Trader’s Diary

Comment from Ben Rogers
Time: July 16, 2008, 1:37 am

Absolutely love your books! Normally I listen to the more horror driven sci-fi but I find that your stories are very well put together, so it is difficult not to listen to them. Just wanted to let you know that you are doing a fantastic job and that I look forward to more of your fiction in the future.

Comment from Steve Duffield
Time: July 19, 2008, 10:23 pm

I was trying to save this book for another time, but I lacked the necessary discipline! I started Friday night and finished this morning – all the episodes. Fantastic. Can’t wait for the next book in either series.

Comment from Holly
Time: July 20, 2008, 6:06 am

and if you want to get a little more hi-tech – take a look at bbPress to run your fan forum…..
thanks for getting the last book episodes out so rapidly. But now you are going to here from all of us about wanting yet another book!

Comment from Nate
Time: July 20, 2008, 6:09 am

Yea, I don’t like bbPress. I’ve used it before and SMF does fine. I just need to take some time to make it pretty, and I got too much other stuff going on

The last episode wasn’t published for 2 hrs before I got the first query about “when’s the next book coming?”

It won’t be TOO long.

Comment from Tag
Time: July 26, 2008, 6:20 pm

I really enjoyed your shares series of books. Somehow I missed downloading the last 5 episodes of Double Share and it just ended with nothing resolved! I was quite upset! Then I found the final episodes and stayed up most of the night finishing the book and series. It is really rare that I get THAT HOOKED by a book. But you GOT me!
Thanks again!

Comment from Nate
Time: July 26, 2008, 6:26 pm

I’m glad you got the last set

I’ve had a couple people ask me when I was going to finish the book … in each cast it was because the episodes just hadn’t been downloaded

Comment from Eric
Time: July 28, 2008, 2:58 pm

Hey Nate,

Thank you for everything you do for your fans. I have spent the last hour browsing your site. I am a hard core geek and I completely loved finding the background info on the Great Diaspora, the McKendrick, etc. This is really going above and beyond! And I love it!

Also wanted to thank you for inspiration. It really shows that a guy with an idea and a gift for words can do geat things, even without a major publisher. You’ve got me working on my own space-based novel again. =)

Thanks again!

Comment from Nate
Time: July 28, 2008, 4:18 pm

A little bit at a time — you can do a lot. This place has changed a lot in the last 18 months

I’m happy to be an inspiration! We need more people writing and podcasting

Comment from Megan Pawlak
Time: July 28, 2008, 6:14 pm

You always make me hungry the way you talk about food >.>. I’m vegetarian, but I eat eggs and dairy. When I listened to the trilogy a year ago (I think) I ate omlettes for dinner for a week straight! With all the eggs and bacon I kept wanting breakfast! Can’t wait to see what ELSE Ish is going to do for Billy. :quivers with excitement:

I’ve already listened to Double Share 3 times cause I listen to audiobooks all day at work. Good books make time fly!

Comment from ben
Time: August 3, 2008, 5:28 pm

Dear Sir
Thanks for the great books. Having spent most of my life on the ocean as a captain and engineer you have managed to capture quite well the inner workings both good and bad of life on board a vessel, was wondering if you spent any time on ships?.
Cant wait for triple and quadruple share!
Cheers

Comment from Nate
Time: August 3, 2008, 7:03 pm

Hey, Ben. I spent time at sea on a Coast Guard Cutter on patrol in the North Atlantic.

Glad you like the books and I’m looking forward to Captain and Owner myself

Comment from Vince
Time: September 2, 2008, 11:07 pm

Mr. Lowell,
I must add my thanks to all the others. I have listened to all 4 books of the Share series and am just about done with South Coast. I cannot wait for more. You have managed to capture the very best of story telling. Wonderful characters, beautifully crafted stories, perfect settings, and oh the food and coffee… Without the splash and crash of a Star Wars or flashy story and set you tell a riveting tale. Pure Art. Since I started listening to audio books I truly appreciate hearing the author read it. No wondering about the tone of the speech or the feel of the character – we get it straight from the source. The quality of your recordings and pacing is superb. I’ve been a Science Fiction fan for some 45 years and consider your stories to be some of the most welcome in a long long time. Please don’t ever stop.
Thanks

Comment from Nate
Time: September 3, 2008, 4:45 am

Thanks, Vince.

