Category: Publishing

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I will be covering in this post a number of subjects, including!

  1. Publication dates for upcoming Liaden Universe® novels
  2. Upcoming audio releases
  3. Lack of news re possible audio releases

Deep breath.

Everybody ready?

Here we go:

Three Liaden Universe® titles to be released by Baen in 2023
Scout’s Progress will be reissued in a new mass market/ebook edition March 2023
Salvage Right* will be published in Summer 2023
Trade Lanes** will be published in Fall 2023

Liaden Universe® Constellations audiobook editions
Tantor Media will be releasing the first four Liaden Universe® Constellations, starting in June.  Go to this link, and click on the individual titles to preorder.

Trade Lanes audiobook edition
We are in contact with our publisher and hope to have news regarding the Trade Lanes audiobook edition soon.  As soon as we have it, you’ll have it.  Promise

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*Salvage Right is set on Tinsori Light after the events described in Neogenesis. The cast of characters includes, but is not limited to: Jen Sin yos’Phelium, Seignur Veeoni, Tocohl Lorlin, Lorith, Tolly Jones, Hazenthull nor’Phelium, Theo Waitley

**Trade Lanes is the fourth book following the adventures of Jethri Gobelyn ven’Deelin, who made his first, admittedly awkward, bow in Balance of Trade; his second, somewhat more nuanced, in Trade Secret, and Astonished the Universe in Fair Trade.

 

She says the moon don’t hang quite as high as it used to

Yes, yes, I know:  What in ghod’s name has the woman been doing, besides reading books?

Well, for one thing — I’ve been working on an embroidery project.  Also doing, as ever, less than my fair share of keeping the house running, and marveling, as I do every year about this time how, when the snow decides to go, it go.  The ground  crew will be here any day now to do the spring cleanup, and before you know it, we’ll be getting the pop-up gazebo situated, and Steve will be dragging the grill out of its corner and onto the open deck.

I’ve also been writing a book.  Salvage Right broke 82,000 words last night, so that’s right on target for its June turn-in.  For those coming in late, Salvage Right is the story of what’s doin’ at Tinsori Light.  Slightly more information here.

In other news, we do have a book coming out on May 3.  Fair Trade is the third book following the adventures of Jethri Gobelyn ven’Deelin, who made his first, admittedly awkward, bow in Balance of Trade; his second, somewhat more nuanced, in Trade Secret.

If you’d like a signed copy of Fair Trade, you can preorder the hardcover from Uncle Hugo’s (now in a new location!) — here.  Please note that personalizations are not available at this time.

There’s still no word regarding an audiobook edition, for those who partake.

Steve and I are planning to attend ChiCon8, the 80th World Science Fiction Convention, in — surprise! — Chicago, from September 1-5.  Information here.

Going somewhat further out — Steve and I will be Writer Guests of Honor at Heliosphere 2023 in Piscataway, NJ, in April.  We’re promised that the website will be updated as soon as everyone’s recovered from Heliosphere 2022.

And that’s what I’ve been doing.  Nothing much exciting to write to y’all about, and frankly I’m OK with that.

Everybody stay safe.

Until soon.

Ah.  Today’s blog title brought to you by Matchbox Twenty, “3 am.”  Here’s your link.

 

Liaden Universe® Updates

Presented in order of Temporal Proximity.

First!  We have a book coming out on May 3!  Fair Trade, the third account of the loves and adventures of Jethri Gobelyn ven’Deelin, Trader Extraordinaire, will be available in hardcover, and electronic from all of the usual vendors.  Right now, you may preorder the hardcover from those same usual suspects.

There are Notes, to wit!

Note A:  YES, you will be able to buy this novel electronically on the release date.  NO, you may not preorder it.  This is how our publisher does things, and is above our pay grade.

Note B:  If you want a signed copy of the hardcover Fair Trade, you can preorder one right here

Note B1:  Personalizations are not available this time.  Uncle Hugo’s is just getting settled into their new space, and there was some concern about Mistakes Being Made.  Nobody wants mistakes, amirite?

Note C:  We have heard nothing about an audiobook edition.  This, too, is above our pay grade.  Please be assured that, should we hear something, we will shout it from the rooftops.

Second!  Salvage Right, a Liaden Universe® novel set on Tinsori Light, will be handed in to Baen in June.  Trade Lanes, the fourth Jethri Gobelyn ven’Deelin novel, has a September deadline.  That’s right, we’re turning in two books in 2022.

Third!  Title TBA, a Liaden Universe® novel that will probably continue the story from the Redlands.  This could change, so, yanno, don’t mark in down in ink.  That book is due at Baen in June 2023.

Fourth!  And, may I just say, the reason I’ve called you all together today — Lee and Miller have signed a three-book contract with their long-time publisher Baen Books.  The contract’s call-name is Traveler’s Trio, and we have no idea where those novels will take us, yet, but we do have delivery dates.  Those are:

Traveler’s Trio ONE:  September 2024
Traveler’s Trio TWO:  September 2025
Traveler’s Trio THREE:  September 2026

Note A:  In September 2026, I will be 74 years old.  Steve will have celebrated his 76th birthday three months prior.  This by way of reassuring those folks who have been worrying about our retirement that, err — writers don’t retire.  At least, writers at our level of the game don’t retire.

Here ends the Updatery.

 

 

Watch the skies!

We are now on Story Watch!

“From Every Storm a Rainbow,” by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller may appear as soon as this afternoon at Baen.com.

