Thanks -- and answers
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rolanniThanks, everyone, for the congratulations on contracting Ghost Ship (note the lack of "The" in the title). We're pretty excited here at the Cat Farm.
Moving on the theory that one big pile is better than two little piles, herewith answers to the questions in comments.
1. Nope, sorry, Ghost Ship will not (that's not) be serialized on the web.
2. Our deadline for turning in the manuscript is August 1, 2010. This means that the book will likely come out sometime in mid-or-late 2011.
3. It's not like you won't have anything from us to read in the meantime*. There's the Yule chapbook, currently under construction, slated for November publication. Saltation comes out in April 2010; Mouse and Dragon in June 2010, Carousel Tides in September 2010. And, lest we forget: All Those Reprints, starting in June 2010.
4. It's 'way early days to be talking snippets on Baen's Bar. Or anywhere else.
5. The current writing project is "Hidden Resources," which is "my" story for the upcoming Yule chapbook, said chapbook entitled Halfling Moon.
6. I honestly don't know when we have time any year soon to write a sequel to Balance of Trade. If we win a lottery big enough to be able to afford health insurance on our own, we may rethink. In the meanwhile, nobody hold their breath.
...I think that covers it. Anybody have a question that isn't covered above?
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*Or, yanno, from other writers
Moving on the theory that one big pile is better than two little piles, herewith answers to the questions in comments.
1. Nope, sorry, Ghost Ship will not (that's not) be serialized on the web.
2. Our deadline for turning in the manuscript is August 1, 2010. This means that the book will likely come out sometime in mid-or-late 2011.
3. It's not like you won't have anything from us to read in the meantime*. There's the Yule chapbook, currently under construction, slated for November publication. Saltation comes out in April 2010; Mouse and Dragon in June 2010, Carousel Tides in September 2010. And, lest we forget: All Those Reprints, starting in June 2010.
4. It's 'way early days to be talking snippets on Baen's Bar. Or anywhere else.
5. The current writing project is "Hidden Resources," which is "my" story for the upcoming Yule chapbook, said chapbook entitled Halfling Moon.
6. I honestly don't know when we have time any year soon to write a sequel to Balance of Trade. If we win a lottery big enough to be able to afford health insurance on our own, we may rethink. In the meanwhile, nobody hold their breath.
...I think that covers it. Anybody have a question that isn't covered above?
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*Or, yanno, from other writers
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Date: 2009-10-06 03:29 pm (UTC)All good news! But <snif> for Jethri...
Date: 2009-10-06 05:00 pm (UTC)OTOH, you keep writing! And Publishing! So .. Yeay!
Re: All good news! But <snif> for Jethri...
Date: 2009-10-06 06:52 pm (UTC)Inquiring minds...
Re: All good news! But <snif> for Jethri...
Date: 2009-10-06 06:59 pm (UTC)Re: All good news! But <snif> for Jethri...
Date: 2009-10-09 04:56 am (UTC)What happened in the intervening centuries and the murder of Aelliana and the Department of the Interior infiltrating the Scouts, were later developments. There was a line in one of the early (in terms of publication dates) Liaden books regarding Terran blood getting into Liaden clans, and that having had been happening for quite a while.
Jethri seems to have something of the standing of a bridge character--he's got his Trader credentials both from the Terran authorities, and from Liaden authority, and is Terran by birth. However, he's also the adopted son of a Liaden Delm and a member of her Clan, and as noted above, he's crew on a Liaden trade ship, and the Scouts have already taken an interest in him and let him know that the old tech is proscribed and he better not ever have any of it on him again ever, if he's going to be in any Liaden jurisdiction.
There's also the matter of a wizard looking out for him.... it's neither healthy nor in the interest of a longevity, to rile a wizard (consider what Anthora did to the DOI agents, and what Ren Zel did in the process of rescuing Anthora from the null-cell).
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Date: 2009-10-07 10:06 pm (UTC)You came to mind. Congrats! I am looking forward to this Very Very Much.
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Date: 2009-10-07 11:19 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-10-08 01:16 am (UTC)Anyhoo--I have no faith in the Obama or any administration to fix the health care mess any time soon. Now, I realize that the Prez is doing everything he can, but I still don't hold out much hope that I'll be able to quit my Day Job at the museum and branch out on my own any time soon to manage the Empire full time, either. [Well, not until mid-2021 that is!] [sigh]
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Date: 2009-10-09 03:37 am (UTC)I just fell in love with the characters and the story and wouldn't mind reading more. Having just read your schedule for next year, I wouldn't be surprised if you uttered a few of Win Ton's choice Liaden expressions! (smile)
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Date: 2009-10-09 05:05 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-11-18 04:43 pm (UTC)no subject
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