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March 5, 2024
some Penric Subterranean Press titles on sale
Later: It appears this was a one-day sale, now over, alas.
Subterranean Press is [was, it turns out] having a half-off sale on selected titles while they last, it says, including 2 Penrics.
https://subterraneanpress.com/50-off-...
https://subterraneanpress.com/knot-of...
https://subterraneanpress.com/orphans...
So for anyone who'd eyed them but choked on the prices, now's your chance.
Ta, L.
Subterranean Press is [was, it turns out] having a half-off sale on selected titles while they last, it says, including 2 Penrics.
https://subterraneanpress.com/50-off-...
https://subterraneanpress.com/knot-of...
https://subterraneanpress.com/orphans...
So for anyone who'd eyed them but choked on the prices, now's your chance.
Ta, L.
February 28, 2024
Demon Daughter audio release March 12th
The Blackstone Audiobooks edition of "Demon Daughter" is slated to be released March 12th, in all places Blackstone sells. Pre-orders being taken, I believe.
As, for example,
https://www.downpour.com/catalog/prod...
https://www.amazon.com/Demon-Daughter...
Also Apple Books, B&N, and Google Play Books.
Really fast work on Blackstone's part!
I'm glad they used Ron Miller's cover --
Ta, L.
As, for example,
https://www.downpour.com/catalog/prod...
https://www.amazon.com/Demon-Daughter...
Also Apple Books, B&N, and Google Play Books.
Really fast work on Blackstone's part!
I'm glad they used Ron Miller's cover --
Ta, L.
February 7, 2024
The Vorkosigan Companion Revisited
I realized, when fielding a question about my writing process on my GR Q&A column here, that I hadn't mentioned (or looked at) The Vorkosigan Companion [2008] in quite a while. Its assorted contents answer many frequently asked questions about my writing, its history, and its (still evolving) processes.
This book was pulled together by editor (and oldest friend) Lillian Carl and me in the mid-00s, about the time I was writing The Sharing Knife. So it doesn't cover books written later, or the huge changes to ebook publishing that came up soon after with the Kindle revolution. But much about my creative process remains the same, apart from me now abandoning the paper printout stage of editing and submitting my manuscripts. And, of course, the early biography remains unchanged.
To be found at assorted ebook vendors and some libraries, ferex,
https://www.amazon.com/Vorkosigan-Com...
Also not mentioned recently is (ebook only) Sidelines: Talks and Essays, [2013] for more assorted Bujold blether, to be found on all our Spectrum ebook vendors.
https://www.amazon.com/Sidelines-Essa...
Ta, L.
This book was pulled together by editor (and oldest friend) Lillian Carl and me in the mid-00s, about the time I was writing The Sharing Knife. So it doesn't cover books written later, or the huge changes to ebook publishing that came up soon after with the Kindle revolution. But much about my creative process remains the same, apart from me now abandoning the paper printout stage of editing and submitting my manuscripts. And, of course, the early biography remains unchanged.
To be found at assorted ebook vendors and some libraries, ferex,
https://www.amazon.com/Vorkosigan-Com...
Also not mentioned recently is (ebook only) Sidelines: Talks and Essays, [2013] for more assorted Bujold blether, to be found on all our Spectrum ebook vendors.
https://www.amazon.com/Sidelines-Essa...
Ta, L.
January 19, 2024
Beguilement on e-sale for $1.99
I see that the first ebook of The Sharing Knife series is now on sale for $1.99 in the Kindle store:
https://www.amazon.com/Beguilement-Sh...
Also Nook, Kobo, and all its other vendors, as the price is set by the publisher, HarperCollins. (Which means that this is only the N. American price -- the rest of world rights to the series are held by me through Spectrum, and our edition is not on sale.)
For those who haven't read it, be aware that The Sharing Knife tetralogy is one story divided in 4 volumes (plus the codicil novella "Knife Children") not my other series structure of each book/story more-or-less standing alone. The ensuing 3 volumes are Legacy, Passage and Horizon.
But for a buck-ninety-nine, you can just grab Beguilement now and then go on later, if you like.
Ta, L.
https://www.amazon.com/Beguilement-Sh...
Also Nook, Kobo, and all its other vendors, as the price is set by the publisher, HarperCollins. (Which means that this is only the N. American price -- the rest of world rights to the series are held by me through Spectrum, and our edition is not on sale.)
For those who haven't read it, be aware that The Sharing Knife tetralogy is one story divided in 4 volumes (plus the codicil novella "Knife Children") not my other series structure of each book/story more-or-less standing alone. The ensuing 3 volumes are Legacy, Passage and Horizon.
But for a buck-ninety-nine, you can just grab Beguilement now and then go on later, if you like.
Ta, L.
