A new splinter for the Silver Anniversary

[rolanni]

Steve and I had intended to write a new story for the Liaden Universe® Silver Anniversary, but. . .

The world has been just a little too much with us. Deadlines, real-life matters, including the fact that we -- or at least I -- have been under quite a bit of heavy weather.

So, anyway, the brand-new story went on hold -- after all, this is the twenty-fifth year of the Liaden Universe®; plenty of time to write a new story when the schedule becomes, shall we say, a little less action-packed and filled with excitement?

Still. . .we felt that the occasion of February -- the month in which It All Began, back in 1988, with Agent of Change, and the month that It All Continues, with the publication of Necessity's Child -- we felt that the occasion should be marked in some way.

Which is why we're offering a splinter; the first 12,000-ish words of the Lute and Moonhawk novel we put aside in 1996, meaning to get back to it, someday.

We hope you enjoy it.

Here's the link.

Comments

[drammar.livejournal.com]

Lovely splinter.

The donation button at the bottom of the story is broken -- returns and error message:
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The donation button on the side does work, however, so I was able to show my respect and admiration in a dollar-related way.

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

And -- argh! for the PayPal button. I do test them before I shout to the world that the page is live.

Should be fixed now. She says, crossing her fingers.

[reedrover]

Thank you so much. I needed that reminder.

[6-penny.livejournal.com]

Lovely fragment. I shall hope that someday there will be time for Moonhawk and Lute to tell you more of their story.

[attilathepbnun.livejournal.com]

*wishes the same*

Splinter

[nocal-kathyf.livejournal.com]

Thank you both so much! It is lovely to read more about Lute and Moonhawk. Also, wishing you both (and the cats) good health and happiness as you start on your 26th year of writing.

[grassrose.livejournal.com]

Thank you, that was lovely :)

paypal

[margotinez.livejournal.com]

I'm having trouble donating. At the point I get logged into Paypal, I end up on my account page, rather than on a page to confirm payment. I guess if I knew which email to use, I could go through the "send money" link???

[jessie-c.livejournal.com]

That's an interesting little teaser, and very different from what eventually found its way into the chapbooks. I would have liked this to have become the story of Lute and Moonhak. What might have been...

Re: paypal

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

You can make a direct payment to rolanniATkorvalDOTcom, if you like.

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

It is a story of Lute and Moonhawk. The idea had always been that they were serially reincarnated and had met many times. The stories in the chapbooks detailed one of those meetings. The splinter set out to recount another such meeting.

[jessie-c.livejournal.com]

Ah, now that's a wrinkle that I'd missed. I had thought that the Temple conspiring to keep them apart happened after their first meeting which only makes me wonder exactly what it was which made the Temple decide on that course of action...

[melvyn barker (from livejournal.com)]

Thank you. I'd love to read their further adventures if you ever have time to record them.

Re: paypal

[margotinez.livejournal.com]

Thank you for Korval.

[filkferengi]

I tried that link in Chrome, Firefox, & IE; it didn't work in any of them. I rebooted, and tried again, with still no result. Is the site even still up?

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

Seems to be down at the moment, along with sharonleewriter, pinbeambooks, and carouseltides. Try again later?

[filkferengi]

Bummer that they're down, but thanks for the prompt reassurance that it's not my computer.