I’m really pleased with the way the stories turned out, myself. It’s doubly gratifying to get great feedback from the listeners.

There’s more on the way!

Comment from Mark
Time: September 19, 2008, 6:03 pm

To start off with. Love all of your books. I can’t wait for more. The stories are wonderfully done. I hope that there will be more stories with ishmail. I listen to alot of audio books, but yours keeps me hungry for more. Keep them comming .
thanks.

Comment from Nate
Time: September 19, 2008, 6:22 pm

There’s more on the way.

Comment from lois mckendrick
Time: September 25, 2008, 1:51 pm

I would appreciate it if you would in future desist from using my name in your stories- I’m getting fed up of my name now being an item on peoples tee shirts!!! Or perhaps I could get royalties for your use of my name??

Comment from Megan Pawlak
Time: October 6, 2008, 11:49 am

I was just wondering if any one else is having a problem with podiobooks.com feeds or if you know, Nate, if something is going on. I can’t get to the website anymore and I had to delete all my book feeds becasue they kept coming up as “!” in iTunes. I’ve even tried going through the iTunes store instead and got the same problem with any books originating at podiobooks.com. I hope everything is ok! Is it just me?

Comment from Nate
Time: October 6, 2008, 2:56 pm

I’m actually logged into the podiobooks site in another window now. There doesn’t seem to be anything wrong with it that I can see here.

Comment from Scott
Time: October 7, 2008, 10:07 pm

I am almost finished with Double. Will there be two more books – Captain & Owner? If so, when will they be released – and please hurry!! Very excellent story

Comment from Nate
Time: October 8, 2008, 3:55 am

Yes, two more Share novels and at least one more Shaman’s Tale – the sequel to South Coast. As for “when?” … I don’t have a good answer, I’m afraid.

Comment from Megan Pawlak
Time: October 14, 2008, 9:10 pm

Thanks Nate. I’ve gotten on through another computer elsewhere too. I don’t know why my computer has issues, but it does, and it’s ONLY my computer. ^_^0 just wanted to be sure everything wasn’t tipped over and crashing to the ground.

Comment from Chad Winters
Time: October 25, 2008, 2:32 pm

Nate, I loved your books. I don’t think I have ever seen Sci-Fi done so well in an everyday living kind of way. I really liked the comfortable life-story kind of feel and did not miss the guns and explosions at all! Your first 3 books kept me company while I was deployed in Kuwait in 2007.

P.S.
Have you thought about releasing them on the Amazon Kindle? They have an interesting self publishing option.

Comment from Nate
Time: October 28, 2008, 4:29 am

That’s a possibility. I have considered it, but at the moment, I’m holding all textual representations for a publishing house.

Comment from Christina Schwab
Time: November 14, 2008, 3:50 pm

I love your book! They are one of the best series that I have come across in a long time. I love that it is about an ordinary person and that it is full of humor. I work as a scanner so I have to do something to break up the boring work of scanning medical files in all day and your books do that. My comrade in the scanning department all love your books and all you can hear is laughter from our room. Thank you so much for them and I can not wait to read the rest. ( We are still of half share and working our way through

Comment from Brian
Time: November 26, 2008, 3:00 pm

Just finished “South Coast” and am now in official “Golden Clipper Withdrawal.” It’s really helped me get through the work day on a tedious and long-lived project.

Great work Nate! Looking forward to “Cape Grace.”

Comment from Kenn
Time: January 4, 2009, 8:30 pm

Love all the stories and have recently gone back to relisten to all the shares. BTW when is the next release Nathan!

One thing that caught my mind was the beaten lady who joins the crew of the lois is Sarah Krugg, is this a character that is going to get more attention in the st. cloud line? is Sarah the wife of Otto? It would break my heart to think that Otto becomes a wife batterer.