January 11, 2024
Demon Daughter spoiler discussion space
Now that all the vendor links are up (see prior post for all the details) herewith is an open mic post where folks who have already read the new Pen & Des novella can discuss it with each other in the comments without having to worry about spoiling first reads for others.
Those who don't want spoiled, come back later!
Have fun --
L
Those who don't want spoiled, come back later!
Have fun --
L
January 9, 2024
Demon Daughter, Pen & Des #12, now up in epub
“Demon Daughter”, the 12th Penric & Desdemona story, is now up in epub!
Vendor page copy goes:
“A six-year-old shiplost girl draws the kin Jurald family of Vilnoc into complex dilemmas, and sorcerer Learned Penric and his Temple demon Desdemona into conflict—with each other. It will take all of Penric’s wits, his wife Nikys’s wisdom, and the hand of the fifth god’s strangest saint to untangle the threads of their future.”
This novella is about 41,500 words long, so, full-sized for its category.
Final cover:
Cover art again by Ron Miller
https://www.black-cat-studios.com/
Vendor links:
Amazon Kindle:
https://www.amazon.com/Daughter-Penri...
Barnes & Noble Nook:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/book...
Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/demon...
Kobo:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/pen...
Google Play Books:
https://play.google.com/store/books/a...
GPB is not, sadly, "Demon Daughter"; just a link to my page there. DD is having formatting issues and hasn't been uploaded, more down in comments if wanted.
The internal chronological order of the Penric & Desdemona tales is presently:
“Penric’s Demon”
“Penric and the Shaman”
“Penric’s Fox”
“Masquerade in Lodi”
“Penric’s Mission”
“Mira’s Last Dance”
“The Prisoner of Limnos”
“The Orphans of Raspay”
“The Physicians of Vilnoc”
The Assassins of Thasalon
“Knot of Shadows”
“Demon Daughter”
I will as usual start a spoiler-discussion post next, where folks who have already read the story can talk about it with each other without worrying about upwhacking other peoples’ upcoming reads.
Later: be it noted, as ever these indie e-releases don't get much more PR push from me than these blog posts, so any mention anyone wants to make around and about the Net, of this or any other of my works, in book-appropriate places would be very helpful. Because otherwise folks won't know.
Ta, L.
Vendor page copy goes:
“A six-year-old shiplost girl draws the kin Jurald family of Vilnoc into complex dilemmas, and sorcerer Learned Penric and his Temple demon Desdemona into conflict—with each other. It will take all of Penric’s wits, his wife Nikys’s wisdom, and the hand of the fifth god’s strangest saint to untangle the threads of their future.”
This novella is about 41,500 words long, so, full-sized for its category.
Final cover:
Cover art again by Ron Miller
https://www.black-cat-studios.com/
Vendor links:
Amazon Kindle:
https://www.amazon.com/Daughter-Penri...
Barnes & Noble Nook:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/book...
Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/demon...
Kobo:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/pen...
Google Play Books:
https://play.google.com/store/books/a...
GPB is not, sadly, "Demon Daughter"; just a link to my page there. DD is having formatting issues and hasn't been uploaded, more down in comments if wanted.
The internal chronological order of the Penric & Desdemona tales is presently:
“Penric’s Demon”
“Penric and the Shaman”
“Penric’s Fox”
“Masquerade in Lodi”
“Penric’s Mission”
“Mira’s Last Dance”
“The Prisoner of Limnos”
“The Orphans of Raspay”
“The Physicians of Vilnoc”
The Assassins of Thasalon
“Knot of Shadows”
“Demon Daughter”
I will as usual start a spoiler-discussion post next, where folks who have already read the story can talk about it with each other without worrying about upwhacking other peoples’ upcoming reads.
Later: be it noted, as ever these indie e-releases don't get much more PR push from me than these blog posts, so any mention anyone wants to make around and about the Net, of this or any other of my works, in book-appropriate places would be very helpful. Because otherwise folks won't know.
Ta, L.
January 6, 2024
Penric's Labors a Locus pb bestseller
A bookseller friend reports that Penric's Labors was 3rd on the Locus bestseller list for mass market paperbacks in November sales. Thank you all!
He also notes it was the only just-out pb on the list -- the other were all evergreens or had media adaptations, and had been on for ages. He thinks it has something to do with publisher distribution cutting back mmpbs in a difficult time. Which is, as usual, tough on the midlist folks. Hardcovers and trade paperbacks (large-size) have more newer writers. Interesting times...
Ta, L.
He also notes it was the only just-out pb on the list -- the other were all evergreens or had media adaptations, and had been on for ages. He thinks it has something to do with publisher distribution cutting back mmpbs in a difficult time. Which is, as usual, tough on the midlist folks. Hardcovers and trade paperbacks (large-size) have more newer writers. Interesting times...
Ta, L.
