Lois McMaster Bujold's Blog, page 44
July 26, 2016
distributed proofreading
I had two sets of galleys drop on me today -- one for the upcoming trade paperback edition of Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen, and one for The Vor Game.
The GJ&RQ TPB is set from the same file as the February hardcover, which I have already proofread, but I am sure something slipped through, because something always does. If anyone noticed any typos or other errata in the hardcover edition, please report them below!
Similarly, the The Vor Game is set from the same file as my 2015 e-book update of that title. If anyone spotted any errata in that edition of the self-pubbed e book, please shout out also!
(This one:
not any of the several other iterations.)
Ta, L.
...contemplating this task, I am seized by a desire to clean out all the closets in my house.
The GJ&RQ TPB is set from the same file as the February hardcover, which I have already proofread, but I am sure something slipped through, because something always does. If anyone noticed any typos or other errata in the hardcover edition, please report them below!
Similarly, the The Vor Game is set from the same file as my 2015 e-book update of that title. If anyone spotted any errata in that edition of the self-pubbed e book, please shout out also!
(This one:
not any of the several other iterations.)
Ta, L.
...contemplating this task, I am seized by a desire to clean out all the closets in my house.
Subterranean announces Penric and the Shaman
The official announcement of the upcoming Subterranean Press quality hardcover edition of the novella Penric and the Shaman is up:
http://subterraneanpress.com/news/ann...
For anyone who wants to be sure of securing a copy, pre-ordering early from Subterranean is recommended, as the print run will again be limited.
Ta, L.
http://subterraneanpress.com/news/ann...
For anyone who wants to be sure of securing a copy, pre-ordering early from Subterranean is recommended, as the print run will again be limited.
Ta, L.
July 24, 2016
good PW review of Women of Futures Past
Aha --
A very nice review of Kris Rusch's new anthology Women of Futures Past, due out from Baen in September, has surfaced in Publisher's Weekly, which is a very good place to be reviewed, not least because librarians buy from its recs --
http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1...
It was put together, among other reasons, as a response to those silly and self-perpetuating conversations about women somehow not being/supposed to be/having been writing/reading science fiction, for whatever period the speaker's (well, normally typist's) ignorance covers.
I once did a guest blog post on one aspect of the subject:
http://www.fantasybookcafe.com/2013/0...
Although I am a little bemused to now be classified as a "classic", like a vintage car. (Better than "junker", I guess.) The transition to that from the "new writer Bujold" phase that had seemed to run for the first fifteen years of my career seems oddly brief.
Ta, L.
A very nice review of Kris Rusch's new anthology Women of Futures Past, due out from Baen in September, has surfaced in Publisher's Weekly, which is a very good place to be reviewed, not least because librarians buy from its recs --
http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1...
It was put together, among other reasons, as a response to those silly and self-perpetuating conversations about women somehow not being/supposed to be/having been writing/reading science fiction, for whatever period the speaker's (well, normally typist's) ignorance covers.
I once did a guest blog post on one aspect of the subject:
http://www.fantasybookcafe.com/2013/0...
Although I am a little bemused to now be classified as a "classic", like a vintage car. (Better than "junker", I guess.) The transition to that from the "new writer Bujold" phase that had seemed to run for the first fifteen years of my career seems oddly brief.
Ta, L.
July 13, 2016
older-work roundup
Aka "No-News-Day Farm". Which comes from, iirc, an old Farside cartoon showing the farm where they raise all the weird animals and vegetables that appear in those news fillers.
Anyway, here are some of my less-discussed works, again.
What it says on the tin: a roundup of all the miscellaneous nonfiction writings from the first quarter-century of my career.
Next, my oldest short stories past outright juvenilia, from back in the 80s when I was still trying to figure out this writing-career thing. Contains "Dreamweaver's Dilemma", my first tale in the proto-Vorkosiverse, mentioning Beta Colony but before Barrayar was rediscovered. (Or invented, depending on one's point of view.)
Finally, my first published fantasy novel, a stand-alone or aquel, which is why it tends to sift to the bottom of the bin. It was second in the Locus Poll (not yet the Locus Award) for best fantasy novel, in its year of publication.
All available in this handy e-format in the Kindle, iBooks, and Nook stores. In addition, The Spirit Ring has a print-on-demand edition, our first learning experiment in that direction.
Ta, L.
Anyway, here are some of my less-discussed works, again.
What it says on the tin: a roundup of all the miscellaneous nonfiction writings from the first quarter-century of my career.
Next, my oldest short stories past outright juvenilia, from back in the 80s when I was still trying to figure out this writing-career thing. Contains "Dreamweaver's Dilemma", my first tale in the proto-Vorkosiverse, mentioning Beta Colony but before Barrayar was rediscovered. (Or invented, depending on one's point of view.)
Finally, my first published fantasy novel, a stand-alone or aquel, which is why it tends to sift to the bottom of the bin. It was second in the Locus Poll (not yet the Locus Award) for best fantasy novel, in its year of publication.
All available in this handy e-format in the Kindle, iBooks, and Nook stores. In addition, The Spirit Ring has a print-on-demand edition, our first learning experiment in that direction.
Ta, L.
July 2, 2016
Chinese sale
To my Cold-War-upbringing bemusement, we have a sale to a publisher in China -- The Vor Game and Memory are going to a publisher called Beijing Xeron Books. Why they wanted to start with these two mid-series books is unclear to me, but foreign rights sales are a buyers' market, so. For the first time for China, they have also asked for e-rights.
Meanwhile, we also have an offer from Science Fiction World, a company we have dealt with before, for Mirror Dance, Barrayar, and The Warrior's Apprentice.
