Journeyman

Still in changeover mode

2017-04-09T13:46:13Z

Yes.

Well, so far, I turned off automatic payments;

2017-04-08T15:08:50Z

Have to change some things ... and might as well start with the one that pulls money out of me.

The old credit card is non-functional anyway, and we haven't decided what blogging account should bear the burden of long-range planning, if any, given how often I use FB ( www.facebook.com/kinzel ) and twitter ( https://twitter.com/bechimo ) to stay in touch with folks. . . and much of what's really going on professionally is also reflected in rhe FB groups Friends of Liad, Clan Korval, and flaran cha'menthi ...

As I mentioned, still trying to catch up.

2016-12-28T15:25:44Z

And a quick note....

still trying to figure out why my LJ has a no-comment as the default. I did get spam-bombed once on the distanrt past...

Meanwhile, the weather for tomorrow is looking possibly very ugly -- up to 10 incehs of heavy snow turning to freezing ran and rain. Yikes ...

Will look at the new features here, RSN.

Gale force winds, sweeping change to take place

2016-12-27T23:44:27Z

Gale force winds here in East Winslow.

Meanwhile, yes, I'm working on it.

If it is late, I'm working on it.

If it was abandoned, yes, I'm working on it.

If it was lost, I'm trying to find it.

Meanwhile -- anyone out there? I'm going to be going over the archives here and i want to see if I should move some of my efforts back here and let the rush-rush/rush, rushrush rush on Facebook get detuned.

Splinter Universe, Quicksliver, and you ...

2014-06-23T21:32:34Z

I know a number of you are following my new project ....

Chapter 5 of Quicksliver is posted on http://www.splinteruniverse.com and we're awaiting funding before getting Chapter 6 in gear.

I'd appreciate getting the word out to other fans -- share if you can!

Liaden Universe Infodump No. 104

2014-06-01T20:00:46Z

Liaden Universe(R) InfoDump No. 104

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
This InfoDump is a product of the Liaden Universe®, accept no imitations. You have received this message because you asked for it. If you wish to subscribe to the Liaden Universe® email list, to unsubscribe from the Liaden Universe® email list, or to *change* your delivery email address, go here: http://www.fireopal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/liadenuniversenews

News -- and more news ...

2014-05-12T18:07:12Z

In case you haven't visited our other websites today ...

We've had a busy few days here in the wilds of Maine. For one thing, after some whirlwind discussion with our editor and agent we're waiting for the contract to come in on Liaden Universe® Constellation Number Three. Yes! But, sorry, no publication date yet.

We've also got word that we can unveil a special, this week only, price on the popular Audible audiobook version of Fledgling. This special price is available to all comers -- that means member or not, you can get Fledgling for just $3.95. Or, if you join -- you can get it absolutely free. Get one for you and tell your friends!

All this is happening now over at the special Fledgling sales page at Audible

Watch the skies -- oh wait, here's news!

2014-04-27T13:52:55Z

So, you say that say that you're not sure NASFIC and Worldcon will be enough this year? Need a burst of fannishness just before Thankgiving? Well then ...

Why not visit PhilCon 2014, based at the Crown Plaza Hotel in Cherry Hill, NJ, where Sharon Lee and Steve Miller will be this year's Principal Speakers. This year's iteration of the world's oldest ongoing SF convention will take place November 21 to 23, 2014 & will feature Lee & Miller along with dozens of other well-known writers, artists, filkers, and fans! Watch for more details, coming soon!

Party time -- in July

2014-04-15T20:27:10Z

And ... we have news --

looks like we'll have that Friends of Liad party room for DetCon, most likely on Saturday night. Who wants to come? Who wants to help? We haven't seen the party rules yet so I can't be sure if helping mean carrying bags of ice, watching the doors and checking for badges, or baking brownies, cookies, and bread. ....

http://detcon1.org/

If you can join us, we'd love to see you. Also, we'll probably have a Friends of Liad breakfast in case you can't make the party ...

Liaden Universe Constellation Volume 2 ...

2014-04-04T16:42:21Z

As many of you know, we've got a couple of recent books out ... including several collections of our short stories. You may also know Locus as the newspaper of the science fiction field, and they have a bestseller list.

So, this month, (in newsstand time it would be April, 2014) in trade paperback, some dude named Ray Bradbury has the 1 bestselling trade paperback, for some book called Fahrenheit 451. And this dynamic duo named Sharon Lee and Steve Miller have the Number 2 bestselling trade paperback this month -- a collection of short fiction -- Liaden Universe Constellation, Volume 2.

Say hey and tell your friends -- the Liaden short stories *are so* mostly in print again, and apparently a lot of folks are taking advantage. -- You can too. From fine bookstores and online sources ...

And ... in ICYMI ... another review:

2014-03-30T13:30:40Z

Here's another review of a Lee & Miller Book .. please feel free to share ...and to write your own if you happen to have a blog, a reading group, or a fan group that you work with regularly.