Comment from Nate
Time: January 4, 2009, 10:08 pm

We’ll meet Sarah in Cape Grace — which I had hoped to do in November

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Comment from Kenn
Time: January 5, 2009, 6:44 am

I just got to the part in Half Share where Sarah tells the snipit of her story, and all thoughts of Otto being that mean are gone. But new thoughts of this must be his daughter have surfaced, and makes me even for excited to hear Cape Grace.

PS I loved your addition to the POV James Keeling. You Sar are a magician of words my good man.

Comment from Rich
Time: January 19, 2009, 4:33 pm

I love your stories, they leave me needing more. Keep up the good work.

Very best regards
Rich

Comment from Gilles Maranda
Time: January 21, 2009, 1:04 pm

Keep writing, you are very good at it. Thank you

Comment from greg
Time: January 26, 2009, 2:16 pm

I am in full withdrawl for more of the golden age of the solar clipper. When many podcasts are excessively violent it’s great to hear podcasts that deal with everyday life in the far distant future. Your character developement is in depth and leaves us with characters we care about . Looking forward to cape grace and eventually Captains Share. Keep writing…..THANKS THANKS THANKS

Comment from Carl W
Time: January 29, 2009, 9:46 am

Hi Nate…just started on Double Share, and I’m still hooked! One question: I love the little literary allusions in the books, especially the way you start the books with a first line from another novel, but I was disappointed you didn’t carry that through for Double Share. Was this deliberate, or was it just not something that you were able to work in? Keep up the great work!

Comment from Nate
Time: January 29, 2009, 11:52 am

Thanks to everyone! You folks are the best!

Carl:
It was deliberate. After the first three novels — while they worked out particularly well there taking many of the themes of the original work and revisiting them in a new setting — I thought maybe it was getting to be too much of a gimmick. So I took out the one I had set up for Double Share “The sky above the port was the color of a television tuned to a dead channel.” It didn’t really *work* as well as I’d hoped because of the somewhat anachronistic use of “television” and “dead channel.”

I’m not sure I made the right decision to stop the allusions, but it was definitely the right decision not to use THAT one.

Comment from Shirley
Time: March 10, 2009, 10:51 am

Hey Nathan,

Just had to tell you how much I love your stories. I’ve been hooked on many authors through Podiobooks and find there is so much talent out there. Kudos for giving your books away. Will you be publishing them! While I enjoy listening I always find something I missed when I go back to read the actual print copy. Perhaps you could see the books as a app through iTunes that I could download onto my iPod touch???? I also like that your stories are more family friendly – although I wouldn’t mind seeing Ish in those jeans!!!!! Keep up the good work and let me know if I can help promote your material in any way!!!!

Comment from Jonathan
Time: April 2, 2009, 6:58 pm

Hey Nathan,
Just had to say I love these stories too, and can’t wait for the next ones to come out. I’ve listened to the Share series at least twice so far while at work, and am going to be on my second time listening to South coast as well. Like others here, there is something refreshing about having sci-fi without having the explosions and guns at every turn.

But a thought occured to me earlier this week while finishing up Double share again… after Cape Grace, Captain’s Share, and I’m guessing Owner’s Share… have you thought of maybe pursuing Pip’s story post Full Share? Or maybe some more back story on Alys Giggone? Just wondering if you have plans for after Ishmael’s story is through I guess…

Comment from Nate
Time: April 3, 2009, 4:26 am

I have, yes! There are so many stories to tell here.

- the story of the original Lois McKendrick
- Pip’s back story
- the asteroid miners’ story
- Francis’ back story

And I’m sure there are a ton that I haven’t thought of.

Comment from Jason Buberel
Time: April 14, 2009, 4:23 pm

For any of you using Shelfari (http://www.shelfari.com, now owned by Amazon.com) to track your literary consumption, I have created book entries for Quarter Share, Half Share, Full Share and Double Share. I have also created an author page for Nathan:

http://www.shelfari.com/authors/2627768/Nathan-Lowell/summary

If you get a chance, sign-up for an account and add his books to your shelf to help spread the word!

-jason

Comment from jon whitley
Time: May 24, 2009, 6:09 pm

I too would like to say that I am enjoying your “share” series VERY MUCH. It is refreshing to get sci-fi without huge battles and military themes (they are fun too, but not every time). The character development is great, you really make the reader (listener) care about them, in my case maybe too much. Keep up the good writing and best of luck with your day job. You have another fan and evangelist!

