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Oh, what a wonderful suprise. I will await this eagerly. Many thanks.
Woohoo! This is exciting news! I've been curious about Penric's Martensburg years for a long time.
Another "insert story here" is Prince Sordso, the born again Quintarian at the end of Paladin of Souls.
Bo wrote: "That conversation with Stobrek happened in Mira's Last Dance. (I just checked.)Also, James Nicoll is going to hate you (again) for messing up the internal chronological numbering."
Ah thank you! Corrected above.
That was the third time I'd typed out that post. The first two disappeared during uncareful attempts to navigate away to collect the pertinent URLs.
One thing I quite like about ala carte e-publication is that the order is very open. It does throw up a problem for rigid templates of series order listings on vendor sites, etc. Should we call this 15, and leave the posted numbers the heck alone, or should we call it 4, as it now is? I will update all future internal-chronological listings as I come to them, anyway.
Might be good to stick an author's note on the vendor page description and maybe at the start of the volume itself noting its series placement. One line, after the title page etc, This story takes place between "Penric's Fox" and "Masquerade in Lodi would do it.
Ta, L.
Forgot to say, I love the cover art, so very interesting with the books, coins, key, pot and then the snake coming out. I don't remember if it has been established if snakes in the World of the Five Gods are poisonous or not or a mixture of both. I am eager to learn more about snakes in this world and how Pen feels about them/deals with them.
Looking forward to reading it. A new Penric is always enough to make my day 😀
Yay! I never get enough Pen and Des. Thanks also to the fan who copies your blog posts to Facebook
Woohoo. My favorite sentences come from your books. Excited for more. My most recent favorites that just stick in my mind are from the vorkosigan books as I’m rereading them. “Be meek! Miles said forcefully” “I can’t die my father would kill me” not sure if I got them exactly right but I really enjoy the fun witty writing.
How exciting! I can never get enough of Pen and Des!
I'd always kindof thought you might go back to his university days at Rosehall, but I also really enjoy mature Penric, becoming a pillar of Vilnoc and Jurgo's court.
Thanks for continuing to write these! And for the 14 existing ones of course!
Oh wow! And a flashback to young Penric! Thanks for giving us this! I look forward to it.
Well, this is a pleasant surprise. You're spoiling us, Ms Bujold. (Points to anyone who gets the reference. 😂)
Now if you'd be struck with an inspiration concerning young Lord Alexi Vorkosigan....
(We can hope!)
Lois wrote: "I will update all future internal-chronological listings"
Infernalogical?
Re the cover: the snake and the key correlate with Hecate’s symbols.
Oh, I heard about this announcement on another site, and came runshing over here to check if it's true! (That'll teach me about not checking my Goodreads feed for a couple of days.) So excited about this! I was flipping through Masquerde in Lodi a few days ago, and wondering if there ever would be other such prequels (or technically, interquels). Don't get me wrong, I love Pen's happily married life in Orbas (and I especially adore Nikys), but young (and somewhat angsty) Pen is quite interesting as well.
Post surgery, I've been walking through the World of Five Guys for a few weeks now (it's the only place I can walk currently !) And I just re-met Master Stobrek two days ago. By the time i finish my walking tour, I'll have to swim back to Adria. Thank you!!
Next, can you write in some bicycles so I can complete my triathlon?
Lois, have you considered print-on-demand for your ebook pub's? Back when I sold books (instead of post for free), I did both, and it was pretty easy once I got the hang of it.
It's probably easier now than it was then, but I wouldn't know, it's been years...
Kevin wrote: "Lois, have you considered print-on-demand for your ebook pub's? Back when I sold books (instead of post for free), I did both, and it was pretty easy once I got the hang of it.
It's probably easie..."
It's something I've been thinking about, for these reprints not economically viable for a big publisher. We're making an experiment in that direction with the upcoming Two Tales, the little Vorkosigan novella collection (which will contain the previously uncollected "Winterfair Gifts" and "The Flowers of Vashnoi".) I'll post again on that when it goes live. We'll see how that does, if it will pay for the work my Spectrum folks have to put into it. I note we also have likewise through Ingram Spark also long offered the PoD of The Spirit Ring and "Knife Children". Sales are very modest, so I dunno.
Ta, L.
