Five things make a post, Saturday a.m. edition

[rolanni]

1. Snowing here
2. Printing out Ghost Ship again.  If this continues, it will break the record all-time high of Most Printed Out Manuscript in the Liaden Universe©, currently held by Balance of Trade.
3. Catching up SRM end-of-year bookkeeping while the manuscript prints.
4. Theo’s father is not the Delm of Korval.  No, really.
5. Print job’s done.  Heading for the couch with it, and The Leewit, in hand.  The Coon Cat Collaborators have been hard at work this while, warming the room up for me.  See y’all later.

Originally published at Sharon Lee, Writer. You can comment here or there.

Comments

[amm-me.livejournal.com]

SNOW !!?!*!?

Yipes. My tomatoes and eggplants are growing, and the zucchini seeds are up.

We had an extraordinary snow on the equinox, but it's long forgotten.

I'm sure fitting all the pre-existing plotlines together into Ghost Ship is quite a puzzle. Hurray that you have boldly essayed the task!

[magda-vogelsang.livejournal.com]

Of course Theo's father isn't the Delm. Her half brother is.

We had a chance of snow last night, but don't seem to have gotten any. Or any rain either, which we could use some more of.

I have daffodils, species tulip, tulips, and beeding hearts flowering in my garden, and buds on the viburnum I planted shortly after moving here 5 years ago. The earlier fruit trees and magnolias are gorgeous, and the crab apples are just starting to flower. Very springlike here despite the fact that it's chilly today.

I fully expect snow in late April or May, since Michigan is like that.

Delm, not the Delm

[(Anonymous)]

No, of course Theo's father is not the Delm of Korval. He is Jen Sar/Aelliana, completely different Melant'i than Daav, even if it's the same genetics. I'd love to know what effect having two people living in the same body has on reproduction, especially considering Theo's mathematical uniqueness.
That's one of the things I love about the Liad books, a completely different culture but one with it's own rules. Wouldn't want to live there though, the thought of the sheriekas returning scares the snot out of me!
Sue H
PS; How about putting some of the the printouts on eBay when you're done with them? Recoup ink and paper $$.

[cailleuch.livejournal.com]

Yes, Michigan, we can expect snow until mid-May. Most of my flowering trees are now in bloom. Yesterday was warm, today the heat has been turned on again. On-off and back again.

The icon picture was a late April snow.

eBay

[doccolt.livejournal.com]

Second the eBay suggestion with enthusiasm!!!!

[maddoxa.livejournal.com]

I would think it would be the same as Edward VIII - once you've abdicated, you can't change your mind (and others can't change it for you)

Saltation

[baobrien.livejournal.com]

This may not be the right topic/place for this comment, but I just finished Saltation and have to say THANK YOU again.

I was one of the early readers who enjoyed the chapter-by-chapter first draft and discussions - and it was such fun to see how you improved the story and ended it perfectly! (for me, at least) After the last word, I said "oh, yes!" and had to leave a comment.

It will be great fun to see where Ghost Ship takes this. I really hope you and Steve enjoy this as much as your readers enjoy the product.

Here in Chicago, no snow is forecast, but it's never impossible in April.

Re: Saltation

[mtz322.livejournal.com]

Ghost Ship has two hard acts to follow!
I really liked seeing the changes between the chapter by chapter draft, the eARC, and the final Webscription, and admire immensely the skill involved in the revising (the draft was ART, revising is SKILL hard-earned)

Sigh, just a touch of sadness though from the final. I was sort of 'meh' about Theo's mother in the draft, then glad to get to know her better in the revisions, but, I liked her so much better it makes me sad to think she's now left behind.

[(Anonymous)]

4. Of course not, because Theo's brother is Delm Korval. Daav passed the Ring. However, a few questions are ...

Will Theo even join Korval? (Theo Waitley yos'Phelium?)

If so, as sibling to Delm, will she become Nadelm (in a heir-presumptive manner) until a child of Val Con/Miri gets old enough to meet the criteria?

(and Rolanni chuckles ... "tee tum tee tum ...")

No snow in St. Louis but temps dropped to low 50s last night.

My backup copy of Saltation arrived on doorstep yesterday so am finally reading a printed version.

Brom

[capricchio.livejournal.com]

No. Theo's father WAS the delm of Korval and hated every minute of it. After the way Er Thom sucked Shan into Korval, does Theo really get a choice??? Besides, if she joins Korval and gets Win Ton healed, she can be 'legit' with his family. :) Sooner or later, she's going to have to take that sleep learning class on The Code, just to have a fighting chance of understanding what might be offered.
No snow down here. Just 40 and drizzling all weekend. Ugh. I'm really looking forward to Florida this week.

[celticdragonfly.livejournal.com]

Ah, but Shan had been specifically named yos'Galan, which is what I thought precipitated the whole crisis.

I hope she does join Korval, though - the clan needs more people.

I'm still shocked and annoyed that Jen Sar, professor of cultural genetics, who knew Theo was going to have issues with being half Liaden, didn't teach her more about their culture, even if he wasn't going to tell her about her genetics early.

Saltation

[chipwyn.livejournal.com]

Ah, thank you celticdragonfly! My thoughts exactly!! Jen Sar really flubbed that part of his parenting duties (yeah, yeah, I know, Delgado is a matriarchy and Kamele was 'in charge' of Theo--but still!!)

[filkferengi]

The next time folks bug you about Theo's dad being Delm, remind them that he's "the artist formerly known as Delm." Advertent readers will catch the additional ValCon reference. ;)

Thanks again for all the work y'all do!