Creative Commons was a natural choice. I want people to hear my work. I can accomplish that most readily if I make it easy for people to pass it around.

PS – if a boxed set comes out you can bet I will buy one, posible more than that to give as gifts.

The idea DOES owe a lot to Traveller and also to the Lee and Miller Liadan universe for the notion of commerce as a plot device.

I *have* considered Lulu. Actually looked into it. Price points weren’t where I wanted.

So. We’re still in the process of navigating the publication waters. Don’t give up. You may yet see a boxed set of these babies

I have really enjoyed Quarter Share and Half Share and am halfway through Full Share as I write this.

It must have been quite a challenge to come up with cool trading that can be done on such a small scale.

I like the positivity of these stories. I’ve read my share of C.S. Forester, and they weren’t always so upbeat as these stories are.

These stories call out to me and say, “Sam, wouldn’t it be cool to have a tabletop roleplaying game designed and set in the Golden Age of the Solar Clipper?”

At lot of people might respond and say that the long-in-the-tooth science fiction RPG called “Traveller” is basically that.

I think in order to be truly successful, such a RPG would have a board game element similar to Settlers of Catan, which would simulate the trading economy that shapes the background of these stories.

But the structure of “ratings” as they are listed in the stories make for a perfect advancement model for characters in the roleplaying game version.

Some folks may not entirely enjoy playing in a science fiction roleplaying game where there isn’t as much effort paid to combat mechanics and the like: there aren’t life-and-death situations every moment. Yeah, there were some fights in the stories. Yeah, there was the bit in Full Share about the EMP. But other than that, these stories are about people interacting with each other, not about killing stuff or stealing treasure. And that’s just what I love about them.

By the way, I would very much like to hold these babies in my hand. I am supposing that the idea of publishing them through Lulu in a limited release has been considered and discarded? I don’t want you to ruin your chances of being published by an actual publishing house, but I want my wife to read these stories. She doesn’t listen to audiobooks, but I know she’d be charmed by them.

Anyway, good luck on “Double Share.” Never give up! We’re counting on you. No pressure or anything.

Trucker: I guess the key is “look so easy” because, man, there are days …

torerling: i *do* — i wish i could do it full time

Auntie: Sorry. Not yet.