Comments on: Full Time Author

By: Nate

Nate — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 02:58:37 +0000

Yes. Yes, I did.

By: David

David — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 02:17:31 +0000

Dude, did you lose your job?

By: Nate

Nate — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:30:35 +0000

Thanks, Daniel.

There’s a PayPal donation button on the title page of each podiobook. Contributing there helps keep Podiobooks running and gives me the highest percentage of return.

For Captain’s Share you’ll find the title page at http://podiobooks.com/title/captains-share and thanks for listening.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 13:41:09 +0000

Nate,
First, thank you so much for the stories. Not only do I thoroughly enjoy them, they also have a positive effect on my productivity around the house and garden. Whenever there is something new I find myself doing a lot of yard work and indoors work so that I can continue following the adventures

Now for my question: what is the best way to also give monetary appreciation? You should set up a paypal donation page or something similar…

By: Shirley

Shirley — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 01:09:47 +0000

Nathan, congrats on the full time writing! You are the only person I know of that can write a whole story around coffee or tea! I’m looking forward to purchasing more books and have the tentative schedule taped by my computer. Next time I plan to have a higher number than 150/250! PS – I heart Ish! Are you sure you don’t want him to marry me in Owner’s Share?

By: Bruce

Bruce — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 20:17:32 +0000

I see at least two more stories in the Golden Age. First, Port Newmar, filling in Ishmael’s time in school. Second would be a book that comes after Owner’s Share: CPJCT. Having become a respectable and wealthy trader, Ish retires and gets involved in the politics and committees that set the rules, and sees what the universe looks like from “the other side”. I can see all sorts of opportunities for Ish to use his trademark common sense to sort out a world of politics and a thousand conflicting priorities.

By: Nate

Nate — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 10:53:23 +0000

I haven’t ruled out other stories. There are a lot of open spots where things can go.

Owner’s Share will be the last of the “Share” series but there will be other stories set in the Golden Age and probably even more stories with Ishmael, Pip, and the gang.

By: Doug

Doug — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 04:13:39 +0000

Nate,

I hope I write for most of your listeners when I request that you please, please, please re-consider the future of Ish and the rest of the golden age of the solar clipper. I know you’ve said that Owner’s will be the last installment, but your readers/listeners (like myself) deeply enjoy Ish and his adventures. There’s a lot to be said for both place and character, and while I understand an author can stomach only a certain amount of any one situation before s/he becomes bored/tired/etc with it, many of your fans have, well, larger stomachs, as it were. I understand it takes you weeks/months longer for you to create these works, while we voracious fans burn through them in days, sometimes in hours. Too many authors feel the need to move on to more fresh ideas and stories, despite the cravings of their reader base. This is understandable, but nevertheless it is disappointing.

Sometimes an author creates characters and storylines that are, for many reasons, more addictive than they had intended. Larry Niven’s Known Space is one example that springs to mind, for instance. Piers Anthony’s Xanth series is another. IMO Ishmael and the age of the solar clipper is yet another.

So, I must respectfully request that you explore the idea of continuing this saga beyond Owner’s Share. Sure, it’s your call, but your fans care, and I’d like to think I’m not alone in this.

Thanks,

Doug

By: Stephen K

Stephen K — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 14:19:44 +0000

Full speed ahead and damn the red lines!

By: Ignatz

Ignatz — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 12:45:37 +0000

I shall be thinking nothing but happy and positive thoughts for all of your endeavors, Mr. Lowell.