Liaden Universe® Infodump # 64

LIADEN UNIVERSE® COMPANION VOLUME TWO

_Liaden Universe Companion®  Volume Two_, in both hardcover and trade 
paper, has arrived at SRM Publisher Central. Pre-ordered books are being 
shipped on a first-in, first out basis. Expect this to take up to 
several weeks to shake out (we have a *lot* of orders to send out! You 
people are great!) and then we'll be shipping current orders. You can 
see the cover and (if you've been holding off until there was news of an 
actual book in hand) order at http://www.korval.com/srmcat2.htm

LEE AND MILLER YULE CHAPBOOK

SRM Publisher is proud to announce the title of the 2007 Yule Chapbook. 
That would be _Dragon Tide_. The chapbook will contain two original 
short stories, "Daughter of Dragons," contiguous with the Agent of 
Change sequence. The other story, which is still awaiting a title, is 
set within the Crystal timeline. Pre-orders are now open! Simply go to 
the Dragon Tide pre-order page (http://www.korval.com/dragontide1.html). 
While you're there, you might want to check out the other SRM offerings 
. It's never too early to buy Yule presents.

FLEDGLING AND ...SEQUEL

For those who have iron control and have not been over to the Fledgling 
site (http://www.korval.com/fledgling/) since Chapter 31 was posted, on 
October 8 -- the authors have declared a draft. Yes, we know that there 
are things that need to be fixed, threads left dangling, subplots that 
are unresolved. We'll deal with those. Second drafts, however, are not 
for the squeamish, so we'll be performing the necessary surgery and 
repair in private. The current projection is for a trade paperback of 
the finished novel to be mailed to qualifying subscribers next autumn.

In the meantime -- we do plan to finish the story out. Watch for an 
announcement of a new serialized novel continuing the Life and Times of 
Theo Waitley, early next year.

LIADEN UNIVERSE® COMPANION VOLUME ONE REPRINT

_Liaden Universe® Companion Volume One_ in mass-market size is waiting 
confirmation of the ISBN. The printer needs to open a slot for this; 
we're hoping for a November release.  This is not a true mass-market 
edition because the book is not "strippable" ... but it should handily 
fit on your mass-market size shelves.

ELECTRIC BOOKS

Fictionwise now has nine out of a possible ten Sharon Lee titles 
available here: http://www.fictionwise.com/eBooks/SharonLeeeBooks.htm. 
Download, read, enjoy! Heck, vote, if the mood is on you.

DUAINFEY

Lee and Miller's fantasy _Duainfey_, is in final draft check-over as we 
type, and will be zapped over to the good folks at Baen early next week, 
leaving the authors free to begin writing the sequel, _Longeye_.

MORE ELECTRIC BOOKS

Jim Baen's Universe December issue (Vol 2 Num 4 December 2007) will 
feature the new Liaden story Misfits by Lee & Miller; you can read half 
of the story now if you like: http://baens-universe.com/articles/Misfits 
<http://universe.com/articles/Misfits> . If you absolutely must read it 
sooner
rather than later you can subscribe on site.

And remember! The complete novels and most of the Liaden Universe® short 
stories are available electronically from Webscriptions: 
http://www.webscription.net/s-117-sharon-lee.aspx

BOOK SIGNING

Lee and Miller will be signing _Liaden Universe® Companion Number Two_ 
and other books Saturday, October 27, from 10 a.m. to noon at Children's 
Book Cellar, 52 Main Street, Waterville 04901.  Come join the authors; 
if we get enough visitors maybe we can do a brief walking tour of 
downtown Waterville.


BOSTON IN FEBRUARY? HECK YES!

The  next scheduled Lee and Miller convention appearance is Boskone 45, 
February 15-17 2008 (see http://www.nesfa.org/boskone/ )


BLOGS OF NOTE

Steve Miller's blog, Journeyman:  http://kinzel.livejournal.com/

Sharon Lee's blog, Eagles over the Kennebec: http://rolanni.livejournal.com/

Theo_Waitley, the discussion group for readers of _Fledgling_: 
http://community.livejournal.com/theo_waitley/

Where Dragons Rest, a Liaden Universe® readers group:
http://community.livejournal.com/liaden_readers/

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Writing news! Getcher red hot writing news!

SRM Publisher is proud to announce the title of the 2007 Yule Chapbook. That would be Dragon Tide. The chapbook will contain two original short stories, "Daughter of Dragons," contiguous with the Agent of Change sequence. The other story, which is still awaiting a title, is set within the Crystal timeline.

Pre-orders are now open! Simply go to the Dragon Tide pre-order page. While you're there, you might want to check out the other SRM offerings. It's never too early to buy Yule presents.

For those who have iron control and have not be over to the Fledgling site since Chapter 31 was posted, on October 8 -- the authors have declared a draft. Yes, we do know that there are things that need to be fixed, threads left dangling, and subplots that are unresolved. We'll deal with it. However, second drafts are not for the squeamish, so we will be performing the necessary surgery and repair in private. The current projection is for a trade paperback of the finished novel to be mailed to qualifying subscribers next autumn.

In the meantime -- yes, we do plan to finish the story out. Watch for an announcement of a new serialized novel continuing the Life and Times of Theo Waitley, early next year.

Other writing news...Sometime this week, the mailman brought us three copies of the Russian edition of Balance of Trade, which was pleasant. The accompanying note explaining how we weren't going to be getting our on-pub money wasn't so pleasant, but -- hey! Russian edition = 'way cool.

I note that Fictionwise now has available nine out of a possible ten Sharon Lee titles. Download, read, enjoy! Heck, vote, if the mood is on you.

The rest of the weekend involves finishing up the last pass through Duainfey, after which it will be zapped over to the good folks at Baen, leaving me free! to begin writing Longeye.

Speaking of Baen: candles, prayers, and good thoughts, please, for Hank Reinhardt, Toni Weisskopf's husband, who is in the hospital and doing very poorly.