December 29, 2023
discussion of Bujold books in France
French fan, writer, and convention organizer Jeanne-A Debats was kind enough to send me a link to this discussion of my books -- in French, which alas I do not speak. For those of you who do, here's a share:
"This podcast was made by three French writers in love with your books. The panelist read one page of one of your books and explained why this moment of you is so important for him, as a writer, as a human being.
Thanks for all that you made.
Thanks for Cordelia.
Utopiales 2022 - Les frontières de l’infini (trois pages de Lois McMaster Bujold)
Réécoutez la table-ronde Les frontières de l’infini (trois pages de Lois McMaster Bujold) avec Saul Pandelakis, Antoine Mottier, Jeanne-A Debats.
Lois McMaster Bujold est l’une des rares autrices à avoir reçu les prix Hugo année après année pour les différents tomes de sa Saga Vorkosigan, cette œuvre spatiale et humaniste. Conversation autour d'une autrice pour qui explorer l’espace implique d’explorer les limites des sociétés…
https://www.actusf.com/detail-d-un-ar...
Best wishes,
Jeanne-A Debats
Déléguée artistique
Festival international des Utopiales Nantes
Ta, L.
"This podcast was made by three French writers in love with your books. The panelist read one page of one of your books and explained why this moment of you is so important for him, as a writer, as a human being.
Thanks for all that you made.
Thanks for Cordelia.
Utopiales 2022 - Les frontières de l’infini (trois pages de Lois McMaster Bujold)
Réécoutez la table-ronde Les frontières de l’infini (trois pages de Lois McMaster Bujold) avec Saul Pandelakis, Antoine Mottier, Jeanne-A Debats.
Lois McMaster Bujold est l’une des rares autrices à avoir reçu les prix Hugo année après année pour les différents tomes de sa Saga Vorkosigan, cette œuvre spatiale et humaniste. Conversation autour d'une autrice pour qui explorer l’espace implique d’explorer les limites des sociétés…
https://www.actusf.com/detail-d-un-ar...
Best wishes,
Jeanne-A Debats
Déléguée artistique
Festival international des Utopiales Nantes
Ta, L.
December 8, 2023
Lois's old talks at Washington Book Fair
Somebody on my chat list dug up these links to old speeches/interviews I did some years ago for the Washington, D.C. book fair.
https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-3586/
https://www.loc.gov/item/2021691495/
2004, good grief, 20 years ago, and 2012.
I haven't reviewed them yet myself -- kinda afraid to look. Public speaking is never my fave...
But, an easy share.
Later: The second link is indeed my speech. The first is shared among several writers, and a skip-through did not find me, but I may be tucked in in some interstice. Or it may just be mislabeled.
Ta, L.
https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-3586/
https://www.loc.gov/item/2021691495/
2004, good grief, 20 years ago, and 2012.
I haven't reviewed them yet myself -- kinda afraid to look. Public speaking is never my fave...
But, an easy share.
Later: The second link is indeed my speech. The first is shared among several writers, and a skip-through did not find me, but I may be tucked in in some interstice. Or it may just be mislabeled.
Ta, L.
December 4, 2023
new Penric impending - Demon Daughter
I am pleased to report that I am just finishing the first draft of a new Penric & Desdemona novella, the 12th story in that series. It looks like it's going to top out at about 41,000 words, pre-final-edits.
Next will come a read-through and the usual rounds of feedback from my test readers, who will hopefully find any lapses (and typos, always typos) that I've missed so far. As the holidays fall in the middle of all this, I've no idea how long that will take. Then, final edits, my least favorite part of writing.
But I'm hoping for e-publication in January. 2024 already, yeesh!
I also at some point need to generate vendor-page ad copy -- it's always baffling trying to think how to succinctly describe my own stories, but that will be almost the last task to complete, so there's time.
The title is "Demon Daughter". Artist Ron Miller has been very beforehand with the cover, so that's already bagged. Much as I like "Still Life With Significant Objects" covers, this more action-y early scene suggested itself pretty irresistibly.
Here's a sneak cover preview:
Ta, L.
Next will come a read-through and the usual rounds of feedback from my test readers, who will hopefully find any lapses (and typos, always typos) that I've missed so far. As the holidays fall in the middle of all this, I've no idea how long that will take. Then, final edits, my least favorite part of writing.
But I'm hoping for e-publication in January. 2024 already, yeesh!
I also at some point need to generate vendor-page ad copy -- it's always baffling trying to think how to succinctly describe my own stories, but that will be almost the last task to complete, so there's time.
The title is "Demon Daughter". Artist Ron Miller has been very beforehand with the cover, so that's already bagged. Much as I like "Still Life With Significant Objects" covers, this more action-y early scene suggested itself pretty irresistibly.
Here's a sneak cover preview:
Ta, L.