Lois wrote: "Kevin wrote: "Lois, have you considered print-on-demand for your ebook pub's? Back when I sold books (instead of post for free), I did both, and it was pretty easy once I got the hang of it.
It's ..."
Yeah, as a one-man operation it didn't make any difference in costs with what formats I self-published in. Not the case here.
Announcing this on my birthday? What a gift ❤️
Thank you! Your books bring me a lot of joy. MKennedy
SO excited for this! I'd always hoped you might write more about that part of Penric's life, what a dream come true. <33
Excellent news! (which caught me while drinking an afternoon coffee and baking moussaka, so totally unprepared and surprised such things happen so quietly and somehow suddenly).
On the modest sales of Knife Children and The Spirit Ring, some of use didn't even know print in demand was an option, imagine that!
Brzk wrote: "Excellent news! (which caught me while drinking an afternoon coffee and baking moussaka, so totally unprepared and surprised such things happen so quietly and somehow suddenly).
On the modest sale..."
"Knife Children" and The Spirit Ring may be ordered print-on-demand through Amazon, or in the US, though bricks-and-mortar bookstores via the Ingram's distributor (may be listed under Ingram Spark.)
It might be time for another blog post on them...
Ta, L.
That is indeed a fabulous cover!
Looking forward to reading it several different ways.
What a delightful surprise! Really looking forward to spending time with young Penric again.
Lois wrote: "Bo wrote: "That conversation with Stobrek happened in Mira's Last Dance. (I just checked.)Also, James Nicoll is going to hate you (again) for messing up the internal chronological numbering."
Hey Lois, so excited for this new story and DEFINITELY do the authors note stating when the story happens as you described it. You do great in general on making the sequence of your stories known, but some of us need all the help we can get.
Excellent! I re-read that a while back and wondered if it would forever be a noodle incident.
But it raises a question I had. All sorcerers seem to lead interesting lives, as servants of the White, but it seems Penric leads an unusually interesting life. Is he to sorcerers as sorcerers are to regular people? Or are all the senior sorcerers being shuttled around to lay waste to pirate enclaves?
Patrick wrote: "Excellent! I re-read that a while back and wondered if it would forever be a noodle incident.
But it raises a question I had. All sorcerers seem to lead interesting lives, as servants of the White..."
Heh. Good questions. No answers...
Sorcerers do not work in teams the way shamans may; they tend to appear as singletons. We've seen a few Penric has interacted with, and some others along the way -- Foix and his bear, Cumril in The Hallowed Hunt, and so on. They are out there.
Des is certainly a high-order demon. Think of 9-tailed foxes, and their fewer-tailed weaker colleagues. If Des were in a different fantasy world, she'd certainly sport 9 tails.
Can you define "noodle incident"? It may or may not be the same as what I call a throw-away line.
Ta, L.
Norine Luker wrote: "Lois wrote: "Bo wrote: "That conversation with Stobrek happened in Mira's Last Dance. (I just checked.)Also, James Nicoll is going to hate you (again) for messing up the internal chronological numb..."
The timeline note will appear at the start of the vendor-page copy (which I will post when the story goes live.) I hope that will be enough, though I suppose inevitably some will not pause to read it.
There are lots of internal clues in the opening pages, but again, that will only work for some. We'll see. It's An Experiment.
Ta, L.
I was just checking the list of the Penric novellas to see how many I had left until the end (a melancholic thought!) and saw a new one...
Christmas struck very early this year, it seems! Thank you!
Lois wrote: “Can you define "noodle incident"? It may or may not be the same as what I call a throw-away line.”
It’s a type of throw-away, yes.
The phrase comes from Calvin and Hobbes, where Hobbes and others would remind Calvin he wouldn’t be getting Christmas presents (or some-such) because of ‘the noodle incident’. Watterson never explained what happened, saying he hadn’t come up with anything better than what readers were imagining.
Yay! So thrilled that my favorite series is getting another new release. 👏
Patrick wrote: "Lois wrote: “Can you define "noodle incident"? It may or may not be the same as what I call a throw-away line.”
It’s a type of throw-away, yes.
The phrase comes from Calvin and Hobbes, where Hobb..."
Aha, thanks.
Very Sherlockian, viz "the politician, the lighthouse, and the trained cormorant" or "the giant rat of Sumatra".
Ta, L.
