Sunday, November 29th, 2009

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In Beautiful Theory, there are about a dozen Liaden Universe(R) short stories available through the Sony Ebook Store. I have just spent half-an-hour on the site and cannot prove that this is so. My hope was for an URL that I could send people to. Can someone more tech-savvy than I am find this for me?

Abundant Spanish Aunts.
rolanni: (greeneyes)
Fledgling Pre-supporters, do you have your book?
All pre-ordered copies of Fledgling, (exceptions listed below) have now been mailed. We have reports of arrivals in England, Finland, New Zealand, Switzerland, Germany, California, Australia, Texas and other exotic locales. We also have approximately one dozen books that have been returned to us from the post office. So! If you do not have your _Fledgling_ in hand, please write to
fledglingATkorval.com (where @ replaces AT). We will need your name, and your shipping address in the body of the email.

ISO Fledgling Pre-supporters
The following pre-supporters have not responded to email requests, or to snail-mailed postcards. We want to unite these folks with their books. If you are one of these people, or know one of these people, please write -- or have them write -- to
fledglingATkorval.com (where @ replaces AT):

Daniel Snider
A Farmers Daughter
Nana Chin
Geoffrey Lorgus
Stephanie Henson
David Smith
Celina Harmon
Nadene Carter
Sandra White
Kerrie Mackie
Annette Sliwinski
David Terry
Michael Thoms
Wendy Osborne
Sharon Corbet
Trond Aas
Britta Jacobs
Paul Watts

Halfling Moon Delayed
Steve will be talking to the printer later this week to find out how late this chapbook will be. We apologize for the delay, even as we rejoice in our printer's success after the installation of several new, state-of-the-art machines.

New from SRM Publisher
The newest publications from SRM Publisher (
http://www.srmpublisher.com) are:

Dragon's Bones by James A. Hetley: A novelette set in Hetley's fantasy town of Stonefort, Maine. The story stands alone, but after you read it, you will want to pick up Hetley's novels, also available from SRM Publisher.

Misfits by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller: Paper reprint of a Liaden Universe® novelette that
first appeared in Jim Baen's Universe electronic magazine. This is the story of the weatherman and the military action on Klamath that shaped Miri Robertson.

Maine Quartet by Thomas A. Easton: Known as the Analog book reviewer for decades, Easton's
fiction has been under-appreciated for years. Reprinted here are four dark and delightful
stories.

Cover Art Preview, and! Available for Pre-Order!
Liaden Universe® novel Saltation (to be published on April 22, 2010) has been
available for pre-order from Amazon.com
(
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/143913345X/blookangarue/107-2494529-4543737)
for some time. It is now joined by The Dragon Variation (
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1439133697/blookangarue/107-2494529-4543737) and
Mouse and Dragon (
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1439133816/blookangarue/107-2494529-4543737)

For those who prefer to buy locally, mark June 1 on your calendar as the day both of these fine volumes will be on the shelf. If they are not, don't be shy; ask the nice bookseller to please order them in for you.

For Budgeting Purposes: Forthcoming Lee and Miller Publications
2010 is going to be quite a year for Lee and Miller publications. In fact, we have so much
stuff coming out, we're spilling over into 2011! Here's a list of what's coming out from Baen Books, and when:

Fledgling (mass market), March 9, 2010
Saltation (hard cover), April 22, 2010
The Dragon Variation (omnibus edition including: Local Custom, Scout's Progress and
Conflict of Honors), June 1, 2010
Mouse and Dragon (hard cover: sequel to Scout's Progress), June 1, 2010
The Agent Gambit (omnibus including: Agent of Change and Carpe Diem), September 2010
Carousel Tides (contemporary fantasy by Sharon Lee), September 2010
Korval's Game (omnibus including: Plan B and I Dare), December 2010
The Crystal Variation (omnibus including: Crystal Soldier, Crystal Dragon and
Balance of Trade), March 2011
Ghost Ship (sequel to I Dare and to Saltation), TBA 2011

Coming Soon to a Con Near You!
Sharon and Steve will be Writer Guests of Honor at Oasis 23 (
http://www.oasfis.org/oasis/)
May 28 - 30, 2010 in Orlando, Florida! In addition to stellar programming,
planning is going forth for a Friends of Liad breakfast!