Comment from JP
Time: September 6, 2009, 12:53 am

Recently finished South Coast. What a great father-son story!

Comment from David
Time: September 18, 2009, 2:04 pm

Hello,
Like many others I’m listening to the books a 2nd time. I’m listening to Double Share now and a thought
just struck me. I was wondering if there is a blog post or something discussing how Ish ended up
paying for his 4 years at the academy?

Just Curious,

David

Comment from Nate
Time: September 18, 2009, 5:36 pm

The same way any student does. Savings, loans, and slowly paying it back.

There actually WAS a section in Double Share where he reviewed his financial arrangements but it was so boring I took it out.

Comment from Tom
Time: September 22, 2009, 10:16 am

Waiting on Cape Grace and Captain’s Share. Any updates?

Comment from Nate
Time: September 22, 2009, 11:14 am

You’re obviously not reading the comments in other threads.

The text of Captain’s Share has been completed. I’ve started recording. The first episode is at Podiobooks for QC checks and I expect it to be released within a few days.

Comment from Mike Beavington
Time: October 14, 2009, 4:58 pm

Nate, you have quite a talent. There is something intriguing about the stories that just fit together so well. I gave you a donation at podiobooks because it’s so unfair to pay over 10 dollars for 2 hours of mediocre film, while an audiobook can fill a couple of days. I’ve recently reread them after listening last year and enjoyed them just as much.

Comment from Mårten
Time: October 16, 2009, 6:36 am

Just finished listening to Captains share and I must say it is as excellent as all the other books in the series. I am hoping to hear more of the story of Ishmael and want to know if there is any plans for another part of the saga. Will there be a “Owners Share” in a year or two?

Comment from Steve
Time: October 19, 2009, 8:48 pm

Nate,

I’ve been a big fan since Quarter Share came out and I have to say your writing and narration has spoiled me. I’m able to listen to the radio while at work so I consume a LOT of audiobooks (TY public library and podiobooks!). In the process of my own writing, I have come to the conclusion that Sci-fi is a very difficult genre to write well, mainly because an author has to explain just about everything in his or her universe right down to how a light bulb functions. However, with that being said, your writing is like a breath of fresh air and light years better than many well published authors. Unfortunately the bar has been raised so high that I now am gritting my teeth at other authors that droll on and on explaining how their universe works like it was some sort of college text-book.

I don’t frequently go back to stories I already read but yours are an exception. Your writing and narrating work hand in hand together and I wanted to let you know that its great work. If anything I eventually make is even 1/10th as good, I’ll consider that a big win.

Thanks for hours of truely entertaining storytelling in a marvelous universe. I know you got lots of stories to tell but “Double Share: The First Mate Years” or “Double Share: The Second Mate Years” would be welcome additions to that list

Thanks again,

Steve

Comment from Nigel Simpson
Time: October 23, 2009, 10:47 am

Nathan, thanks again for the hours of great entertainment that you have provided with your tales of the Golden Age of the Solar Clipper. Just finished Captain’s Share and like others who have become addicted to your stories cannot get enough of them. It was just as good as the others. Like Steve I would like to see the some of the missing years filled in, but I understand that it takes time and effort. I am sure that you could spend all of your time and build on this universe. I am happy to follow your stories whenever you are able to put out a new one. It is stories like this that keeps me looking forward to the future of our society. Science Fiction of this type gives one a positive view of the future.

Comment from Merritt Tumanis
Time: October 23, 2009, 2:52 pm

Nathan,
You tell a good tale full of humor and sorrow and more importantly, heart. I love each of the stories of the Golden Age of the Solar Clipper and our good friend Ish. I just finished Captain’s share and was inspired to start all over again with half share and go threw it again. It is still fresh and crisp and compelling to listen to, a real great story to learn from. Your Plot is always interesting especially when delivered in a real narrative format. Your scene execution is superb and your characters seem to jump out of the narration. I have grown to admire and respect as a friend our hero Ish. Please keep him supplied with more tales for the discerning listener.
Thank you.
Merritt

Comment from joshg
Time: October 23, 2009, 6:43 pm

Merritt-
I’m not sure if that was a typo in your comment when you mentioned staring at the beginning with “half share” , but just in case it wasn’t I don’t want you to miss out on the greatness that was “quarter share”. Quarter Share was before Half Share and I still think it might be the best (although Captain Share is a VERY close second).