We'll be adding a review link list to several of our other sites - please visit korval.com, splinterunivwerse.com, sharonleewriter.com, and pinbeambooks.com to keep up with us!

http://shinybookreview.com/2014/03/29/sharon-lee-and-steve-millers-necessitys-child-is-a-fine-fast-read/

Here's something to read ... that gives us a nice mention

2014-03-27T14:02:17Z

It is good to be recognized by other writers -- we just hope that some of these mentions will translate into more readers for all concerned ...

http://www.usatoday.com/story/happyeverafter/2014/03/27/scifi-encounters-veronica-scott-march-2014/6942453/

The National SF Convention .... coming in July

2014-03-01T01:52:11Z

I've posted this over in the Friends of Liad group on Facebook and to the original FoL mailing list but to be sure ...

Dear Friends of Liad

DETCON 1 has been in touch with us -- that's this years NASFIC (North American SF Convention which happens in years the WorldCon is outside of North America) and besides assuring us that we will be program participants they also want to know if we're going to....

1) be having a party room or suite

2) if we'll want/need a fan table

Since we don't have programming information to hand, we can't know yet how heavily we might be scheduled, but we'd love to be able to participate in the usual way -- if we'll have Friends of Liad there to help, and if nothing else, we'll plan on a Friends of Liad breakfast.

I'm assuming there will be parties and programming by some of our fellow travelers (like Baen Books, SFWA, and future worldcon bids, for example) but as usual, much is up in the air 5 months out from the event.

If you'd like to help with or take part in a FoL party, send me a message via Facebook or the usual FoL mailing list and I'll put you in touch with whoever looks like they'll be doing something. If someone would like to volunteer to help coordinate, that would be good, too.

My expectation is that the NASFIC will be larger than most regionals but not nearly as big as a North American WorldCon -- the last NASFIC I went to was in Raleigh, and there were on the order of 1200 people there. What this means is, in part, that it ought to be easier to get to see the artshow and the attending professionals and program participants .. and that there won't be as many of them as there usually are for worldcon.

DETCON will happen in Detroit from July 17-20; we'll likely be there a day earlier and a leave the day after -- and hope we'll be seeing a bunch of you there.

http://detcon1.org/


Thanks for reading!

Steve

Hey ... coming soon ... and coming today ...

2014-02-25T15:47:46Z

And ... today is mass market publication day, for those who buy everything Lee & Miller in the traditional SFnal book size.

http://www.amazon.com/Necessitys-Child-Sharon-Lee/dp/1476736316/ref=sr_1_1_bnp_1_mas?ie=UTF8&qid=1393342632&sr=8-1&keywords=necessity%27s+child

Looking ahead? --

http://sharonleewriter.com/2014/02/carousel-seas-cover/

Sharon Lee -- on writing what you know .... or don't know.

2014-02-23T22:47:06Z

And so, a few thoughts about writing people who are not you, yourself, or I, by someone I know well.

http://sharonleewriter.com/2014/02/on-seeing-ones-self/

Sharon Lee -- on Carousel Sun ... a podcast

2014-02-14T18:03:20Z

Wait, again? Yep -- another podcast from Baen -- this one featuring Sharon Lee and Carousel Sun .... http://www.baen.com/podcast/mp3/Baen-Free-Radio-Hour-2014-02-14-Sharon-Lee-Shadow-48.mp3

Wait, again? Yep -- another podcast from Baen -- this one featuring Sharon Lee and Carousel Sun .... http://www.baen.com/podcast/mp3/Baen-Free-Radio-Hour-2014-02-14-Sharon-Lee-Shadow-48.mp3

Share a link ....

2014-02-12T23:48:50Z

Here's the kind of review a writer yearns for -- someone new finding your work and tellign the world about it. For us, this is an important kind of review since we're known in the SF field, but luck of the publishers means we've never quite made the NYT list or had any of our work translated into film or video. Thus, to the field, we're a known quantity. To readers? Lots of readers still don't know our work -- if you do and you'd like to share, point folks to this:

http://www.stainlesssteeldroppings.com/a-universe-discovered

Thanks!

What is the world coming to. Even a mildly OK review is ... not necessarily what it seems ...

2014-02-11T15:38:58Z

And so ... LJ needs more letter or it won;t post, LJ, the anti-twitter ..

Let's see if this works now ....

Vigilante reviewer reviewers? Sharon Lee in the crossfire at Amazon spitefest http://www.harryjconnolly.com/blog/index.php/klausner-became-a-verb-now-we-need-to-coin-the-word-anti-klausner/ …

A matter of longshots: we have 5 works eligible for the Hugo Awards this year

2014-01-26T14:06:16Z

We -- That's Sharon Lee and Steve Miller -- published around a quarter million NEW words last year. That doesn't include the collections, the reprints, any overseas work, or the audio books and audiobook catchups.

Just to be clear, most of our new work for 2013 was published by Baen, and all of it is eligible for the Hugo Awards.