June 18 - 20, 2010, Steve and Sharon will be Literary Guests of Honor at
DucKon 19 (
http://www.duckon.org/) in Naperville, Illinois! In addition
to exciting program items, there is a rumor (as yet unsubstantiated)
of a Liaden High Tea!

Please remember to tell the registration folks that we sent you!

Yes, You Can Read Lee and Miller on your Ebook Reader!
All of the published Liaden Universe® books, the Fey Duology, and The Tomorrow Log are
available from Baen Webscriptions (
http://www.webscription.net/s-117-sharon-lee.aspx)
There are instructions on the Webscription site for downloading their books to your
Kindle, iPhone, iTouch, Sony EReader, and other devices (just click the link on the upper
left-hand side of the page)

Several Sharon Lee short stories, and the Jennifer Pierce Maine novels, Barnburner and Gunshy,
are available from Fictionwise (
http://www.fictionwise.com/eBooks/SharonLeeeBooks.htm)

Support Your Local Bookstore
Uncle Hugo's:
http://www.unclehugo.com/
University Bookstore:
http://www.bookstore.washington.edu/services.taf?dept=about&category=loca
Pandemonium Books:
http://www.pandemoniumbooks.com/
Missing Volume:
http://www.themissingvolume.com/
Borderlands:
http://www.borderlands-books.com/
Dream Haven:
http://www.dreamhavenbooks.com/
Flights of Fantasy:
http://www.fof.net/
Mysterious Galaxy:
http://mysteriousgalaxy.booksense.com/
Constellation Books:
http://www.constellationbooks.com/NASApp/store/IndexJsp
Children's Book Cellar:
http://www.indiebound.org/stores/childrens-book-cellar

All of the above folks do mail order and take want lists.

Blogs of Note
Theo_Waitley is the discussion group for readers of Fledgling and
Saltation:
http://community.livejournal.com/theo_waitley/
Where Dragons Rest:
http://community.livejournal.com/liaden_readers/
Steve Miller's blog, Journeyman:
http://kinzel.livejournal.com/
Sharon Lee's blog, Eagles over the Kennebec:
http://rolanni.livejournal.com/
SRM Publisher blog:
http://srmpublisher.livejournal.com/
Sharon Lee's "Professional" blog, Look Up, the Stars are Dancing:
http://sharon-lee.dreamwidth.org/

Facebook Connections -- please feel free to add us!
http://facebook.com/kinzel -- Steve Miller
http://facebook.com/rolanni -- Sharon Lee

Liaden Interest Groups on Facebook
Clan Korval:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=38719490864&ref=ts
Friends of Liad:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/group.php?gid=16280839259&ref=ts
Flaran chamenthi:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/group.php?gid=2213414696&ref=ts

GoodReads
Sharon's Author Page:
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/57980.Sharon_Lee

Disclaimer Stuff*
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rolanni: (what it's like)
...is that I drop into writer mode 'waaaay too easy, and I get enough sleep. Writer mode + awake + day-job = Oh, so, not a good idea. I'll try to keep my head down and just Enter Data.

Today's labors included laundry, putting together the InfoDump, doing a lot of thinking and a little bit of writing. Thirty-two hundred words on the weekend isn't actually that bad, given all the balls that need to get into the air at the beginning of this book. I've sort of been creeping along, trying to introduce characters and backstory enough so that the inevitable reader who has never seen a Liaden book will get enough of the game-rules for the story to make sense to them, while not boring continuing readers to distraction.

It's been a tightrope-dance, but I do believe I'm through the worst of it and can commence in with Blowing Things Up(TM), which is always a relief.

Chores yet to do include washing the dishes, so I guess I'd better get with the program.

Everybody ready for Monday?

Progress on Ghost Ship

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