Scavenger Hunt!

[rolanni]

Steve and I have been doing this for a long time, and we're name-droppers.  From time to time, we drop names of characters you haven't seen yet.  We do this (1) in print and (2) in conversation.  Sometimes, we forget what we've said.

So! For the gratitude of confused authors:  Can anybody tell us the name of Val Con and Miri's daughter?

Comments

[ariaflame.livejournal.com]

I honestly don't remember encountering it unless it was part of one of the quotes from the current works that decorate some of your posts. And I might not have been able to discern that from context.

[lornastutz.livejournal.com]

I don't remember coming across the name in the story or in any of your postings.
Lorna

What's in a name?

[(Anonymous)]

Unless it is one of the names you dropped in a snippet (with no character identification) I don't believe you have mentioned her name, at least not in the blog postings. Perhaps you told someone in a private email or conversation but as blog readers we are not privy to those. Does she get mention in Dragon Ship or Necessity's Child or is that why you are seeking reference to previous naming? And speaking of Dragon Ship, has it reached (or overshot) its official due date?

Anne in Virginia

Re: What's in a name?

[mbarker.livejournal.com]

Due where? I think there was mention of trying to get it to Toni (Baen) in September 2011, which does seem to have gotten somewhat delayed. However, books are kind of like good wines... (Orson Welles imitation) we will sell no book before its time? And, of course, once it gets to Toni, there's all that fun processing to actually turn it around to something that the rest of us get to see. In due time, we shall indeed see it.

[kay-gmd.livejournal.com]

I'm fighting the urge to make up a name. I haven't taken note of one though.

on a related matter

[cristovao albuquerque (from livejournal.com)]

or in the matter of relations, there's something that has been bothering me for some time: who is Luken bel'Tarda's heir? Local Custom mentions a heir who would be Pat Rin's senior (and also a future child to go to Korval from the union with Syntebra el'Kemin), but no children of Luken's are mentioned in latter books. Will the authors Solve this issue?
Cris

Re: on a related matter

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

Since there's no error, there's nothing to Solve. Just because we haven't told a story doesn't mean that we won't tell a story.

Re: on a related matter

[(Anonymous)]

YAY!!

name of Val Con and Miri's daughter

[barbinbandon.livejournal.com]

You have posted a couple of snippets (from current work in process) on LJ. These little tantalizers have mentioned children's names, however identification of whose child...not so much.

One I remember had the child mentioning Uncle Shannie's perception of the child. There was another snippet, perhaps two, within roughly the same month.

Is this perhaps what you're referring to?

Re: name of Val Con and Miri's daughter

[barbinbandon.livejournal.com]

I think the other snippet(s) were different children.

Nothing here.

[(Anonymous)]

At the end of Ghost Ship/Prodigal Son Miri is expecting in two days. So I did not look farther in the "big books".
One possesses LUC #s1 and 2, and chapbooks #12, 13 and 17. No trace of the missing name was found in any of these. In Lord of the Dance Miri is a "new-birthed mother" but of the child we're told nothing.
This would seem to reduce the search to other chapbooks. Or perhaps something online (Splinter U or Baen) that I didn't find.
Someone with a more comprehensive Liaden collection might find something with a focused search.
What bothers me is that I'm quite sure I once came across a mention of said child being left at home in care of the nurse, and a name was given. I don't have a clue which story it was in, I was thinking L of the D, but seem to be wrong on that score. I've undoubtedly mixed it up with something entirely different.

With that, I must apologize for my lack of success and hope that someone else fares better for you.

Erik,