Grilled muffins and character arcs

[rolanni]

There have been a couple requests from readers of Carousel Tides for the "recipe" for grilled blueberry muffins, so I thought I'd put it out here where everybody can see it.

Take a blueberry muffin (a slightly stale or "day old" blueberry muffin may be better in terms of structural integrity), cut it in half, crown to base. Butter and warm a skittle or griddle. Alternatively, butter the blueberry halves. Place the blueberry halves on the buttered griddle. Fry 'til golden on one side, flip and brown on the other side. Remove to a plate, and eat with a fork (it'll be hot. and buttery.).
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Based on the theory that if one asks, several wonder, I've brought this question from simianpower up to the top:

My first Liaden book was Agent of Change when it first came out, so I've followed the Val Con storyline with occasional divergences to Shan's, and that's what I want more of. Is there more? Did I miss something in the morass of Amazon links? I may not be your target audience, because I generally enjoy following one set of characters through a (mostly) chronological series of events, and additional books that follow different characters interest me quite a bit less. So I wait for more Val Con and Miri.

My answer was (and is):

If I understand this correctly, the request is for a return to a Val Con and Miri specific storyline.

. . .as best as I can tell right now, that's not going to happen. Val Con and Miri will certainly appear in future stories -- they're the delm, after all, and the clan has some Interesting Times ahead of it.

There may be a future book that is mostly Val Con and Miri, but I don't see them carrying book after book like they did in the Agent of Change sequence (Agent of Change, Conflict of Honors, Carpe Diem, Plan B, I Dare -- one story spanning five books). The work of that set of stories included reuniting Val Con with his clan, moving the clan out of a stagnant and increasingly dangerous situation, and setting up for the next batch of problems, so that other characters can come on stage.

We're under contract for three more Liaden Universe(R) novels -- Dragon Ship (sequel to Ghost Ship, due out in August, which is the direct sequel to I Dare); Trade Secret (sequel to Balance of Trade); and George, which kind of fits into a pocket of Ghost Ship and mostly follows characters we've never seen before.
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In mundane news, it snowed yesterday -- about four inches; not too bad for the first snow of the season.

Fans of Hexapuma will be interested to learn that he continues to show improvement under the new meds-and-gooshy-food agenda. I think he's gained a little weight, but trying to weigh a cat on a people scale is a chancy enterprise, at best. We do have that follow-up with the vet next week, which will tell the tale.

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Grilled Muffin - Cat Weight

[(Anonymous)]

Sounds delicious - I'll have to see if I can get my gluten-free baker to backe some, then the problem will be keeping them a day.

We tried to weight our cat Jack with the person on holding cat, putting down, etc., came out with a weight of 20 pounds. I would have been willing to believe it, but the vet's scale said 12. I would swear he is more, and he is an easy cat to pick up. His sister Jill will not let me pick her up at all, but the master of the house could. Vet's scale says she weights 11 lb 8 oz. She looks a lot thinner, might be a tad longer. Best wishes to Hex. Love, Joan C

Re: Grilled Muffin - Cat Weight

[terrio]

I have long believed that cats have the ability to control gravity -- their own, at least, as anyone who has tried to shift a sleeping feline off their lap will attest.

Re: Grilled Muffin - Cat Weight

[keristor.livejournal.com]

Robin Wood has already written a book about it (http://www.robinwood.com/Catalog/Books/BookPages/CGBBook.html), which also explains why things pile up on desks and under the bed.

(It's also related to the Dark Sucker Theory (http://members.dslextreme.com/users/rogermw/darksucker.html).