which is being sold to raise funds for charities like Heifer International, Mercy Corps, First Book and more.
https://worldbuildersmarket.com/search?q=martha+wells&options%5Bprefix%5D=last
* Mayticks' Murderbot pin.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1427524423/murderbot-officially-licensed-pin
All other merchandise not sold by Worldbuilders Market or Mayticks is unlicensed and often uses stolen fan art.

2023-10-25 20:53:30

Finished radiation treatment!
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2023-10-23 18:15:25

There's a first chapter excerpt of System Collapse on https://www.tor.com/2023/10/23/excerpts-system-collapse-by-martha-wells/

2023-10-21 15:23:37

So this is some cool news I have been sitting on for a while. I'm a guest of honor at the Seattle WorldCon in 2025, along with Donato Giancola, Bridget Landry, Alexander James Adams, and hosts K. Tempest Bradford and Nisi Shawl!
https://seattlein2025.org/

2023-10-17 17:39:27

The upcoming System Collapse tour schedule:
https://marthawells.dreamwidth.org/634600.html
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2023-10-17 14:13:55

Do you think this summary of "Witch King: the next Murderbot novel" was possibly written by AI? (This is a rhetorical question.)
https://www.connectsavannah.com/savannah/what-are-we-reading-books-of-the-week/Content?oid=21142390

2023-09-03 23:02:27

Witch King won the Dragon Award for Best Fantasy novel! So that's pretty cool!
https://file770.com/2023-dragon-award-winners/

2023-09-02 13:59:31

Raising funds with Acclaimed Authors to Stop Violence Against Women:
https://thepixelproject.rallyup.com/read4pixelsfall2023/Campaign/Details

2023-08-04 18:54:48

So I went to the follow-up appointment with the surgeon today and there was good news and annoying news. The good news is that from the way the lymph nodes looked, they caught it before it went anywhere. The annoying news is that there's a possibility that they didn't get all the margin so they have to do a second surgery. 1/2 #cancer

2023-07-18 15:03:34

I'm a special guest at ComicCon (SDCC) this year and here is my schedule: https://marthawells.dreamwidth.org/624060.html

2023-07-14 15:40:43

Re: last retoot:
Remember Disney must pay: Writers Must be Paid:
https://www.writersmustbepaid.org/

2023-07-14 15:00:57

"But streaming has scrambled that model, endangering the ability of working actors to make a living. “So many of my friends who have nearly a million followers, who are doing billion-dollar franchises, don’t know how to make rent,” Glenn told me. "
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/notes-on-hollywood/orange-is-the-new-black-signalled-the-rot-inside-the-streaming-economy

2023-07-13 18:53:07

Virtual event tonight (7/13) at the Ashland Public Library 6pm CT/7pm ET
Q&A With SciFi/Fantasy Author Martha Wells
https://www.ashlandmass.com/Calendar.aspx?EID=10955

2023-07-11 16:03:15

My ComicCon Schedule: https://marthawells.dreamwidth.org/624060.html

2023-07-10 20:01:12

Re-post: Post with a brief Cancer update and the first part of the trip to Sweden and EuroCon:
https://marthawells.dreamwidth.org/623233.html

2023-07-10 15:08:04

I just want to mention here as a datapoint, for my book tour I asked that the stores request that people wear masks, even if they couldn't require it. (I asked that first because I would be in a lot of airports and didn't want to pass anything along, then when I got the cancer diagnoses it seemed an even better idea.) And attendees did wear masks, in Houston at Murder By the Book, in Georgia at Eagle Eye Books, in Cincinnati at Joseph-Beth, at the St Louis and College Station, TX, libraries.