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Woohoo! This is exciting news! I've been curious about Penric's Martensburg years for a long time.
That conversation with Stobrek happened in Mira's Last Dance. (I just checked.)
Also, James Nicoll is going to hate you (again) for messing up the internal chronological numbering.
Another "insert story here" is Prince Sordso, the born again Quintarian at the end of Paladin of Souls.
Bo wrote: "That conversation with Stobrek happened in Mira's Last Dance. (I just checked.)Also, James Nicoll is going to hate you (again) for messing up the internal chronological numbering."Ah thank you! Corrected above.
That was the third time I'd typed out that post. The first two disappeared during uncareful attempts to navigate away to collect the pertinent URLs.
One thing I quite like about ala carte e-publication is that the order is very open. It does throw up a problem for rigid templates of series order listings on vendor sites, etc. Should we call this 15, and leave the posted numbers the heck alone, or should we call it 4, as it now is? I will update all future internal-chronological listings as I come to them, anyway.
Might be good to stick an author's note on the vendor page description and maybe at the start of the volume itself noting its series placement. One line, after the title page etc, This story takes place between "Penric's Fox" and "Masquerade in Lodi would do it.
Ta, L.
Forgot to say, I love the cover art, so very interesting with the books, coins, key, pot and then the snake coming out. I don't remember if it has been established if snakes in the World of the Five Gods are poisonous or not or a mixture of both. I am eager to learn more about snakes in this world and how Pen feels about them/deals with them.
Looking forward to reading it. A new Penric is always enough to make my day 😀
Yay! I never get enough Pen and Des. Thanks also to the fan who copies your blog posts to Facebook
Woohoo. My favorite sentences come from your books. Excited for more. My most recent favorites that just stick in my mind are from the vorkosigan books as I’m rereading them. “Be meek! Miles said forcefully” “I can’t die my father would kill me” not sure if I got them exactly right but I really enjoy the fun witty writing.
How exciting! I can never get enough of Pen and Des! I'd always kindof thought you might go back to his university days at Rosehall, but I also really enjoy mature Penric, becoming a pillar of Vilnoc and Jurgo's court.
Thanks for continuing to write these! And for the 14 existing ones of course!
Oh wow! And a flashback to young Penric! Thanks for giving us this! I look forward to it.
Well, this is a pleasant surprise. You're spoiling us, Ms Bujold. (Points to anyone who gets the reference. 😂)
Now if you'd be struck with an inspiration concerning young Lord Alexi Vorkosigan....(We can hope!)
Lois wrote: "I will update all future internal-chronological listings"Infernalogical?
Re the cover: the snake and the key correlate with Hecate’s symbols.
Oh, I heard about this announcement on another site, and came runshing over here to check if it's true! (That'll teach me about not checking my Goodreads feed for a couple of days.) So excited about this! I was flipping through Masquerde in Lodi a few days ago, and wondering if there ever would be other such prequels (or technically, interquels). Don't get me wrong, I love Pen's happily married life in Orbas (and I especially adore Nikys), but young (and somewhat angsty) Pen is quite interesting as well.
Post surgery, I've been walking through the World of Five Guys for a few weeks now (it's the only place I can walk currently !) And I just re-met Master Stobrek two days ago. By the time i finish my walking tour, I'll have to swim back to Adria. Thank you!!Next, can you write in some bicycles so I can complete my triathlon?
Lois, have you considered print-on-demand for your ebook pub's? Back when I sold books (instead of post for free), I did both, and it was pretty easy once I got the hang of it.It's probably easier now than it was then, but I wouldn't know, it's been years...
Kevin wrote: "Lois, have you considered print-on-demand for your ebook pub's? Back when I sold books (instead of post for free), I did both, and it was pretty easy once I got the hang of it.It's probably easie..."
It's something I've been thinking about, for these reprints not economically viable for a big publisher. We're making an experiment in that direction with the upcoming Two Tales, the little Vorkosigan novella collection (which will contain the previously uncollected "Winterfair Gifts" and "The Flowers of Vashnoi".) I'll post again on that when it goes live. We'll see how that does, if it will pay for the work my Spectrum folks have to put into it. I note we also have likewise through Ingram Spark also long offered the PoD of The Spirit Ring and "Knife Children". Sales are very modest, so I dunno.
Ta, L.
