Liaden Universe(R) InfoDump
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APRIL UPDATE
CALAMITY'S CHILD OFF To PRINTER
The Lee and Miller Chapbook Calamity's Child, due out at Penguicon 4.0, has shipped electronically to the printer. It appears likely that we'll be shipping the bulk of the pre-ordered _Calamity's Child_ on return from the convention as our printer is in the middle of his busiest season. If you haven't yet pre-ordered you can do so at the SRM Publisher online catalog
until the books are printed.
PENGUICON 4.0
...is still on track for April 21-23 in Livonia, MI (information here). If you think you want to go be sure to check the convention website for up-to-date hotel information; at this point all new convention registration is at the door. We hope to see lots and lots of readers there! Our schedule is below:
Friday 6-7 p.m. Intro to Writing. Experienced and new writers discuss their process -- starting with a blank page
Steve Miller, Sharon Lee, Sarah Zettel, Diane Firkin
Friday 8-9 p.m. Opening Ceremonies
Guests of Honor Chris Dibona, Frank Hayes, Sharon Lee and Steve Miller, with Andy, Kristen and Alison Looney See all the Guests of Honor! Hear about convention highlights! Find out where we keep all the food! See if this year's conchair proposes to anyone!
Saturday 11-noon Welcome to Liad! "If a Liaden hands you a contact don't sign it. If he won't sign yours, walk away." An introduction to the complex and exciting Liaden universe created by our author Guests of Honor.
Sharon Lee, Steve Miller, Susan Harris, Tracy Worcester
Saturday 1-2 p.m. Worldbuilding. Some worlds you believe in, and some interfere with the story. How to build and portray your fictional world.
Steve Miller, Karl Schroeder, Nancy Atwell, John Scalzi
Saturday 2:30-3:30 p.m. Collaboration: Writing a deux. The trials, tribulations, and unique victories of creating a shared universe. Creating a coherent world and consistent characters with shared brainpower.
Steve Miller, Sharon Lee
Saturday, 4-5 p.m. Stuffed Animal Tea Party. Come Join Allison Looney and Sharon Lee for tea with their favorite stuffed friends.
Saturday, 7 p.m. Masquerade
Steve Miller and Sharon Lee to help judge
Sunday 10-11 a.m. (off-site) Friends of Liad Breakfast
Sunday noon-1 p.m. Reading and Signing
Steve Miller, Sharon Lee
CRYSTAL DRAGON UPDATE, AGAIN
All of the pre-ordered signed copies Crystal Dragon are on their way -- in fact most of them should have arrived some time back. If you pre-ordered a signed copy from Meisha Merlin and yours did not arrive, please contact Meisha Merlin at email@meishamerlin.com, since they have all shipping and tracking records.
Our last sampling showed the book in stock at amazon.com, BN.com, borders.com, and elsewhere online. Uncle Hugo's in Minneapolis still had a few signed books at last report. Uncle Hugo's takes phone, mail, and email orders. You can visit their web page. Also, our local independent, Children's Book Cellar, will happily take orders for signed books. Contact Ellen Richmond at kidsbookscellar@verizon.net. We have been getting news that various mainstream brick-and-mortar bookstores are now stocked. If you have a favorite store and they don't carry the Lee and Miller book you need, please ask them to get it in. Also, please feel free to add your review to the various online review sites available -- the more the merrier!
SHARON LEE NEWS
Sharon Lee's new mystery novel, Gun Shy is due to be published this summer by SRM Publisher Ltd, with a tentative August 16 publication date. The second Jen Pierce novel, like its predecessor Barnburner, deals with the adventures of a secretary-turned-local-newspaper-reporter in Maine. Single copy price is expected to be $16.95 in trade paperback. Watch the SRM Publisher catalog page for pre-order information in the coming days.
APRIL UPDATE
CALAMITY'S CHILD OFF To PRINTER
The Lee and Miller Chapbook Calamity's Child, due out at Penguicon 4.0, has shipped electronically to the printer. It appears likely that we'll be shipping the bulk of the pre-ordered _Calamity's Child_ on return from the convention as our printer is in the middle of his busiest season. If you haven't yet pre-ordered you can do so at the SRM Publisher online catalog
until the books are printed.