I am a little dubious about splitting the series between two publishers, something that did me no good in my late British career back when, but the terms of license are reasonably short, so "seeing what happens" is a not-bad approach. New markets, new learning. Interesting times.
I'll see if I can find a cover scan to illustrate this post in a bit... aha.
2004 Science Fiction World translation of The Warrior's Apprentice
Cover art by John Berkey, obtained separately. A lot of foreign publishers buy American or British SF texts and cover art separately and recombine them, sometimes at random.
Ta, L.
Meanwhile, we also have an offer from Science Fiction World, a company we have dealt with before, for Mirror Dance, Barrayar, and The Warrior's Apprentice.
I am a little dubious about splitting the series between two publishers, something that did me no good in my late British career back when, but the terms of license are reasonably short, so "seeing what happens" is a not-bad approach. New markets, new learning. Interesting times.
I'll see if I can find a cover scan to illustrate this post in a bit... aha.
2004 Science Fiction World translation of The Warrior's Apprentice
Cover art by John Berkey, obtained separately. A lot of foreign publishers buy American or British SF texts and cover art separately and recombine them, sometimes at random.
Ta, L.
June 27, 2016
SubPress to do Penric and the Shaman
I am pleased to report that Subterranean Press has offered for "Penric and the Shaman", to do a quality limited-edition hardcover chapbook like the one they just did for "Penric's Demon".
No, I don't have a pub date yet; the ink is barely dry on the contract. A year is a likely guess, this being paper publishing.
Ta, L.
No, I don't have a pub date yet; the ink is barely dry on the contract. A year is a likely guess, this being paper publishing.
Ta, L.
June 25, 2016
June 24, 2016
Penric and the Shaman e-launches today
The new novella is up:
At Nook:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/penri...
and iBooks:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/penr...
and Kindle:
https://www.amazon.com/Penric-Shaman-...
Unfortunately, the Amazon 'bot automatically inserts "book" before the series number, which I think may engender more confusion than it settles. NOVELLA. I wanted a simple "#", which implies nothing about length but does give the order, which some readers find useful. I'll let it run this way a few days and see how it works. (It's going to be a pain if I decide to jump around in the timeline in future, but we'll cross that bridge later.)
Our vendor-page description:
"In this NOVELLA set in The World of the Five Gods and four years after the events in “Penric’s Demon”, Penric is a divine of the Bastard’s Order as well as a sorcerer and scholar, living in the palace where the Princess-Archdivine holds court. His scholarly work is interrupted when the Archdivine agrees to send Penric, in his role as sorcerer, to accompany a “Locator" of the Father’s Order, assigned to capture Inglis, a runaway shaman charged with the murder of his best friend. However, the situation they discover in the mountains is far more complex than expected. Penric’s roles as sorcerer, strategist, and counselor are all called upon before the end.
Bujold delivers an astonishing tale that is not soon forgotten."
My work always seems to get plenty of reviews on Amazon -- B&N and iBooks reviews are generally thinner on the ground. But best of all are reviews or mentions out and about on the net, where people who don't already know about the work might learn about it.
Ta, L.
At Nook:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/penri...
and iBooks:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/penr...
and Kindle:
https://www.amazon.com/Penric-Shaman-...
Unfortunately, the Amazon 'bot automatically inserts "book" before the series number, which I think may engender more confusion than it settles. NOVELLA. I wanted a simple "#", which implies nothing about length but does give the order, which some readers find useful. I'll let it run this way a few days and see how it works. (It's going to be a pain if I decide to jump around in the timeline in future, but we'll cross that bridge later.)
Our vendor-page description:
"In this NOVELLA set in The World of the Five Gods and four years after the events in “Penric’s Demon”, Penric is a divine of the Bastard’s Order as well as a sorcerer and scholar, living in the palace where the Princess-Archdivine holds court. His scholarly work is interrupted when the Archdivine agrees to send Penric, in his role as sorcerer, to accompany a “Locator" of the Father’s Order, assigned to capture Inglis, a runaway shaman charged with the murder of his best friend. However, the situation they discover in the mountains is far more complex than expected. Penric’s roles as sorcerer, strategist, and counselor are all called upon before the end.
Bujold delivers an astonishing tale that is not soon forgotten."
My work always seems to get plenty of reviews on Amazon -- B&N and iBooks reviews are generally thinner on the ground. But best of all are reviews or mentions out and about on the net, where people who don't already know about the work might learn about it.
Ta, L.
June 23, 2016
Penric and the Shaman sneak e-cover peek
We've finalized the e-cover for the new novella... not long now. (When it goes live, I'll post here again.)
And it's always a good idea to check how it's going to look in black and white, on some people's screens...
Ta, L.
(NOVELLA, NOVELLA, NOVELLA. 37,700 words. Just sayin'. Because a lot of people missed that , last outing, and artificially nonplussed themselves.)
And it's always a good idea to check how it's going to look in black and white, on some people's screens...
Ta, L.
(NOVELLA, NOVELLA, NOVELLA. 37,700 words. Just sayin'. Because a lot of people missed that , last outing, and artificially nonplussed themselves.)
June 22, 2016
a nice mention
May be found here:
https://www.amazon.com/b/ref=s9_acss_...
20th in a list of 20 is a lot better than being 21st in a list of 20... I wonder how many F&SF books total have been published in 2016 so far?
Ta, L.
https://www.amazon.com/b/ref=s9_acss_...
20th in a list of 20 is a lot better than being 21st in a list of 20... I wonder how many F&SF books total have been published in 2016 so far?
Ta, L.