Lois wrote: "Kevin wrote: "Lois, have you considered print-on-demand for your ebook pub's? Back when I sold books (instead of post for free), I did both, and it was pretty easy once I got the hang of it.It's ..."
Yeah, as a one-man operation it didn't make any difference in costs with what formats I self-published in. Not the case here.
Announcing this on my birthday? What a gift ❤️
Thank you! Your books bring me a lot of joy. MKennedy
SO excited for this! I'd always hoped you might write more about that part of Penric's life, what a dream come true. <33
Excellent news! (which caught me while drinking an afternoon coffee and baking moussaka, so totally unprepared and surprised such things happen so quietly and somehow suddenly). On the modest sales of Knife Children and The Spirit Ring, some of use didn't even know print in demand was an option, imagine that!
Brzk wrote: "Excellent news! (which caught me while drinking an afternoon coffee and baking moussaka, so totally unprepared and surprised such things happen so quietly and somehow suddenly). On the modest sale..."
"Knife Children" and The Spirit Ring may be ordered print-on-demand through Amazon, or in the US, though bricks-and-mortar bookstores via the Ingram's distributor (may be listed under Ingram Spark.)
It might be time for another blog post on them...
Ta, L.
That is indeed a fabulous cover!Looking forward to reading it several different ways.
What a delightful surprise! Really looking forward to spending time with young Penric again.
Lois wrote: "Bo wrote: "That conversation with Stobrek happened in Mira's Last Dance. (I just checked.)Also, James Nicoll is going to hate you (again) for messing up the internal chronological numbering."Hey Lois, so excited for this new story and DEFINITELY do the authors note stating when the story happens as you described it. You do great in general on making the sequence of your stories known, but some of us need all the help we can get.
Excellent! I re-read that a while back and wondered if it would forever be a noodle incident.But it raises a question I had. All sorcerers seem to lead interesting lives, as servants of the White, but it seems Penric leads an unusually interesting life. Is he to sorcerers as sorcerers are to regular people? Or are all the senior sorcerers being shuttled around to lay waste to pirate enclaves?
Patrick wrote: "Excellent! I re-read that a while back and wondered if it would forever be a noodle incident.But it raises a question I had. All sorcerers seem to lead interesting lives, as servants of the White..."
Heh. Good questions. No answers...
Sorcerers do not work in teams the way shamans may; they tend to appear as singletons. We've seen a few Penric has interacted with, and some others along the way -- Foix and his bear, Cumril in The Hallowed Hunt, and so on. They are out there.
Des is certainly a high-order demon. Think of 9-tailed foxes, and their fewer-tailed weaker colleagues. If Des were in a different fantasy world, she'd certainly sport 9 tails.
Can you define "noodle incident"? It may or may not be the same as what I call a throw-away line.
Ta, L.
Norine Luker wrote: "Lois wrote: "Bo wrote: "That conversation with Stobrek happened in Mira's Last Dance. (I just checked.)Also, James Nicoll is going to hate you (again) for messing up the internal chronological numb..."The timeline note will appear at the start of the vendor-page copy (which I will post when the story goes live.) I hope that will be enough, though I suppose inevitably some will not pause to read it.
There are lots of internal clues in the opening pages, but again, that will only work for some. We'll see. It's An Experiment.
Ta, L.
I was just checking the list of the Penric novellas to see how many I had left until the end (a melancholic thought!) and saw a new one...Christmas struck very early this year, it seems! Thank you!
Lois wrote: “Can you define "noodle incident"? It may or may not be the same as what I call a throw-away line.”It’s a type of throw-away, yes.
The phrase comes from Calvin and Hobbes, where Hobbes and others would remind Calvin he wouldn’t be getting Christmas presents (or some-such) because of ‘the noodle incident’. Watterson never explained what happened, saying he hadn’t come up with anything better than what readers were imagining.
Yay! So thrilled that my favorite series is getting another new release. 👏
Patrick wrote: "Lois wrote: “Can you define "noodle incident"? It may or may not be the same as what I call a throw-away line.”It’s a type of throw-away, yes.
The phrase comes from Calvin and Hobbes, where Hobb..."
Aha, thanks.
Very Sherlockian, viz "the politician, the lighthouse, and the trained cormorant" or "the giant rat of Sumatra".
Ta, L.