Comment from Brett
Time: October 29, 2009, 9:53 pm

This is a great story from first audiobook to the current one. I surely hope that you continue to tell us the saga of Ishmael and his life. I am looking forward to hearing about Ishmael’s salvage share from the dead ship…..maybe he meets up with Pip again to invest in a partnership of another ship…….and the trials of the new crew member…..maybe she finds the home she needs and becomes the undisputed master of running the co-op for all’s benefit…….

Thanks for the great stories!!!!!

Comment from Nate
Time: October 31, 2009, 9:18 am

Hm. Some interesting ideas here.

The salvage share WILL play a significant role in the next book. That’s kind of a given.

Comment from ben
Time: November 9, 2009, 10:46 am

Damm nate- done it again, great listen as always- just 1 complaint though, my complete lack of sleep due to not being able to stop listining. Having been a professional mariner for many years you captuer the essence of shipboard life quite well- I just wish that most the captains I worked for were as level headded and professsional as Ishmel!. Cant wait for the next installment!
Cheers

Comment from Russell
Time: November 18, 2009, 11:18 am

Now that everyone has guessed or suggested what they want for the remainder of the “Share” series, have you thought of a new series or storyline to work on after. We apparently need to more to do while we wait for you to catch up with us. A new series or story line for you fans to plan would keep us busy for a week or two.

Russell
—just another Nathan Lowell addict

Comment from Nate
Time: November 18, 2009, 4:28 pm

I’ve got a half dozen suggestions already ..

Current Schedule:
- Owner’s Share
- Cape Grace

Suggested So Far:
- Pip’s Backstory (Growin’ up Indie)
- Tales of the Co-Ed Crochet Team
- The story of the original Lois McKendrick
- Bev’s Story
- Bril’s Story

Then the themed series:
- Smuggler’s Tales
- Explorer’s Tales
- Romantic Tales

And we could always go back to the Great Diaspora

Or spend some time in the Central System ..

What’d ya have in mind?

Comment from Russell
Time: November 20, 2009, 3:42 pm

Pips Backstory — Starting with his father’s generation or grandparents generation. Great potential to tie in to backstory on Lois McKendrick, the Saltzman Family, or the start of Federated Freight.
Smuggler’s Tales- Why smuggle when its legal in the next system over?

Comment from Nate
Time: November 20, 2009, 5:37 pm

ahh .. that’s the question, isn’t it?

Comment from Brian A.
Time: December 2, 2009, 10:51 pm

I have listened to all your Share series and South Coast. Amazing books. Can’t wait for the next ones. Keep up the fantastic work.

Comment from Leila
Time: December 3, 2009, 12:26 pm

I’m new to audiobooks and was very fortunate to stumble across the Share series so soon. Beautifully read and written but whatever happened to the vegetarians in the future? – there’s nothing for them to eat on any of the solar clippers .

Comment from Nate
Time: December 3, 2009, 1:31 pm

I’m so happy to hear that you found the books and are enjoying them.

Actually, there’s plenty for the vegetarians. But Ishmael isn’t one, nor are any of his friends, so they don’t appear in the stories of his world.

Comment from Tom
Time: December 11, 2009, 9:31 am

Found your books a couple days ago. I thought Qurter Share was great! Finished listening to Half Share last night and will start Full share today. You are a very talented story teller! Please keep writing AND reading!

Thank You!

Comment from Dave Horovitz
Time: December 15, 2009, 9:13 am

Hi Nate, I have listened to the “Share” novels and South Coast at least a few times each. Your naration style is very soothing and get’s me through long shifts on the ambulance. I have enjoyed Ishmael’s story all along the way. I am so ready for Owner’s Share to see where it goes. I know what I hope for is that Ishmael reunites with some of his original buddies from the Lois McKendrick, at least Pip. Thanks for an excellent series of books and good luck with your writing in the future. I look forward to all of your work.

