I set a course for winds of fortune

Monday. Dim, damp, and cooler than the temperature on the thermometer would leave you to believe.

Car service concluded. I had forgotten that I had a Free oil change and tire rotation on the books as an apology for last year's narrowly-averted tragedy. I was also verbally apologized to several times for that mistake, and the tech not only asserted that he had tightened the oil cap correctly, but he demonstrated that this was so to the manager.

While I was in the Big City, I retired several errands, and! as a Special Bonus, I have a gift of homemade lasagna for lunch.

I'm home now (and will be unless I Get A Call, which I don't expect) and have eaten the last cookie. Why does this keep happening? WHO IS EATING MY COOKIES?

Ahem.

While I was driving to and fro, I heard a clip from an interview with a member of Kansas, who was describing the first time the band played "Wayward Son." One comment made me laugh out loud: "We all loved that song. We loved it so much we never thought it would be a hit single!"

Spoken like an artist.

Now that I am home, and absent a phone call, I'm going to take another whack at getting The Fey Duology up for preorder.

How's Monday morning treating everybody?

Today's blog post title brought to you by Kansas, "Carry On Wayward Son"

We were never gonna get old

Fey Duology publication update!

The ebook is percolating through the system and should seen be available for preorder at all the usual vendors except Amazon. Don't yell at me; there are Reasons, which mostly have to do with Amazon's complete non-understanding of the concept of "rights reverted to the author." The price for the ebook, including two dark fantasy novels under one cover will be $12. It will publish on June 1.

I will be talking to Baen next, to see if they'll list the electronic omnibus in Pinbeam Book catalog on their site. Watch the skies.

There will be a trade paper edition...eventually. It will cost a whopping $35. Thirty-two-fifty goes to paper, distribution, and the bookstores' piece of the action. I'm sorry it costs so much. I brought in a Well-regarded Consultant, but he couldn't figure out how to bring the price down, either, though he did point out that the cover price on the two Baen hardcovers was $24.99 each.

The reason we have an "eventually" in the trade paper equation is that I've ordered a physical proof copy, because I'm Just That Picky, and the book will not go on sale until I've OK'd the proof.

. . . and that's the news at 3:25.

Oh. Here's a picture of the Well-regarded Consultant, consulting:

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The dishes are done, the contractor has been and gone, promising a quote rsn, I updated the Adventures in the Liaden Universe catalog page on pinbeambooks.com, and there was something else I was supposed to be doing, but I'm damned if I can remember what it was, which is MY message from the Universe to knock off for the day.

So! Knocking off for the day. *waves*

Everybody stay safe. I'll check in tomorrow.

This evening's post brought to you by Southside Johnny, who I had never heard of until Steve introduced me to his music.  "It's Been A Long Time" is a fair enough description of our life together... Money got made, baby; money got spent.  We were never gonna get old.