I’ve been doing a simple sword and sorcery story that’s kind of sprawling beyond its original intent. Which I don’t have time to finish soon-ish.
I am thinking about selling it in pieces—installments, before it’s finished. That way…once it is finished, it goes up as a New Book. But until then, I might sell it sort of 10,000 words at a go. With a special area on my blog where people can speculate about where it’s going, what they want to see happen—I thought it might be fun. Nothing too heavy, not great literature, but a bit of collective fun. Whatcha think?
Wholly off topic, but I’m watching the Olympic ice gala; it’s wonderful!
Probably not news to you all, but we and over 500 million other viewers watching agree on this.
I’d say it’s really cool but not everybody likes puns…
The Fledgling and Saltation drafts are no longer online, but all the reader comments on the Theo Waitley LJ board are still available, if anyone wants to see how the reading community interacted week by week. Here’s the link to the discussion just after the very first chapter of Fledgling went up. http://community.livejournal.com/theo_waitley/775.html
Seems to me that having the draft out there free for anyone to read, as long as enough contributions keep coming in, would tend to hook more readers. And those who decide to donate will probably give in chunks rather than nickel-and-dime weekly pinches, so the Paypal fee problem would not, I hope, be a problem.
Just checking in to say hi. I haven’t checked in alot, but I’m psyched to discover my library has Conspirator so guess where I’m headed…
I’d love to read a serial novel of yours, and am very open to paying an author directly. Say but the word… Also, I’m thrilled to hear about the genre. Reading about Bren is fine, but a little S&S would be a treat.
I should go re-read Fritz…
Ok,one more day before I begin to worry.
Relaxing with kittehs I hope…..plz cum bak soon! We eat you up we luvs u so. 😆
Looking forward to Olympic comments. Is anyone out there watching the Oscars? 😉
Hye
Im new to this blog, I dont know if that the right place to ask, since this post topic is on another matter.
my question is as follow
in the novel heavy time, the story located in the astroid belt of our solar system and mention humans built refaneries, mines, and shipyards in the atroid belt.
what I wonder is, that usually stations and satelites use a big mass as an atractor to cycle around it, and by that preventimg drifting in space.
but in the belt, there is no big mass, just rocks (isnt it?) so how those small artificial devices stay in the belt without a palnet to use its gravity for ancoring?
thanks for youre time
(probably same question about refinaries and mines in Urtur system at compact space)
I will purchase and think that with such a vibrant public and guilt that the project will proceed apace!
Oded, Heavy Time discussion is in the Alliance-Union books thread, at the top of the page, and also in the general Spoiler potential: caution: book questions thread.
I’d think the main anchor for the refineries in the asteroid belt would be the sun, same as for the asteroids themselves. If the refinery is circling round the sun at the same speed as the rocks (generally speaking), it will stay more-or-less in the same location respective to the rocks around it.
Jupiter will have a similar perturbing influence on the station as on the asteroid-rocks, but doesn’t anchor any of them except maybe the Shepherd’s ships.
Thanks Hanneke for the answer. I’ll look up the relevent thread.
Oded