Comment from Evan
Time: December 15, 2009, 11:20 am

I have the opportunity to listen to a lot of music and audio books while I work. I just have to say that your storytelling draws me in like few other authors can. Once I discovered the Share series, I listened to them non-stop at work all the way through Double Share and ate up South Coast as well! Once Captain’s Share came out I told myself I would go through it at a leisurely pace, since I would be waiting a while for your next book….2 days later I was finished. I can’t wait for your next book and I will definitely be a long time fan and listener.

Comment from Barry Gillogly
Time: December 19, 2009, 6:00 pm

I have been reading science fiction for over 40 years. I am speachless with your “Share” series. You have filled a spot in my life that few authors have done. Yes, I love the hard tech SF and some of the fantasy/SF, but there is something very special in a most human way that your story takes me. I actually feel that I am a better person, man, husband and father because of it. This may sound too much, but it is true. Thank you for being the writer you are and for having the simple, yet insightfull vision you have.

Comment from Nate
Time: December 19, 2009, 7:30 pm

*blush*

Comment from Graham
Time: December 25, 2009, 1:35 pm

Nathan, I’ve been a fan ever since that first description of the art of coffee making in 1/4 Share. I was initially disappointed in the Jen story arc in Captain’s Share, but I should not have doubted you and you pulled it together perfectly in a way that was true to Ismael’s character, yet helped us see another side of him. You seem to be enjoying what you do and it shows in your work.

Comment from Alex
Time: January 4, 2010, 1:55 pm

Just finished Double Share and show no sign of stopping! Thank you for sharing your opus with us. FYI — I referred to your work in a recent post: http://tinyurl.com/ycqxx9q

Comment from George Waszkiewicz
Time: January 8, 2010, 4:03 pm

Mr. Lowell;

I can not begin to express how much I enjoy listening to your work. Much like Barry G. I feel like a better human being when I am absorbed in one of you books. Your gift I am sure will be seen in the Lammas Woods. My wife and her friend were laughing at how excited I was when I saw Ravenwood was out, but if they listened to your work I know they would understand and appriciate the work you do as well. Please keep them coming, it gives me motivation to start on my own writing works.

By the way Pips back story would be my vote for the next book in the Golden Age after Owner’s share and Cape Grace.

Comment from Herbert A Shedden
Time: January 9, 2010, 7:02 am

Hear ! Hear !
I propose a Toast !!!!!
Heres to you Nathan! You did it!! we might have encouraged you, but that is nothing, YOU GOT IT DONE !!!
You have earned every bit of respect I can convey with my words and mountains more my words cannot.
I wish you the best and more to come.
(Downs the drink) To Nathan Lowell, for he has led us thrue the Golden Age of Solar Clippers !!!
Signed Herbert A. Shedden a loyal reader/listener

Comment from Lesley in Spain.
Time: January 11, 2010, 2:30 am

Congratulations on a million dowloads and Happy Birthday Ish. I just wish a few dollars/pounds/euros was donated for every download so that the day job could go and you could concentrate on full time writing. I’m emailing everyone I know about the Golden Age and just about to rate all the books in the itunes store. Happy New Year!

Comment from BanjoD
Time: January 14, 2010, 11:07 am

Nathan, I really do love your work and thank you for the effort put forth on these podcasts. They remind me of my own times underway. I really enjoy the futuristic nautical ideas that seem plausible when compared to the existing naval traditions and shipboard life (boat-board for me) of today and years past. I’ll be picking up the tangible versions when they are available. I’ve yet to make one of your books last more than a few days, if even a full day, before I’ve found myself listening to the canned Podiobooks wrap-up.

I also must comment on the reading. You’ve a great voice for podcasting and I’d love to hear you on other works. If you are not familiar with escapepod.org, check it out. It’s a very well run podcast fiction site with guest readers for many of the weekly podcasts. Better yet, a short story of your own on there.

Fair winds and following seas.

Comment from Nate
Time: January 14, 2010, 11:14 am

Thanks, Banjo.

