Where We Stand (well, sit, actually) At Week's End

[rolanni]

So, hey! We did the closing. And it was easy and smooth and now we know what amount to write the check for every month, foreverandever. Or at least the next 30 years. So, all good.

As reported in kinzel's blog, various things are moving apace, not counting, I suspect, the Authors. The new beta page for Fledgling is up here. Comments are being taken here, which is part of the Fledgling/Saltation community.

For those who have been even busier than we've been, an Announcement: There will be a WorldCon this year. It will be held in Denver. It will also be held in August, therefore establishing a lack of Herr Heisenberg's involvement in the proceedings. Read all about it here.

We -- that's Sharon Lee and Steve Miller -- will be attending this Denver WorldCon in August as panelists. We have train tickets! We have hotel reservations! We have Plans, Big Plans, to ride a vintage wooden carousel, which may not pan out, but! it's always good to have plans.

In addition to Plans and train tickets, we have the lovely and talented gilraen2, who has taken on the task of arranging a Friends of Liad breakfast. Because she is a splendid and organized person, we will be selling tickets in advance (Is this not a thing of beauty? Why didn't we think of that?) but! (you knew that was coming) we need a central place at the convention to do this piece of business. We had become accustomed to doing our con-related at-con business from the Meisha Merlin table, which is no longer possible.

Is there anyone (actually, lots of anyones, so nobody gives up their whole con for us -- that would be Too Awful) who is willing to man a Liaden Universe® fan table (I have no idea if it's even possible to reserve a fan table at this late date)? Can someone think of a central location where tickets could be sold *other than* a Liaden fan table? Suggestions welcome.

In other news, I've updated the Saltation subscription meter. As of this writing, 628 books have been adopted, with only 572 remaining.

I've also been writing, a little, and very much need to write this weekend, a lot. Anybody who has some spare energy, send 'er this way. Thanks.

Progress on Longeye

46,943 / 100,000 (46.9%)

Comments

[kalimeg.livejournal.com]

No, it is until the government messes with your property tax and/or your insurance company messes with your rates. Trust me.

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

Well, the Town Assessor's Office had started it revaluation of town properties ...about a year ago. The last one was done in 1987, so we were already braced for a property tax increase.

The insurance bill serendipitously arrived yesterday and I did note that the house is insured for slightly less than the bank-assessed value, so we'll have to make that adjustment, I guess, but it shouldn't be Too Horrible.

What the Federal Gummint does is outta my hands, but at least now they can't directly take our house away.

[elaine-brennan.livejournal.com]

Shsron Sbarsky is handling fan tables for Denvention -- drop her a note at fantables (at) denvention (dot) org.

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

Aha! Thank you.

[elbales]

I saw two books on American carousels in a used bookshop called Feldman's in Menlo Park (California) this morning. (Though abebooks vilely lies and says there are No Such Creatures.) This, of course, made me think of you. Are you fully supplied with books on the subject?

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

I have several fine volumes on the carousel, most of which are buried for the moment behind the research books for Duainfey and Longeye. I see Carousel Animals and The Great American Carousel from Tobin Fraley, and Carousel Horses: A Photographic Celebration from Sherrell S. Anderson. I also have a book called The Carousel Keepers, I believe, but I can't remember who wrote it.

*Looks around office*

I think I better finish writing this book while I still have enough floor space in here to move my chair...

[elbales]

Hee! I believe the first two you mentioned are the ones I saw.

We're doing spring cleaning and I just took a big load to the recycling yard. I feel your pain.

[papersky.livejournal.com]

Huzzah! I will see you in Denver!

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

You're coming to Denver! Even more wonderfulness!