In which yr hmbl narrator is mighty

[rolanni]

I have started sketching in Teh Shiny.

I have Committed Bookkeeping.

I have made reservations for Saturday dinner.

I have committed a poster that is too Radical to be used for its intended purpose (sigh).

Truly.  Yes, TRULY I am mighty.

I am mentioning right now, because I have rocks for brains and forgot to do so before now:  Y’all remember that David Mattingly does make a limited number of prints of his cover art available for sale?  And very reasonably, too?  So, if you’re loving the art for Ghost Ship as much as we do around the Cat Farm, get thee to David’s bio page, click on the email link at the bottom and open negotiations.

It is raining in Central Maine; a condition that is projected to last for the next day or so.

I think I may go to bed early.  It’s hard work, being mighty.

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

Comments

Poster

[doccolt.livejournal.com]

My money order went in the mail yesterday! That has to be the most fantastic cover I've ever seen and I've been reading SF for over 50 years now. Worthy of the book I think.
Sam

cover

[kalilama.livejournal.com]

WOW! And I say again, WOW!!!!

Waiting

[claire774.livejournal.com]

Will wait and see what you will write next.

Here we're not allowed to say "hope the rain stops". They fight over every drop of water around here. To say such a thing would elicit from the locals a cry of "But We Need the Moisture!" Here is southern UT near the Colorado River which here is 8,000 feet down at the bottom of the Grand Canyon. Enjoy the rain.
C.

[keristor.livejournal.com]

Awesome art is awesome! The picture on his page is cute as well (and so are the kittehz!).

About the rain, I'll cheer you up with the thought:

The rain, it raineth on the just
And upon the unjust fella,
But chiefly on the just, because
The unjust stole the just's umbrella!

(Attributed to Charles Bowen, a 19th century English judge)

[amm-me.livejournal.com]

Truly a great cover. However, I do have to say that I think it is surpassed (in a COMPLETELY different style, however) by the cover of Robin McKinley's just-released _Pegasus_. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/0399246770/ref=dp_image_text_0?ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=books
I think it really is the most beautiful book cover I have ever seen. And what's more, it's clear the artist READ THE BOOK.

Sorry, I guess I hijacked the comments. To return more-or-less to topic, I just finished _Carousel_, and I loved it. So VERY pleased that Baen picked it up, and all praise both to the author, and to the agent that made the deal! I laughed out loud at Borgan's rejoinder to Kate's "The whole Atlantic Ocean?" And I wonder, ethnologically or etymologically, where do snallygasters come from? Are they a Maine thing?

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

Though you of course do not know this as yet, I can certify that the artist for Ghost Ship read the book.

Snallygaster, the word, is originally a German thing -- schnaller geist -- which became a Maryland thing, and took up residence in or around Frederick back in slave-holding days.