Monday. Sunny and cold. Tea and sunlight have happened.
Scrambled eggs with spinach and onions with whole grain toast for breakfast.
Today will be Upside Down Day: Chores/RL in the morning, writing when I come home from the bookclub. Already done the banking, where I was pleased to see the on-signing for Liaden Universe® Constellation Volume 6 sitting demurely in the account. Ms dea’Gauss will likewise be pleased.
Next up is proofing the reprint story and bio for Adversity and Audacity. Then, one’s duty to the cats, and staging the trash, by which time it’ll probably be time to go to the library.
Someone asked Why I was going to read the Liaden Universe® novels in publication order.
Setting aside that, “Because I want to and it’s mine to decide” is a completely legitimate reason, I am reading them in publication order because!
Agent of Change was published in February 1988 (written in 1984). Diviner’s Bow was published in April 2025 (written in 2023/2024). I want to see both the progression of the authors’ skills, and their perceptions of their life and world as reflected in their work. This is, I note, a chancy game when played by critics, biographers, and reviewers, but I know these authors as no others can, so I feel fairly confident in my ability to read their work correctly.
And on that note! Imma proof a short story.
How’s everybody doing today?
Thanks for answering my question about “why publication order.” If my tone had somehow implied “challenging,” please accept my apologies. I really was simply curious—feeling that there was probably an underlying purpose, which I wanted to align with.