Whenever I meet with a deck of cards, I lay my money down

[rolanni]

"Roving Gambler," a Liaden Universe® story set on Surebleak, is now up at Splinter Universe, for your reading pleasure.  Here's your link.

Today was supposed to be a sit-on-the-couch-and-push-words-through-the-laptop sort of day, since tomorrow is so crammed with medical appointments and Other Stuff that I'm not going to have time read, much less write.

I must remember not to say these things when the gods might hear.  No sooner had I opened the laptop then I was beset by a Plague of Technology, mostly brought on by the bevy of passwords I changed the other day, some of which did not migrate to the laptop, while some...did.  No, I don't even care why that was so at this point in the game.  Then there was the tiny fact that ESET was going to expire tomorrow, so I had a little bit of fun dealing with that.  And then the cover art for Carousel Seas arrived from the artist, Eric Williams, which -- yay!  And now I can add, "Go to Framemakers" to my still-growing list of Things To Do Tomorrow.  At this rate, by the time I finish Wednesday's business, it'll be Thursday.

Or possibly Friday.

So, the plan now is to go back to the couch and work on the chapter regarding Chesselport and What Befell The Apprentice Trader There, and remember not to work too late, because I have to get up at omyghod o'clock tomorrow morning in order to make the first medical appointment.

But!  Before I go, have a picture of some cats, sleeping.

Group Nap, Sprite and Trooper
Photo by Sharon Lee

The title of today's blog post AND the title of the short story are from "Roving Gambler."  For those who don't know it, here's a link to the song.

Comments

[catherine kelleher (from livejournal.com)]

I love the Rambling Jack link. I hadn't heard that song before, for some reason it kind of reminds me of the back story in Eudora Welty's "Why I Live at the Post Office." There the sister who headed out came back with a loud daughter in tow.

[ellenru.livejournal.com]

I also had a technology filled day as one of the programs I use at work had to be beaten with a stick until it deigned to co-operate - which involved TWO techs from different companies (our tech guys and the software provider) and practically an hour of someone else on my desktop. Fortunately, the percussive therapy worked and I can now carry on - at least until the next upgrade. So it is very pleasant to be able to delve into the story; not the least of which is "Yeah Quin."

new story

[nocal-kathyf.livejournal.com]

Wow! I had to put aside the lit review I was doing for my Masters and read! Wow. Another fantastic story. Thank you so much, as always. I was so jazzed afterwards that the dog and cat got an extra walk today, which they enjoyed.

new story

[gareth griffiths (from livejournal.com)]

Lovely addition to the universe. Some interesting thoughts on how things might develop - without spoiling I think Lady Kareen has a heck of a task but I'm sure she's up to it. Hoping we will find out how that progresses in the works in progress. Thanks again.

[lornastutz.livejournal.com]

Great story...thank you.
Lorna

[6-penny.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the story. I had been wondering how Kareen would cope away from Liad. It will be interesting to see what she comes up with now that she has been harnessed by the delms!

[catherine kelleher (from livejournal.com)]

I'm really puzzling over where (or if) Springwood showed up before?