Novel:
Necessity's Child, Baen, February 2013
Trade Secret, Baen, November 2013

Novelette:
"Eleutherios," Baen.com, January 2013 (read for free at: http://baen.com/eleutherios.asp )

"Moon's Honor," Splinter Universe, February 2013 (now a pinbeam books ebook)
http://www.amazon.com/Moons-Honor-Adventures-Liaden-Universe-ebook/dp/B00ENGWLVS

Short Story:
"Out of True," Baen.com, October 2013 ( http://baen.com/outoftrue.asp )

Please consider our work while you're nominating for the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award, or your favorite regional awards.

We -- That's Sharon Lee and Steve Miller -- published around a quarter million NEW words last year. That doesn't include the collections, the reprints, any overseas work, or the audio books and audiobook catchups.

Just to be clear, most of our new work for 2013 was published by Baen, and all of it is eligible for the Hugo Awards.

Novel:
Necessity's Child, Baen, February 2013
Trade Secret, Baen, November 2013

Novelette:
"Eleutherios," Baen.com, January 2013 (read for free at: http://baen.com/eleutherios.asp )

"Moon's Honor," Splinter Universe, February 2013 (now a pinbeam books ebook)
http://www.amazon.com/Moons-Honor-Adventures-Liaden-Universe-ebook/dp/B00ENGWLVS

Short Story:
"Out of True," Baen.com, October 2013 ( http://baen.com/outoftrue.asp )

Please consider us while you're nominating for the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award, or your favorite regional awards.

*Any person who was or is a member of the 2013, 2014, or 2015 Worldcons as of January 31, 2014 is eligible to nominate for the 2014 Hugo and Campbell Awards and the 1939 Retro-Hugos. (Even if you’re a member of more than one of those three Worldcons, you may only cast one nominating ballot for each set of Awards.) If you are not a member of any of those conventions, you may join Loncon 3, the 2014 Worldcon or Sasquan, the 2015 Worldcon before January 31, 2014 to become eligible.

I note that Sasquan is set for Spokane, WA: https://sasquan.swoc.us/sasquan/reg.php

kinzel @ 2014-01-25T18:15:00

2014-01-25T23:15:29Z

Quite a few people have been buying our latest collection. If you have bought it or read it, now would be a good time to review it. Thanks!

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1451639449/ref=s9_newr_gw_d68_g14_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-6&pf_rd_r=1MVRC2B5S9A8XC5EPB6Z&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1688200342&pf_rd_i=507846

My tweets

2014-01-23T17:01:11Z

Wed, 17:05: Did you miss this? See http://t.co/Eys8pw3OEp for the new Liaden story, The Rifle's First Wife. Thanks!
Thu, 07:29: Sunrise is beautiful on clear horizon. Car reports -4F in our corner of paradise, with a windchill of -16 or so. High today may reach 10.

My tweets

2014-01-20T17:01:13Z

Sun, 12:13: The town snow plow went by, dividing the snow and leaving behind it sand-and-salt. So it snowed that much, at least.
Sun, 12:15: RT @BookshopSC: #iseewhatyoudid RT @pollyjradams: What a novel idea! RT @ememess: VERY cool idea from @bookshopSC http://t.co/5sRKnW0BxH
Sun, 19:44: Oh, by the way, all you Lee & Miller readers and fans. Watch the skies.
Mon, 08:20: Watch for a new Lee & Miller Liaden novelette on Splinter Universe later today.

My tweets

2014-01-19T17:01:02Z

Sat, 18:04: Doing story stuff while under the weather, not as much fun as you might think. Will catch internetz later, maybe even tomorrow. G'night.
Sun, 08:54: Unchecked observation: Per unit volume chickadees fly noisier than other birds. Seriously.
Sun, 09:17: Snow has picked up. Very pretty.

My tweets

2014-01-18T17:00:57Z

Fri, 12:57: Weather beans were calling for snow and drizzle. I see blue sky and sunlight on the trees and am not disappointed.
Fri, 13:01: RT @Klandrigan: NH Dem Party fundraising off word NH GOP Exec Dir. subpoenaed over NJ Bridge-gate scandal. Shocking!! #nhpolitics
Fri, 13:19: Clarion West is the best ... I went there in 1973 and have published far more than the average bear since then. http://t.co/nlYJJgbLTg
Fri, 13:46: Yes, we did sort of sneak Trooper and Sprite into the picture ... here's how: http://t.co/3DUivNVGWN
Fri, 15:49: A special book from the kitty side of things: http://t.co/IGRQDHMOy7 The story she has in the book came out of a scrabble game we played.

My tweets

2014-01-17T17:01:15Z

Thu, 13:54: Have reservations for the Detcon hotel. Am deciding if we'll be driving through Canada or not. What's the best crossing to the hotel?
Thu, 17:04: New Neilsen Bookscan SF bestsellers has Lee & Miller's Liaden Universe Constellation #2 at 6th. Get yours now. 2nd Liaden top 10 in 3 mos!