2023-07-10 13:30:06

Post with a brief Cancer update and the first part of the trip to Sweden and EuroCon:
https://marthawells.dreamwidth.org/623233.html

2023-06-28 21:28:59

Reposting this link, the text of my co-guest of honor speech from this year's WisCon: https://marthawells.dreamwidth.org/620264.html

2023-06-28 13:54:47

Witch King by Martha Wells is a poignant standalone fantasy novel
by Daniel Roman
Martha Wells, the multi-award-winning author of the Murderbot Diaries series, has published her first new fantasy novel in over a decade. Witch King is a standalone book with all the adventure, deeply realized characters, and complex worldbuilding you’d hope for in a fantasy novel, delivered with Wells’ trademark wit and insight. Read on for our spoiler-free review!
https://winteriscoming.net/2023/06/27/book-review-witch-king-by-martha-wells/

2023-06-24 15:33:38

Last Witch King event here in College Station, Texas. This is a hybrid in-person/virtual event:
Saturday, June 24, 2:00-3:30 pm
College Station, Texas. Hybrid in-person/virtual author visit at Larry J. Ringer Public Library.
https://tockify.com/bcslibrary/detail/4380/1687633200000

2023-06-21 11:57:38

Next three signings:
Wednesday, June 21, 7:00pm
Cincinanti, Ohio. In person signing with John Scalzi at Joseph-Beth Books.
https://www.josephbeth.com/event/martha-wells-conversation-john-scalzi-discussing-and-signing-witch-king
Thursday, June 22, 6:00pm
St. Louis, Missouri. In person/virtual signing with Ann Leckie at Schlafly Public Library/Left Bank Books.
https://www.left-bank.com/event/martha-wells-witch-king
Saturday, June 24, 2:00-3:30 pm
College Station, Texas. Hybrid in-person/virtual author visit at Larry J. Ringer Public Library.
https://tockify.com/bcslibrary/detail/4380/1687633200000

2023-06-18 11:43:35

I saw that @npub1zlc…t8g8 has also been diagnosed with breast cancer. I want to tell people to try to keep up with yearly mammograms as much as possible. I didn't have any sign of mine except for what showed up on the mammogram and then the biopsy. When I saw the surgeon two weeks ago he said he had four other appointments that day with people who had just been diagnosed with it.

2023-06-02 18:10:30

So last Wednesday before WisCon, (last week of May), I was diagnosed with breast cancer. They caught it early, the prognosis is really good, and I'm doing fine.
I will be attending EuroCon.
The reason I had to cancel my Boston Brookline Books signing with Holly Black is that was the only way I could get back home to have appointments with a surgeon and oncologist to get the treatment process started before I needed to leave for Sweden, which we did this morning. (1/2)

2023-05-30 13:11:03

It is Witch King release day! It's out in hardcover, ebook, and audiobook narrated by Eric Mok. It's been reviewed in the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, which I'm really happy about. Here's a tag for some posts with the acknowledgements, a Witch King playlist, and some links to the reviews: https://marthawells.dreamwidth.org/tag/witch+king
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2023-05-27 13:36:08

Witch King was reviewed in the Wall Street Journal https://www.wsj.com/articles/science-fiction-fantasy-martha-wellss-witch-king-3fbbe31e

2023-05-23 21:48:25

https://www.audible.com/blog/witch-king-is-martha-wells-triumphant-return-to-fantasy

2023-05-18 17:49:49

A review of Witch King at Nerds of a Feather!
http://www.nerds-feather.com/2023/05/review-witch-king-by-martha-wells.html

2023-05-18 14:44:53

https://www.wga.org/
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2023-05-16 19:27:24

Audio excerpt: Listen to the First Two Chapters of Martha Wells’ Witch King, narrated by Eric Mok https://www.tor.com/2023/05/16/audio-excerpt-witch-king-by-martha-wells/

2023-05-12 14:44:40

A post about all the various ways to buy the hardcover, ebook, or audiobook of Witch King, which is coming out May 30 from Tordotcom: https://marthawells.dreamwidth.org/616734.html

2023-05-03 21:29:43

Witch King unboxing! It will be available on May 30.
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2023-04-17 15:09:32

Yay! Witch King is a Library Reads pick for May!
https://libraryreads.org/
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