Game Plans and Other Progress

[rolanni]

kinzel and I have brainstormed a bridge that will get us handily across that ravine and connect up with the next bit of known story, happily using a character who had promised to be on their way, but who I didn't realize could have actually by now arrived. So, ist goot and I proceed toward the finish while kinzel deals with the first 94,212 words and the excitement thereto. This will hopefully net us a completed manuscript in reasonable shape on or very near to March 31, which ist also goot, as kinzel's dental adventure begins in mid-April.

On the signing-and-mailing books front, we've got 131 orders yet to fill. Or -- we've filled the pre-orders through the letter Q (pause while Scrabble jumps in my lap to perform Supervisory Head-butts and other morale building exercises) -- remembering that this year's list was delivered from Meisha Merlin in alphabetical order, rather than the order-received order of years past.

B&N brick-and-mortars remain adamant in their belief that Crystal Soldier is a graphic novel, thus most B&Ns are not stocking it (this information gained through a field study performed by members of the Friends of Liad). They will -- according to reports, grudgingly -- special-order a single copy of the book if a customer insists. The few B&Ns who have ordered in a copy or two of Crystal Soldier are stocking it in the graphic novel section.

Several indie SF/F bookstores are carrying Crystal Soldier: Uncle Hugo's; Borderlands; Mysterious Galaxy; Pandemonium Books; Dreamhaven. All of these stores do mail order.

Comments

Ingram is the problem

[(Anonymous)]

They are who you need to talk to Kinzel ranted about these problems and i sent a complaint to Powell.com and forwarded their replay to SRM@korval.com they eaid that Ingram has it mislisted if you can fix that entry all of the others should cascade into place.

I hope this gets fixed you deserve more attention then you are getting......

Sorry for the Annon my livejournal went bye bye

thecherub

Re: Ingram is the problem

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

Yes -- thank you. We got your email and forwarded it to the publisher. At this point, fixes have to come from higher up on the food chain than Mere Authors. Happily, helpful folks like you are giving us plenty of facts to send on.