Catherine Asaro's Blog - Posts Tagged "space-adventure"
Lightning Strike, Book II
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
The Last Hawk, Chapter 5
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!
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!
Lightning Strike, Book II, Chapter Eight
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.
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.
Lightning Strike, Book II, Chapter Eleven
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
art credits: Maya calendar and Tina picture: shutterstock
The Last Hawk, Chapter 7
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...
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...
Tuckerization Contest!
I'm running a Tuckerization contest on my Patreon page:
www.patreon.com/posts/41007459
You may have heard the term before; Tuckerization is using the name of a real person as a character in a book. It comes from the author Wilson Tucker, a science fiction writer and prolific sf fan and editor, who often used the names of his friends for his characters.
Tuckerization may be a homage by the writer to a friend or fan. Which I've done. Writers sometimes donate them to charities, so whoever wins the auction for the Tuckerization gets to be in the author's book. I've done a number that way, also. Someone may win them as part of a promotion or contest, like a reward in a Kickstarter campaign or a membership perk for a high level in a webzine subscription (Baen had a number of its authors participate in those, including myself). Or it could come about in another way.
Tuckerizations are usually cameos or small parts. However, they can be continuing if an author is writing a series. They are fun and a popular trope in science fiction.
So! In the next two weeks I'll be posting scenes from various of my novels on my Patreon page. Out of all the scenes I post, four will involve Tuckerizations. If you are the first person to get all four, you can select any book or record you wish from the Starflight Music and Books catalogue and I will send it to you.
When you have all four, just post in the comments section on Patreon.
Three notes:
1. Not all the scenes I put up will have Tuckerizations.
2. If the first person to get all four is one of the people Tuckerized, they still win the prize, but it will continue for everyone else until someone wins who isn't in any of the scenes. So the contest will have more than one winner in that case. That's because the person Tuckerized only has to figure out three of the four.
3. Starflight Music and Books currently doesn't list the vintage record LPs in the catalogue. No worries! I will get those up before the contest finishes.
That's it!
The first entry is from the book Carnelians. I've tried to pick scenes that are mostly self-contained.
Carnelians, by Catherine Asaro
From Chapters X and XI
"I've never been in the sky." Aliana sat in the co-pilot's chair, gazing out of the windshield ...
***
Edit: I found this picture years ago on the web that looks like how I imagine the character Aliana, but I don't know how to give it a gold tone for her skin. Anyone here know photoshop? Also, I found this picture years ago and I didn't note the web site. If anyone sees it online, please let me know so I can give the artist proper credit. Thanks!
www.patreon.com/posts/41007459
You may have heard the term before; Tuckerization is using the name of a real person as a character in a book. It comes from the author Wilson Tucker, a science fiction writer and prolific sf fan and editor, who often used the names of his friends for his characters.
Tuckerization may be a homage by the writer to a friend or fan. Which I've done. Writers sometimes donate them to charities, so whoever wins the auction for the Tuckerization gets to be in the author's book. I've done a number that way, also. Someone may win them as part of a promotion or contest, like a reward in a Kickstarter campaign or a membership perk for a high level in a webzine subscription (Baen had a number of its authors participate in those, including myself). Or it could come about in another way.
Tuckerizations are usually cameos or small parts. However, they can be continuing if an author is writing a series. They are fun and a popular trope in science fiction.
So! In the next two weeks I'll be posting scenes from various of my novels on my Patreon page. Out of all the scenes I post, four will involve Tuckerizations. If you are the first person to get all four, you can select any book or record you wish from the Starflight Music and Books catalogue and I will send it to you.
When you have all four, just post in the comments section on Patreon.
Three notes:
1. Not all the scenes I put up will have Tuckerizations.
2. If the first person to get all four is one of the people Tuckerized, they still win the prize, but it will continue for everyone else until someone wins who isn't in any of the scenes. So the contest will have more than one winner in that case. That's because the person Tuckerized only has to figure out three of the four.
3. Starflight Music and Books currently doesn't list the vintage record LPs in the catalogue. No worries! I will get those up before the contest finishes.
That's it!
The first entry is from the book Carnelians. I've tried to pick scenes that are mostly self-contained.
Carnelians, by Catherine Asaro
From Chapters X and XI
"I've never been in the sky." Aliana sat in the co-pilot's chair, gazing out of the windshield ...
***
Edit: I found this picture years ago on the web that looks like how I imagine the character Aliana, but I don't know how to give it a gold tone for her skin. Anyone here know photoshop? Also, I found this picture years ago and I didn't note the web site. If anyone sees it online, please let me know so I can give the artist proper credit. Thanks!
Space is Big Storybundle!
I'm pleased to say that SFWA picked up one of my books, Primary Inversion, for their Space is Big storybundle. Yay!
Here is the info: storybundle.com/space
The SFWA Space is Big - Curated by Michael Mammay and the SFWA
The late, great, Douglas Adams wrote: "Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space." Perhaps the only thing bigger than space itself are the stories that take place within it, and in the latest bundle curated by SFWA, we have 15 great ones for you at one low price. We hope you'll join us for this entertaining ride between the stars.
For this bundle, the SFWA Independent Authors Committee had the pleasure of sorting through over nearly a hundred excellent submissions! It was tough, but we narrowed our selection down to the ones we thought you'd enjoy the most.
For more info about the books, see storybundle.com/space
Here is the info: storybundle.com/space
The SFWA Space is Big - Curated by Michael Mammay and the SFWA
The late, great, Douglas Adams wrote: "Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space." Perhaps the only thing bigger than space itself are the stories that take place within it, and in the latest bundle curated by SFWA, we have 15 great ones for you at one low price. We hope you'll join us for this entertaining ride between the stars.
For this bundle, the SFWA Independent Authors Committee had the pleasure of sorting through over nearly a hundred excellent submissions! It was tough, but we narrowed our selection down to the ones we thought you'd enjoy the most.
For more info about the books, see storybundle.com/space