“…Rainbow” is a Sinit Caylon story, and here’s a snippet to keep you easy until the whole thing posts:

The comm signaled twice, bringing Sinit to an awareness of the hour. She moved to cut the connection, but too late.
“Good morning, Sinit,” came the cool, firm voice. “Did you enjoy a good sleep?”
“Aelliana,” she said, tears starting to her eyes. “Mizel has gone to Low Port.”

Liaden Universe® Volume Five Disambiguation Post

As advertised elsewhere, here is the T(able) o(f) C(ontents) for the upcoming A Liaden Universe® Constellation Number 5.  In which “upcoming” = February 2022.

Authors’ Foreword
Fortune’s Favors
Opportunity to Seize
Shout of Honor
Command Decision
Dark Secrets
A Visit to the Galaxy Ballroom
The Gate that Locks the Tree
Preferred Seating
Ambient Conditions
Dead Men Dream

Several people have written in confusion because, though they are faithful consumers of the Pinbeam Chapbooks, they do not seem to have the story here-entitled “Opportunity to Seize.”

The story under the title appeared in the chapbook Fortune’s Favors:  Adventures in the Liaden Universe® No. 28 as the outtake from Neogenesis.  In the chapbook, the outtake is only designated by what had been its chapter heading when it was still part of Neogenesis, and that was!

SUREBLEAK
Dudley Avenue and Farley Street

The reason this was changed was to make it less confusing for all the folks who wrote after Fortune’s Favors was published, wondering what the heck “the last scene” had to do with “the story.”  By changing the story designation, we have of course confused even more people.

*bows*

We Live to Consternate.

CORRECTION: From Every Storm a Rainbow

Due to a combination of factors, including Yr Humble Narrator forgetting to write down an amended date at the time it was amended, it comes about that the Liaden Universe® story “From Every Storm a Rainbow” will be the Lead Story on Baen.com for December.  That means it will show up on the front page below the new books on or around December 15, 16, 17.

As discussed in various venues, “. . .Rainbow,” is a Sinit Caylon story.  We last saw Sinit in Mouse and Dragon when she was poised on one end of a Very Large Learning Curve.

If you’ve forgotten Sinit, the December date for the story’s arrival means that you have time to — *evil grin* — re-read Mouse and Dragon.  I did that a couple of months ago and can testify that it’s quite good.

In any case, and repeating for those who came in late — Mark your calendars for real this time!  “From Every Story a Rainbow,” Baen.com, mid-December 2021.

Brief Updatery

  1.  BREAD ALONE

For those who collect, the paper edition of BREAD ALONE:  Adventures in the Liaden Universe® Number 34 is for sale from Amazon.  Here’s your link.

The ebook edition of BREAD ALONE is available for pre-order from the electronic bookstore of your choice*.  It will be published on November 25, the USian Thanksgiving Day.

*The ebook edition of BREAD ALONE will be available for download from Baen.com “before the parades start” on Thanksgiving Day.

2.  LIADEN “HOLIDAY” STORY ON BAEN.COM

To the best of my ability to calculate, Liaden short story “From Every Storm a Rainbow” will be published to the front page at Baen.com this week.  Possibly today, maybe tomorrow.  Note that you will have to scroll down a bit to get to the story.

3.  WHAT ON EARTH ARE THEY ABOUT?

Steve is working on the sequel to the upcoming Jethri Gobeln novel FAIR TRADE*.

Sharon is working on a novel dealing with the new arrangements at Tinsori Light.

Neither of these projects has titles as yet.

*In which “upcoming” = May 3, 2022.

4.  THE STATE OF SHARON’S DESK

Some of you will recall that I straightened my desk after turning in BREAD ALONE.  This was so I could begin my next project with a tidy desk, which is something that I Do.  In extreme cases, I have to tidy the entire house before I can begin a new project, but this was not an extreme case.

So!  This is what the desk looked like on the evening of November 14:

This is what the desk looks like this morning, November 16:

And here’s a close-up of my user manuals. The one on the bottom worries me a bit.

And, that?  Is all I’ve got.

Everybody stay safe.

 

 

BREAD ALONE Availability

The ebook edition of BREAD ALONE: Adventures in the Liaden Universe® Number 34, by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller, is showing up at the various online vendors.  At this writing, you may preoder the ebook for a November 25 delivery from Amazon, Apple, BN, Kobo; BorrowBox, Tolino, and Vivlio.

The ebook edition will be available for download in the format of your choice at Baen.com on November 25.

The paper edition is on-sale NOW at Amazon — that’s all the Amazons, as far as I can tell.  Here’s the US link.

In theory, the paper edition will eventually show up for sale at BN and other stores, but my information here is somewhat sketchy.

For those coming in late, here’s the blurb:

To survive, humans need air, water, a place to stand, a place to sleep, and sustenance. Bread is a good start for sustenance. Don Eyr and Serana were survivors who came to Low Port – it gave them air, water, a place to stand and a place to make bread. The place to sleep meant they needed a certain amount of safety and to get that they founded a bakery at the corner of Crakle and Toom, brought in others seeking to survive in the midst of the poverty and ignorance, and built a tiny bastion of a self-sufficient community dedicated to raising competent, alert children who understood decency.

Low Port toughs tried to break the bakery and a planet-shaking blast from the skies nearly did it in, but the bakery was hope, and people who have hope will fight to keep it.

This chapbook collects four stories about sustenance, all about the bakery, its people, and its influence. ?Degrees of Separation,? ?Fortune’s Favors,? and “Block Party” are reprints. The novelette ?Our Lady of Benevolence? appears here for the first time.

. . . and the cover: