Sufficient unto the day is the excitement thereof
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rolanniSo, let's see...
Early today, we discovered that Agent of Change was now available, DRM-free, from the Baen Free Library, which means it's also available for free download from Amazon, because that's how the Big River rolls. Since the purpose of giving the first one away for free is toaddict acquaint new readers with the Liaden Universe®, we ask that you please point out Agent's availability to your friends, coworkers, family members, strangers chance-met on the street. . . and, if you're able, to boost the signal, by mentioning Agent's free-to-download goodness in your blog, on Twitter, or Facebook, or wherever readers congregate online. Also? The Kindle edition needs reader reviews, to help curious newbies decide whether or not they want to read this book.
As of this writing, the free edition of Agent of Change has a bestseller rank of 632, which puts it at #1 in Kindle Space Opera, and #62 in Kindle Science Fiction and Fantasy. For whatever that's worth -- of which more in a moment.
OK, so that was the morning shift.
This afternoon, we learned that Dragon Ship by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller was the Number One Best Read of 2012, according to those who voted in SFSite's Best SF and Fantasy Books of 2012: Reader's Choice, where it is one of an amazing six Baen titles on the list.
Speaking of Amazon bestsellers (see how I did that? Smooth, right?), I came across this article, in which a new author is stunned by the financial rewards of his chosen profession.
Then there's this article, which talks about the challenges of lipreading -- if you read nothing else tonight, read this article; it's fascinating.
And, apropos of nothing much, except that I was inside Steve's camera earlier and found this -- for your viewing pleasure, here is a picture of part of our living room. The part with the Yule tree (which is still up), the Skylark Award sporting it's classy! cover! that was kindly created for it by Kat Ayers Mannix.
In-between the Skylark and the tree is the Prism Award, recklessly unshrouded. Directly before the Skylark are the extra Skylark Shrouds Kat also made. And, yes, that is a red metallic cloth covering the top of the old radio on which all of this is arranged.
Early today, we discovered that Agent of Change was now available, DRM-free, from the Baen Free Library, which means it's also available for free download from Amazon, because that's how the Big River rolls. Since the purpose of giving the first one away for free is to
As of this writing, the free edition of Agent of Change has a bestseller rank of 632, which puts it at #1 in Kindle Space Opera, and #62 in Kindle Science Fiction and Fantasy. For whatever that's worth -- of which more in a moment.
OK, so that was the morning shift.
This afternoon, we learned that Dragon Ship by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller was the Number One Best Read of 2012, according to those who voted in SFSite's Best SF and Fantasy Books of 2012: Reader's Choice, where it is one of an amazing six Baen titles on the list.
Speaking of Amazon bestsellers (see how I did that? Smooth, right?), I came across this article, in which a new author is stunned by the financial rewards of his chosen profession.
Then there's this article, which talks about the challenges of lipreading -- if you read nothing else tonight, read this article; it's fascinating.
And, apropos of nothing much, except that I was inside Steve's camera earlier and found this -- for your viewing pleasure, here is a picture of part of our living room. The part with the Yule tree (which is still up), the Skylark Award sporting it's classy! cover! that was kindly created for it by Kat Ayers Mannix.
In-between the Skylark and the tree is the Prism Award, recklessly unshrouded. Directly before the Skylark are the extra Skylark Shrouds Kat also made. And, yes, that is a red metallic cloth covering the top of the old radio on which all of this is arranged.
Yule Tree, Skylark, Prism,
Cover Art by David Mattingly
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That picture reminds me of something.
Date: 2013-03-17 02:10 am (UTC)At Boskone you said you found a place where you could display the Skylark award in all its naked glory. Do you have a picture of that?
Re: That picture reminds me of something.
Date: 2013-03-17 02:18 am (UTC)At Boskone you said you found a place where you could display the Skylark award in all its naked glory.
Did we say that? Must've had too much chocolate. We found a way to leave the Skylark out in the open, rather than shoving it in a closet -- that being the very beautiful cover(s) on display.
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Date: 2013-03-17 02:34 am (UTC)I admit to total ignorance in the area of awards. Why are they covered? The current theory being espoused here is that the cats object to them if they are naked.
And your Yule Tree brings back many memories. My grandmother -- the one of the african, and the zink, and the my-naze -- had one. It had made its way to me and then was lost in an accident involving grandchildren.
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Date: 2013-03-17 03:21 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-03-17 02:07 pm (UTC)Therefore! When NESFA decided on a form for the The Edward E. ("Doc") Smith Memorial Award for Imaginative Fiction, they of course chose a lens.
A very large lens made out of the finest optical glass.
The first impulse, of course, because Plains Apes do love us some shiny! is to put the thing in a sunny spot. This impulse is to be avoided, as pedanther reports below.
Our living room is, as you can see from the picture very sunny, and we didn't want to put the award in the back of a kitchen closet. Thus the Skylark Shroud.
What compounds our problem is that we also have in our possession the Prism Award, which was given to Scout's Progress, as Best SF Romance of 2002. This award is a large and beautiful functioning prism, made out out of the finest glass available.
Before the living room was repainted, I could have shown you the singe mark on the wall, made by the sun passing through the Prism.
Cat Farm Report
Date: 2013-03-17 08:13 am (UTC)Also: can't believe that old library where everyone stands ready to remove the books if the water rises.
Re: Cat Farm Report
Date: 2013-03-17 02:08 pm (UTC)The old library building now houses all the records of the town's genelogical society, though.
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Date: 2013-03-18 12:39 am (UTC)Re: Cat Farm Report
Date: 2013-03-18 02:03 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-03-18 02:58 am (UTC)Bits and bops
Date: 2013-03-18 08:26 pm (UTC)Sufficient unto the day is the excitement thereof
Date: 2013-03-19 01:06 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-03-21 02:04 am (UTC)FWIW, my (space themed) Yule tree is still up at the moment as well.
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