PENGUICON 4.0
...is still on track for April 21-23 in Livonia, MI (information here). If you think you want to go be sure to check the convention website for up-to-date hotel information; at this point all new convention registration is at the door. We hope to see lots and lots of readers there! Our schedule is below:
Friday 6-7 p.m. Intro to Writing. Experienced and new writers discuss their process -- starting with a blank page
Steve Miller, Sharon Lee, Sarah Zettel, Diane Firkin
Friday 8-9 p.m. Opening Ceremonies
Guests of Honor Chris Dibona, Frank Hayes, Sharon Lee and Steve Miller, with Andy, Kristen and Alison Looney See all the Guests of Honor! Hear about convention highlights! Find out where we keep all the food! See if this year's conchair proposes to anyone!
Saturday 11-noon Welcome to Liad! "If a Liaden hands you a contact don't sign it. If he won't sign yours, walk away." An introduction to the complex and exciting Liaden universe created by our author Guests of Honor.
Sharon Lee, Steve Miller, Susan Harris, Tracy Worcester
Saturday 1-2 p.m. Worldbuilding. Some worlds you believe in, and some interfere with the story. How to build and portray your fictional world.
Steve Miller, Karl Schroeder, Nancy Atwell, John Scalzi
Saturday 2:30-3:30 p.m. Collaboration: Writing a deux. The trials, tribulations, and unique victories of creating a shared universe. Creating a coherent world and consistent characters with shared brainpower.
Steve Miller, Sharon Lee
Saturday, 4-5 p.m. Stuffed Animal Tea Party. Come Join Allison Looney and Sharon Lee for tea with their favorite stuffed friends.
Saturday, 7 p.m. Masquerade
Steve Miller and Sharon Lee to help judge
Sunday 10-11 a.m. (off-site) Friends of Liad Breakfast
Sunday noon-1 p.m. Reading and Signing
Steve Miller, Sharon Lee
CRYSTAL DRAGON UPDATE, AGAIN
All of the pre-ordered signed copies Crystal Dragon are on their way -- in fact most of them should have arrived some time back. If you pre-ordered a signed copy from Meisha Merlin and yours did not arrive, please contact Meisha Merlin at email@meishamerlin.com, since they have all shipping and tracking records.
Our last sampling showed the book in stock at amazon.com, BN.com, borders.com, and elsewhere online. Uncle Hugo's in Minneapolis still had a few signed books at last report. Uncle Hugo's takes phone, mail, and email orders. You can visit their web page. Also, our local independent, Children's Book Cellar, will happily take orders for signed books. Contact Ellen Richmond at kidsbookscellar@verizon.net. We have been getting news that various mainstream brick-and-mortar bookstores are now stocked. If you have a favorite store and they don't carry the Lee and Miller book you need, please ask them to get it in. Also, please feel free to add your review to the various online review sites available -- the more the merrier!
SHARON LEE NEWS
Sharon Lee's new mystery novel, Gun Shy is due to be published this summer by SRM Publisher Ltd, with a tentative August 16 publication date. The second Jen Pierce novel, like its predecessor Barnburner, deals with the adventures of a secretary-turned-local-newspaper-reporter in Maine. Single copy price is expected to be $16.95 in trade paperback. Watch the SRM Publisher catalog page for pre-order information in the coming days.
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Sharon Lee's new mystery novel, Gun Shy
Date: 2006-04-10 09:31 pm (UTC)Re: Sharon Lee's new mystery novel, Gun Shy
Date: 2006-04-11 04:39 am (UTC)Alas, it is not. Gun Shy is one of those fortunate books that had a title Straight Off. The whole Jen Pierce Sequence came complete with titles, to wit: Barnburner, Gun Shy, White Sheep. I note that the last book exists as a couple pages of notes, but it has a title. The book that just cracked 40 grand? No title in sight.
Oh, well. There's always Duck Soup.
Re: Sharon Lee's new mystery novel, Gun Shy
Date: 2006-04-11 05:32 am (UTC)