Liaden Universe(R) InfoDump No. 104

[rolanni]

Awards, travel, website story projects, books, audiobooks, Guests of Honor – a busy InfoDump indeed is Number 104

AWARDS

About the Maine Literary Awards:  Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance (MWPA) held the 2014 Maine Literary Award ceremony at the University of Southern Maine's Glickman Familiy Library Thursday, May 29, for books published by Maine authors in 2013. Among the finalists in the Speculative Fiction category was Necessity's Child, by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller, who attended the ceremony.

A list of all award winners and finalists can be found here:  http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/770769/31cfea4a2b/1470818165/7a6251134b/

UPCOMING TRAVEL

DETCON 1

In July of this year Lee and Miller are set to attend DetCon 1, the upcoming NASFIC in Detroit, Michigan. Both a Friends of Liad breakfast and a Friends of Liad party are among the festivities the authors hope to take part in at the con North American fans throw in years the WorldCon is overseas. The con runs from July 17 through July 20…. come on out!  http://detcon1.org/

PHILCON

Come November, Lee & Miller will be Principal Speakers at PhilCon, the oldest SF convention in the world. Principal Speakers are the PhilCon equivalent of Guests of Honor, and past PhilCon GoHs include  Allen Steele, Catherynne M. Valente, Tim Powers, Eric Flint, Connie Willis, and Fritz Leiber.  The con runs November 21-23, 2014 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Cherry Hill, NJ.  A party and an FoL breakfast are on the long range schedule. Come on out!  http://2014.philcon.org/

For those who travel to other conventions, and who would like to help publicize PhilCon, there is a printable flyer here:  http://sharonleewriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Philcon-2014-flyer-March.pdf

BOOK NEWS

The audiobook edition of Sharon Lee's Carousel Sun, which came out from Baen books on January 14 of this year, is scheduled for release in September 2014. The Carousel Seas audiobook will come out concurrently with the Baen edition … http://www.amazon.com/Carousel-Seas-Archers-Beach-Sharon/dp/1476736960/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1401291034&sr=8-1&keywords=carousel+seas

Liaden Universe Constellation Number Three – Yes, there will be a third collection of Liaden stories, coming in your direction from Baen, RSN. Lee & Miller are (among other projects) prepping the book to turn it in, with story commentary and an intro, by July 15. An exact publication date is not yet set.

Quicksliver – a new Steve Miller book to be written live for the net, chapter by chapter, week by week, just like Fledgling and Saltation – on Lee & Miller's Splinter Universe. The rough draft will be presented weekly (with time out for travel and medical considerations) with the resulting edited ebook being available (a few weeks after the approximately 100,000 word book is completed in draft) to those who donate at least $10. For the moment the known details are here: http://splinteruniverse.com/?page_id=899 … watch the skies!

Also at Splinter Universe – we're also posting Guest Stories by other professional authors – look at the guest story list at http://splinteruniverse.com/ . Each story has a donate button on the story that goes directly to the author of that story.

Liaden Universe® novels

Here is the *delivery schedule* for the next five Liaden Universe® novels (aka the date that each novel is due in Madame the Editor’s hands):

*September, 2014*: First of Five
*February  2015*: Second of Five
*November  2015*: Third of Five
*August 2016*: Fourth of Five
*May 2017*: Fifth of Five

Blogs and Other Webly Things of Note
Theo_Waitley is the discussion group for readers of Fledgling and Saltation: http://community.livejournal.com/theo_waitley/
Where Dragons Rest: http://community.livejournal.com/liaden_readers/
Steve Miller’s blog, Journeyman: http://kinzel.livejournal.com/
Sharon Lee’s blog, Eagles over the Kennebec: http://rolanni.livejournal.com/
Sharon Lee’s “Professional” blog: http://sharonleewriter.com
Splinter Universe Discussion List: http://splinterverse.livejournal.com

*Facebook Connections — please feel free to add us!*
http://facebook.com/kinzel — Steve Miller
http://facebook.com/rolanni — Sharon Lee

Pinbeam Books: http://www.pinbeambooks.com an online catalog, with vendor links, to all Lee-and-Miller eChapbooks
Splinter Universe: http://www.splinteruniverse.com features outtakes, splinters, and oddities from the Lee&Miller writing career, currently changes irregularly.
Welcome to Liad — The official homepage for Liaden Universe® news — http://www.korval.com
The Hyperspatial Boardwalk Shop: T-shirts, mugs, more! -- http://www.cafepress.com/hyperspatial

Liaden Interest Groups on Facebook
Clan Korval: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=38719490864&ref=ts
Friends of Liad: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/group.php?gid=16280839259&ref=ts
Flaran chamenthi: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/group.php?gid=2213414696&ref=ts

Twitter
Steve’s on Twitter: http://twitter.com/bechimo
Sharon’s on Twitter, too: http://twitter.com/ClanKorval
Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/rolanni/

Disclaimer Stuff
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Comments

nominations and other things

[nocal-kathyf.livejournal.com]

Wow! You are both very busy. Can't wait to see the results.
I saw an article in the SF Chronicle this morning about the copyright issue you have been writing about and thought you might find it interesting. Just realized I have the actual paper copy in hand and was going to type in the http: address. I prefer paper, but my brain made an assumption that of course the http address would be there as well. Author is Meredith May, title: Academics arguing for changes in copyright regulations.
From reading your blogs I think they seem to have lost sight of the idea of authors owning their own work, and the emphasis on finding original authors, not making the authors find them. K

Re: nominations and other things

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I'll look it up.

The problem with academics and publishing is that academics very often give their writing away, either to the university that they work for, or to the press that ultimately publishes their work. So, to them, copyright really is a useless impediment. And they simply won't listen to those of us who actually make our living from our copyrights. I don't know if it's because we're largely writing genre so we must all be idiots, or because what's done in academia is by definition More Important than what's done elsewhere, or because academics have the right to everything, whether it belongs to them or not, or...

I've long thought that we ought to call academic publishing and real world publishing by two different names, because they really are two different things.

Re: nominations and other things

[nocal-kathyf.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the clarification. It just didn't make sense to me. Academics do get money for their published books so they should at least have that connection. Sigh. I used to teach a class about copyright infringement, and the hardest part was getting the students to understand that those who copy discs, or don't credit work legally, are taking money out of the author's hands. No money, no food, no more writing or creating. I hope I got through to a few of them anyway. Now to get the lawyers and judges to understand.

Sept First of Five

[catherine ives (from livejournal.com)]

Me likey. When do we know the title?

Re: Sept First of Five

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

As soon as we know the title, we will, trust me, shout it from the rooftops.

[rjlona.livejournal.com]

I'm really looking forward to the Friends of Liad events at Detcon 1! You're finally going to be at a con I don't have to travel hours to get to!

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

We travel days, so you don't have to travel hours!

We do sorta get out Detroit way from time to time. Though last time was 2007, so I guess it has been a while.