A.B. Channing

❖ “Tally our numbers,” signs Sar, much more calmly than they must be feeling. ❖
          
          Hello friends! I come bearing chapters. This week in Kels, everyone scrambles to respond to the new and ominous arrival on the island. 
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/1427901116-listen-to-the-water-full-series-wattys-2022
          
          ❖ Meanwhile in Rocks Can Dance, Lingmei takes aim at a local supervisor and puts her plan to save Jenu from a second storm into motion. 
          
          https://www.patreon.com/posts/44-lingmei-131948881
          
          ❖ Fun fact of the day: The record for fastest fish in the ocean belongs to either the sailfish or the black marlin. However, we don’t know for sure—all speed estimates are based on how fast a sportfishing line unspools when one of these fish is caught.

❖ “Three times now. Three times at least; more than one healer had the same experience when the Roshaska Kels arrived. This is a pattern.” ❖
          
          Hello friends! I come bearing chapters. This week in Kels, Taiki has a new lead on the alliance’s strongest weapon.
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/1427900918-listen-to-the-water-full-series-wattys-2022 
          
          ❖ Meanwhile in Rocks Can Dance, Lingmei takes charge of the remaining team, and she’s got a plan to confront the storms at their source.
          
          https://www.patreon.com/posts/43-lingmei-131045685
          
          ❖ Fun fact of the day: In meteorological circles, there is heated debate over whether to add a sixth level to the scale used to classify hurricane strength. A peer-reviewed 2024 study found that at least five storms in recent history would qualify.

Hey  any update on the book red rover

❖ Blog alert! My promised post on the recent George R.R. Martin drama is up, alongside a bonus post on why finishing series is so damn hard. Get ‘em hot off the press:
          
          https://www.abchanning.com/george-r-r-martin-doesnt-owe-you-his-books/
          https://www.abchanning.com/the-last-mile-trial-why-finishing-a-series-is-so-damn-hard/
          
          ❖ I also come bearing chapters. This week in Kels, a stealth mission into the stone forest reveals bad news for the under-threat alliance. 
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/1427900829-listen-to-the-water-full-series-wattys-2022 
          
          ❖ Meanwhile in Rocks Can Dance, we’re back to regular scheduled programming… for posting, that is. Yahvi is having one of the worst days of her life. 
          
          https://www.patreon.com/posts/42-yahvi-130322812
          
          ❖ Fun fact of the day: You are more closely related to a salmon than a salmon is to a shark.

'Sup, folks! I just dropped a new blog post on my website. This one's about matriarchies in worldbuilding, and why they're (mostly) just as broken as patriarchies are. Link below, and stay tuned for my take on the hooplah currently going down with George RR Martin. Coming soon!
          
          https://www.abchanning.com/your-fictional-matriarchy-isnt-inclusive/
          
          I've also added a new short story to my highest Patreon tier, bringing the total there up to four + an exclusive novella. A big thanks to those at that tier---you're the first and only people to ever lay eyes on this story.
          
          https://www.patreon.com/posts/to-whom-it-may-129877102 
          
          Cheers, all!

❖ “Ande doesn’t meet either me or Sar’s eyes. Sar, I expected, but she really must be shaken to not look at me, either.” ❖
          
          Hello friends! I come bearing chapters. This week in Kels, questions about the reliability of Sing to the Moon’s ultimate weapon continue. 
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/1427900735-listen-to-the-water-full-series-wattys-2022
          
          ❖ Apologies for the temporary hiatus on Rocks Can Dance! I’m in the process of rebuilding my buffer through the final chapters of the book, and should be back to a regular posting schedule next week.
          
          ❖ Fun fact of the day: The sea creature responsible for the most human deaths each year is the box jellyfish.

❖ “I haven’t slept in a day and a half, but any chance of a nap vanishes the moment I cross the reef into the bay on the island of the yellow fish.” ❖
          
          Hello friends! I come bearing chapters. There’s a chapter up from last week, too; I just forgot to announce it. This week in Kels, bad news and a happy reunion come hand in hand.
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/1516549044-listen-to-the-water-full-series-wattys-2022
          
          ❖ Fun fact of the day: Many sea creatures camouflage themselves with countershading: their bodies are darker on top and lighter underneath, so they match their backdrop better when observed from above or below.

❖ “I knew precious little about the ocean at the time, but I recognized that mountain. It had the same shape as Tanalogochi.” ❖
          
          Hello friends! I come bearing chapters and a writing-adjacent announcement: I have a website! www.abchanning.com has become my new internet headquarters, home to a public blog and (eventually) copies of my books for purchase. My first blog posts are up, if you’re interested. Some of you may recognize them, as they’ve been posted before on Wattpad: a seven-post series on representation, and especially queer rep. Head on over for:
          
          12 Ways To Worldbuild Queer Inclusion In Fantasy
          Tips For Writing They/Them Pronouns in Third Person
          The Strengths and Shortcomings of “Just Write A Person”
          When Should You Reveal That Your Character Is Queer?
          10 Ways To Identify Your Queer Characters Without Labels
          How To Write Casual Representation
          … And a more personal post that I’ll let you find yourself!
          
          ❖ Admin over, time for chapters. This week in Kels, an eruption sends shockwaves through both the alliance and their gathering plans.
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/1516548233-listen-to-the-water-full-series-wattys-2022
          
          ❖ Meanwhile in Rocks Can Dance, a rescue team finally tracks down who Tobias has been looking for. 
          
          https://www.patreon.com/posts/41-tobias-128097981
          
          ❖ Fun fact of the day: I have over a hundred fully-written, partly-written, or heavily planned blog posts that I’ve hoarded over the years just kind of… sitting in a google doc on my computer. Did I just build an entire website motivated by the fact that I wanted somewhere else to put them? Maybe.

❖ “If Andalua arrives, I don’t know if people will even be able to start the song.” ❖
          
          Hello friends! We are back on schedule, and I come bearing chapters. This week in Kels, the new alliance’s precarious situation bubbles to the surface in a different way than before.
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/1516548187-listen-to-the-water-full-series-wattys-2022
          
          ❖ Meanwhile in Rocks Can Dance, the tail end of the storm leaves Lingmei with a newly clear view of what needs to happen next—and it has to happen fast.
          
          https://www.patreon.com/posts/40-lingmei-127482736
          
          ❖ Fun fact of the day: The oldest definitively dated rocks on earth are part of the Acasta Gneiss Complex in northern Canada. At 4 billion years old, they predate the first signs of life by 300 million years.

❖ “When we emerge into the village center, people gasp.” ❖
          
          Hello friends! I come bearing chapters and an announcement that there will be NO CHAPTER UPDATES next week. I’m getting married, so I’ll be a little busy  ^_^  Both books should be back on schedule the week after that!
          
          ❖ This week in Kels, Taiki learns what happened in his Karu village since he left so many years ago. 
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/1516548139-listen-to-the-water-full-series-wattys-2022
          
          ❖ Meanwhile in Rocks Can Dance, Alex stages a dangerous rescue and an even riskier survival plan as a storm bears down. 
          
          https://www.patreon.com/posts/39-alex-126594037 
          
          ❖ Fun fact of the day: The lightest rock on earth is pumice, a volcanic rock type that looks like a sponge. It floats on water.