More on the Russian Editions

As reported earlier today by the intrepid kinzel two Russian editions of Liaden Universe(R) novels have today come to our attention; the first by arriving physically in our mailbox, the second from the AST site.

The identity of the second book being something of a mystery -- no one here at the Confusion Factory reads Russian -- I turned to Babel Fish, from which I learn the following:

Local custom. Way of the intelligence officer

Humanity colonized hundreds of planets. Now in the galaxy side by side live, deal and war the descendants of earthlings - and "strangers". In this peace the love of the heir of the ancient, rich clan of merchants from the planet Of liaden and mud hut - occasion at the beginning of severe vendetta, which threatens to envelop ENTIRE GALAXY... From the peace - into the peace! From the danger - to the danger

Note to Self: Remember to name a planet Mud Hut in an upcoming Liaden adventure.

Slow Day at the Word Mine and Other Tragedies

I've sorta been ignoring the Gym Thing since early November. The gig at LL Bean didn't leave enough motivation, and then there was the trip to Colorado Springs, and, well, I just this morning went back.

Boy is somebody outta shape. It hardly seems fair: it takes so long to get into shape, and not very long at all to get out of shape. Ah, well, back to the thrice-weekly workouts, for me.

Not many words on The Nameless today, which I was finding exceptionally frustrating, until I realized why.

This bit here that I've been working on needs a whole lot of little worldbuilding details, all of which I needed to, um, hand-build on the spot. Which means that, while I wrote very little, I did a big chunk of thinking-out work for the rest of the story.

How many others worldbuild as they go? Or do y'all start out with a complete working knowledge of the story-universe you're working in?

Progress on the Novel Without a Name

25,017 / 98,000 (25.5%)