Catherine Asaro's Blog - Posts Tagged "ruby"

Hello, everyone. I would like to invite you to my Patreon page.

https://www.patreon.com/CatherineAsaro

Most of the posts are for patrons only, but I have a public post anyone can read, the story Dance In Blue, written for the anthology Christmas Forever:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/32600255

I'm also posting short stories and scenes from Lightning Strike, Book II. This is the sequel to Book I. (It was originally Catch the Lightning. When I got the rights back, I set about rewriting the book the way I had originally wanted to do it.) I'm up through Chapter four in Book II now.

I'm including artwork and pictures to illustrate the book, which the publisher can't do in the hardcopy! And photos of family, the holiday, kittens, things like that. :-)

I will soon be posting scenes from my next Major Bhaajan book, The Vanished Seas, which is due out from Baen this summer.

I hope you can join us!

Many thanks -- Catherine

I've posted Chapters 1-5 of Lightning Strike, Book II now on my patreon page:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/33102817

If you do Patreon, I invite you to come to the page. Patrons at any level get these five chapters, and also some short stories and pictures. Eventually I will set up a tiered structure for new chapters, but I haven't figured out how to do that yet. Once a patron has access to the material, they won't loose that access even if I change to the tiered structure.

The picture above is of Dehya (Dyhianna) Selei, the Ruby Pharaoh and mother of Author, the male lead in the book.

Credit: Shutterstock, Subbotina Anna

I've put up Chapter V, a new installment in my novel Lightning Strike, Book II. It's here:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/33955017

Art credit: Artwork by heise (lian yan fang) deviantart.com/heise/art/Snow-wolf-22.... For more information, please see her website. She's an amazing artist, with gorgeous work.

I've posted Chapter 5 of the rewritten version of The Last Hawk on my Patreon page. I also put on six of the covers it has had over the years and am taking a poll to see which people like best.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/35190071

Cover 1: Original cover (also posted here).
Cover 2: Later editions of the paperback.
Cover 3. German edition.
Cover 4. Rewritten version, coming out as eBook.
Cover 5: Japanese edition, cover 1.
Cover 6: Japanese edition, cover 2.

Let me know what you think!

Chapter Eight of Lighting Strike, Book II is now up on my Patreon page: www.patreon.com/posts/35829029

Also, the comments for the previous covers we talked about were very helpful to me. So I've included the covers on the Patreon page (if you have access) for both Lightning Strike Book I and Lightning Strike Book II. I never liked the font for Lightning Strike Book I. So this new cover has a new font. The cover with the smaller font is the original cover and the larger font is the new cover. If anyone has any comments on the anything about the cover, they are welcome.

I don't know what the cover for Lightning Strike Book II will look like yet. I have an artist looking at it, and I'm open to suggestions. Here is a rough mock-up using the background that will be on the cover. Comments welcome.

Great news! I will be part of the Baen Virtual Roadshow tomorrow at 4:00 pm on Facebook. For details, click on the event link below. They will be talking about my book, The Vanished Seas. Hope you can come!

Here is the link to the event page:

https://www.facebook.com/events/26858...

Art credit: I'm not sure! I can't find the picture online any more. It's name is cyberpunk-art-story-characters.jpg. If anyone comes across it, please let me know so I can give the proper credit. Thanks.

Edit: Got it! My thanks to Lee Thompson for finding this wonderful artist. It's BATTLE OF STEEL By Khor Chaw Yang. www.toapenang.edu.my/showcase/diploma...

I posted the first part of Chapter 11 for Lightning Strike Book II on my Patreon page: https://patreon.com/posts/36997166

art credits: Maya calendar and Tina picture: shutterstock

I've posted Chapter Seven of the new and revised version of my book The Last Hawk. Also, as a plus, the page starts with a guest post by Susan O'Fearna about her dog Ada and the last hawk Ada interacted with.

www.patreon.com/posts/37511260

The full text of revised The Last Hawk is available as an eBook at the following sites:

Kindle: amazon.com/Last-Hawk-Catherine-Asaro-...

Nook: barnesandnoble.com/w/last-hawk-cather...

Apple: books.apple.com/us/book/the-last-hawk...

I've posted the second half of Chapter 11 for Lightning Strike, Book II on my Patreon page. www.patreon.com/posts/37828229

Credit, first picture: wall.alphacoders.com/big.php?i=910357 This is a wall paper, and I couldn't find the name of the artist. If anyone else can find their name, I would much appreciate your posting here.

I'm not sure the picture fits the story. For one, the setting should be a desert. For another, Bhaaj probably wouldn't carry a spear. I've no objection to her with one; I just never had her do it in any book. She does have a big knife, though. The character looks a bit like Bhaaj, but not as rugged and weathered, and Bhaaj is darker (she's Maya). In any case, I like the picture.

Edit: Lee Thomson writes: "I believe the first image is promo/official/wallpaper art for the game ARK: Survival Evolved (ironically game developers rarely credit the individual artists)." My thanks to Lee!

Here is a link to the game ARK. It looks like a really cool game. If I'm not careful, I might get drawn in (I play far too many online games). store.steampowered.com/app/346110/ARK....



Art credit, second picture: Dino and Rider, by Sandara. www.deviantart.com/sandara/art/Dino-a...

The second picture I thought was cool. This one is even less like a desert, but something about it reminded me of Tina. I can't tell for certain from the picture if the influences are Maya, Aztec, or both.

The second thing I thought when I saw this picture, though (after my "That's beautiful" reaction), was, "Wow, it would really hurt to ride that dino dressed like that." I mean, I get it, the picture is gorgeous and she's gorgeous. But still. I grumbled.

I do like the picture, though. The artist has a lot of talent. You can see more of her work here: www.deviantart.com/sandara

I've posted the final chapter of Lightning Strike, Book II on my patreon page. Yay! Patrons now have the complete book to enjoy. www.patreon.com/posts/38067916

The photo is Althor's mother, Dyhianna (Dehya) Selei, the Ruby Pharaoh.

Photo credit: Subbotina Anna, shutterstock.com