Trader’s Diary

In case you missed this comment from the Fan Forum page:

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??

With people entering contests to name the ships and celebrating their appearances in my stories, apparently I picked the name of somebody who doesn’t appreciate being made a heroine.

Go figger.

I haven’t heard this yet but I was honored by a chat with the Council of Great Relevance last week. The audio is now available.

Seth Harwood’s new book, Young Junius is another Seth Harwood crime noir set in the mean streets of Boston. Now I know most people don’t think of Boston when they think mean, but trust me. I grew up in New England. Boston was the place your momma warned you against.

Here’s a promo for Young Junius. If you’re looking for something to listen to while you’re waiting for me to get the next book up …

 

 Young Junius Promo [1:04m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Update: Before Jack busts me for no link here, Young Junius is on Podiobooks.

Occasionally, other Podiobook authors ask for help in promoting their titles. Since I don’t do a regular podcast, the best I can do is give them a plug here and put their promo up for you to listen to.

The Prophet of Panamindorah is from one of the “new kids” coming along in the Podiobooks block and I think she’s produced a really nice fantasy novel here. If you like fantasy, give her a try. Her reading is pretty darn good and the audio quality is certainly a step up from the average first time PodioAuthor.

 

 Prophet of Panamindorah [1:02m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Updated: Oops! Jack called me on the lack of link love for the title. I figured everybody must have Podiobooks on a bookmark at this point but for those who don’t, you can find the book at Podiobooks.

Well, it didn’t happen this year, but we got closer.

Last year, Quarter Share was eligible, and nominated, but didn’t make it to the finals.

This year, the other three novels were eligible and nominated. Full Share and South Coast made it into the finals, but Mur Lafferty’s Playing for Keeps won. I can’t find any fault with that decision. Losing to Mur no shame. She’s awesome and Playing for Keeps is an excellent novel. So, we got a little closer.

Next year? Double Share will be eligible. And we’ll see what else may come between now and the end of April.

Thanks to all of you for your warm wishes and words of support and encouragement. I’m humbled and grateful.

[UPDATE: Farpoint Media has a good rundown of the categories, nominees, and winners.]

Wow.

The nice people over at Sci Fi Surplus just interviewed me about a review they’re doing on Quarter Share. We had a bit of a ramble but they’re accepting comments about the book. Email your comments about Quarter Share to thegeeks@scifisurplus.com. I think they’d take voice messages to at 801-938-5525 or skype call “scifisurplus” and leave a message.

This is my week for messing up!

Yes, as Jack reminds me in the comment stream from my last post, I forgot to post the link to Jack Jaffee’s BS#6 interview with me.

Mea culpa. It’s been crazy here for the last couple of weeks.

I’ve been remiss in getting this posted! About three weeks ago I had a great time being interviewed for the OxCast! The parts are all there now:

Part 1
Part 2

For those who haven’t been able to hear enough of me, check it out!

And thanks, Ox, for a great interview!

I’m amazed!

The Parsec Awards have listed the short list finalists and BOTH Full Share and South Coast have been selected as finalists. Only one can win, of course, but hey, just getting the finalist nomination is an honor.

If you missed the news from the Podiobooks blog earlier, they’re down for some much needed hardware upgrades tonight. They’ve been down for a bit over an hour now, but anticipate being back up in the morning. This is real, live, people with their hands in the case to help Podiobooks perform better, so your patience here will be rewarded.

Hang in there.

UPDATE: 8/5 9:50 PM EDT - They’re restoring data and rebuilding databases. They anticipate being back up later today.

UPDATE: 8/6 8:05 AM EDT - They’re back!