But I got cat class and I got cat style

[rolanni]

So, the big news this morning is!

The Cat Farm cats have been interviewed by Annie's Book Stop.  They talk about their writers, their favorite spots to sleep, and how they deal with the notoriety that comes with being Internet Stars.  Here's your link.

You still have a few days to read "Wise Child" on the Baen website.  Here's your link.

As of yesterday at about 4:00 pm EDT, the personalized books and some few just-signed had arrived at Uncle Hugo's in Minneapolis. In addition, the remaining cases were on a UPS truck headed for the same location.  They are expected to arrive on Thursday, July 7.

We've heard from two libraries that have received their copies of Alliance of Equals, and a report of a sighting in the wild, at a BN in Denton, Texas.  Anyone have any other sightings to report?  Amazon, which often jumps the gun on these things, is, last time I looked, still holding the line at "this item will ship on July 5."

I will set up a spoiler discussion space on Blog Without a Name, and pin it to the top, before we get crazy next week, so folks who read Really Fast have a place to Talk About It where they won't spoil things for the slower readers among us.

In other news, we had a series of rain squalls come through East Winslow last night, culminating in a Pretty Impressive Thunderstorm right around midnight.  This morning, as Steve pointed out, the pine trees are a-glitter with jewels.

. . .I don't really think there's much else to report.  Today's activities include starting the laundry and deciding what we're going to read from Alliance of Equals.  We've read Chapter Seven a couple times now, and we'd like to do something fresh.

It's a glorious morning so far, here in the Deep Woods; blue skies and breeze; going to warm up this afternoon, of course, but, hey -- it's July.

Those who celebrate the upcoming holiday -- have a great weekend.  Those who do not celebrate the upcoming holiday -- y'all have a great weekend, too.

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Today's blog title brought to you by the Stray Cats, "Stray Cat Strut."  Here's your link.

Comments

[jhetley.livejournal.com]

Still gray, over here.

[otterb.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the mention of sightings in the wild! My local BN (Bethesda, MD - Rockville also showed one availabe for in-store pickup) is now holding a copy at the desk for me, and I'll swing by and get it this afternoon. Now I can read it over the holiday weekend when the time is more available than it will be after Tuesday.

Sighting in the wild

[ellenru.livejournal.com]

I was in the big chain store this afternoon, here in the wilds of Southern Ontario, and observed the wily Alliance lurking on a top shelf. Since I have my copy on order and ALSO scored an ARC at Balticon, I left the copies for those whose need is greater than mine.

I observed the holiday yesterday by venturing to the roof of the 12 storey condo building where I live to view the fireworks - not only the "official" city ones by the river (which water I can't see from the roof), but several different ones across the 7 mile river valley the older parts of the city are located in. The various displays went on for the best part of an hour.

[gerald heaton (from livejournal.com)]

Independence, MO BN has a few behind the counter for pre-orders.
The web site has a on sale date of 7/5, which means I'll get it about 08:30 Tuesday (maybe if the gods (or the Tree) are in a good mood a little earlier)
Some books are released about 06:45 EDT which is 07:45 CDT here

[catherine ives (from livejournal.com)]

Please thank Annie's Book Stop for the very enlightening interview with the Confusion Factory Cats. The interview was able to fill in many details that I didn't know concerning their lives and techniques for helping the authors with the work.

Personalized copy received . Thank you!

[mcfan01.livejournal.com]

I just got my copy today! thank you very much! It will jump to the top of my book queue..
Best regards,
Millie