Solar Clipper Diary

News from the Golden Age

Status Report

Half Share -
The hardcovers are still pending. I’m not sure where those are but I’m pretty sure I’m much less concerned about those than about getting Full Share out. They are coming and I’ll post here, put a message on the mailing list and generally let everybody know what’s happening when they break open. There will be 250 just like last time.

Full Share –
Ridan has my edits. My editor has been locked in the den with the copy for days and I’m expecting to see those emerge any minute. When they do, I need to respond and get them back to her. I still haven’t seen the cover art but I’m trusting Michael to envision something better than I could imagine myself. At the moment I’m thinking about something like the “reverse” of the Quarter Share cover where we see Lois coming into the frame, but in this case leaving. We’ll see what he comes up with but I trust his eye.

Light in the Darkness -

The Odin’s Outpost novella has a working title. I’ve written two-thirds of it twice now. I think I’m closer to actually doing something useful.

South Coast –
This is the next audio book I’ll be doing. Probably after Balticon.

Talking On My Morning Walk -
For health reasons I have to get more exercise. I’m walking two miles every morning. For the last mile, I use my phone and earbud to record about 15-20 minutes of whatever I’m thinking about. Could be weather. Could be books. Could be anything really. At least one episode has me sniffing a lot and another where I finally remembered a hanky and used it–loudly, apparently. If you’re just hungry for the sound of my voice and want to know what I’m doing today, you can find that at Talking On My Morning Walk.

Happy Anniversary

A year ago today, Quarter Share became available on Amazon. A lot has happened in that year, not the least of which is that we’ve sold 10,000 copies.

Here’s to another year of great sales, wonderful fans, and even more books available for you all to read.

(Full Share is due out VERY soon)

Three Million

That’s a big number and marks a significant milestone for me.

That’s how many times an episode of mine has been downloaded. I’ve had a day or so to contemplate this and I’m still boggled. Granted there are a lot of episodes but that’s a lot of people who’ve grabbed some or all of the stories.

To put it in perspective, Jan 7, 2010, when I signed with Ridan, I’d just broken one million downloads. Fifteen months later I’ve added a few more episodes and two million more downloads. The listener population seems to be very close to 20,000 at this point and perhaps has gone over.

You humble me with your support. Thanks.

Steampunk Story Telling

Many of you know I was invited to participate in the kick off anthology for the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences. It was with a certain level of trepidation that I set about trying to write a short story in somebody else’s universe, but the Ministry posted the finished podcast episode today.

If you need a lil fix to tide you over, head on over the The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences and look for Episode 03 of Tales from the Archives.

I just listened and I have to say, Tee and Pip did an amazing job mixing this thing together and my hat’s off to Alex White of The Gearheart for the music.

Just. Wow.

April Fool

Yeah. That’s me.

Well, I hope I’m not going to continue to be a fool all month, but you never know.

Not much on the news front.

Still waiting for the cover art for Full Share. It should be out this month. I was hoping for *early* in the month but I think we’re looking at mid-month at this point.

I have Cape Grace and a novella in the word processor, altho I’m not making a lot of progress on either.

One thing I’ve had to get serious about is health. I’ve started walking every day again. Every morning at about 5.30 I take a walk around my neighborhood (2 miles) and for the last 15 minutes or so, I record whatever it is I’m thinking about. These are just rambly, whatever I have on my mind, un-edited audio. I put them online at Talking On My Morning Walk so if you want to know what’s going on from day to day, that’s the place to follow.

More news soon, I hope.

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