Yes, I’m familiar with Escape Pod and they’re on my podcatcher. Steve Ely has a lot of male voices to draw on and probably won’t be using me any time soon. As for my short stories … I don’t write enough to be good at it. I’m not talented enough to operate in the under 5,000 word range effectively.

Comment from Brian A.
Time: February 7, 2010, 12:49 am

I am a long haul trucker and have listened to all of the Solar Clipper series so far about 3 or 4 times. Recently I had my wife on the truck with me and I got her hooked on your work. She hasn’t heard South Coast yet. I am looking for ward to listening to Ravenwood. It is amazing how much you can listen to when you are driving 8 to 9+ hrs a day. Keep up the amazing work. Congrats on the the up coming print edition of Quarter Share.

Comment from Y. Baseke
Time: February 10, 2010, 12:03 am

Thanks for the response to my comments in the hardcover comments section. I ran and told my wife and she says you are a nice person. I subscribed to South Coast and Ravenwood as you suggested. I am anticipating I will enjoy them as well but I must say that I am not quite done with Ishmael Horatio Wong yet, especially with the way Captain Share ends. I again reiterate my understated admiration for your work. I haven’t enjoyed a story this much in a long while.

Comment from Gary Noden
Time: February 17, 2010, 5:41 am

Hi there, just wanted to say how much I am enjoying “Captain’s Share”. I’ve only just found out there are other books before it, and I will work on them as soon as I finish this one. Can’t wait.

I just wondered if you have any kind of ships layouts or fan artwork, as I quite fancy trying to create the Aganemnon in 3D and I don’t want to get the general positioning of stuff wrong.

Anyway, thanks again for sharing your world with all of us. It’s great.

Comment from Nate
Time: February 17, 2010, 7:15 am

I do have some rough artwork for the Agamemnon but I haven’t loaded it to the site yet. I’ve been so tied up in putting together new content — and getting the books ready for publication — I haven’t taken the time to catch up the site with what I do have.

Comment from Gary
Time: February 17, 2010, 7:52 am

Thanks for the prompt response! Does thst mean (sneaky grin) that there is artwork for the other vessles too? Yup, I’m being cheeky, I know…(grinning inanaely now)

Comment from Nate
Time: February 17, 2010, 8:04 am

Images and rudimentary plans for both the Lois McKendrick and the William Tinker are already available here on the Trader’s Diary and 3d models exist of all the vessels in SecondLife and fan art contributions are posted on the forums.

Comment from SKiPinCincy
Time: February 17, 2010, 12:25 pm

Nate, found a slight continuity error listening to Double Share, Episode 17. The episode start states that the episode begins on August 12th, but when Arletta notes the transition date for the ship’s log, she says it’s July 12th.
Just thought it worthy bringing up for the editing process when DS goes to print. Loving the series and looking forward to listening to the rest of your library as time allows.

Comment from Christina
Time: February 17, 2010, 8:49 pm

I would love to have your book in print. My husband can’t listen to the book at work like I can. I know he would love it too and I would like to give it to him. Where would I be able to get your book once it is published?

Comment from Nate
Time: February 17, 2010, 9:24 pm

thanks.

there are at least 3 others.

Comment from Nate
Time: February 17, 2010, 9:28 pm

Sign up at the Ridan Publishing page for notification when it becomes available. You’ll be able to buy it from that page, and also from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other fine online booksellers.

Comment from Mark
Time: March 2, 2010, 12:33 pm

I’ve listen to all your books and have enjoyed them immensely. Ravenwood’s setting, a village, is so different than the Share Series with its space clippers, yet it is the characters that capture and entertainment me so much. Long live Ishmael Wang, Otto Krugg, Tanyth Fairport and their friends. Please keep producing such fine audio-fiction.

Comment from Roger
Time: March 7, 2010, 1:37 am

What ever happened to Cape Grace?

Comment from Nate
Time: March 7, 2010, 4:57 am

It keeps getting put on the back burner.

The problem is that it’s a difficult thing to write a book that goes between two others. I know where it ends but need to find the right beginning. It’s proving to be an elusive proposition. I may have to write this one backwards.