Another country heard from...

[rolanni]

Thanks for the good wishes on Re-release Day. If you're still on the fence about this whole Liaden Universe® thing and not sure you want to commit to one of those Unending Series, ysbetwordsmith has a review of the first three books (Agent of Change, Conflict of Honors, and Carpe Diem) here, which may help you make up your mind.

In other news, I have finished going through the page proofs for the Duainfey mass market. Remarkably few marked-up pages will go into a FedEx Letter Pak this evening and start their journey to North Carolina tomorrow, projected arrival date: Black Friday. Ahead of deadline. Wow.

I note without comment that I counted 30 pages of "sex scenes" in this 455 page book.

Among other things, the finishing of the page proofs means that I'll get those four writing days this weekend. Yes!

In day-job news, the students, and apparently most of my faculty, have fled for the holiday. I need to go in tomorrow to turn on the lights and make sure the furnace is set so the pipes don't freeze. The English secretary and I discussed the viability of playing ping-pong in the hallway. Maybe I'll be able to finish reading the book that I've been carrying around with me for three weeks. I remember having time to read for pleasure...

The wind, it is blowing something Terrible and Fierce and has been all day. It's also been raining. Had it been a few degrees cooler and we'd've had a blizzard on our hands. As it is, we're under a flood watch until 4 p.m. tomorrow, and it is now ten degrees warmer than it was when I left work this afternoon.

Well, it's interesting weather...

Comments

[kalimeg.livejournal.com]

Heh. OK, I have an evil heart. I would give Agent of Change to someone who did not want to get bogged down in a series. Why not? No one is going to shoot them if they don't read the next book. And if they do, it has all different characters....

[moon-happy.livejournal.com]

Ping pong? Where's your spirit! Killer Frisbee is the game of choice for hallways.

Thank you!

[ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you're pleased with the review.

Actually, I'd start people off with Conflict of Honors because that one stands alone quite well.

Thank you!

[ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you're pleased with the review.

I think Conflict of Honors would make a good starting place because it stands well on its own.

Ditto on starting with Conflict of Honors

[(Anonymous)]

I started with Conflict of Honors.
It took me awhile to figure out - partway through
Agent of Change - that Val Con's brother was the same Shan as in CoH. I thought they were stand-
alones.

Way to go on ReRelease Day!
Happy Thanksgiving, everybody!
Lauretta

Re: Thank you!

[(Anonymous)]

Well, when I read Agent of Change, Conflict of Honors wasn't out yet. And I still remember the fun of finding the third one.