From: seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com
On 11/27/16 2:29 AM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
> In article ,
> Dirk van den Boom wrote:
>> Am 26.11.2016 um 15:47 schrieb Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor):
>>
>>> Careerwise, that's my last shot to get something big enough to keep
>>> Baen publishing my solos.
>>
>> But you will continue with collabs? I'll hate it if they would drop you
>> completely.
>>
>>> What's up with everyone else?
>>
>> The English version of my alternative-history-series has sold 3000
>> copies, which I assume is okay for the anglophone market. My publisher
>> is happy enough to do the second one already in January. Sitting on the
>> translation of # 3. It's no fun to do that kind of work yourself.
>>
>> In other news, my first trilogy with a bigger publisher here in Germany
>> is doing well, they consider signing for another one. Aside from that, a
>> lot of small press stuff to keep me busy.
>>
>> Next year, WorldCon. Drop over, Ryk, Helsinki is just around the corner,
>> if you look at it from a galactic viewpoint.
>
> Well, _TIL_ is up to 956 downloads; it's moving at a glacial pace
> now and is probably grinding to a halt. Still lots more than I
> expected.
>
> I just sent Bill the (I hope) final proof of _The Witch of
> Syracuse), having had to restore a lot of em-dashes to the text;
> Open Office keeps dropping them, because there are no em-dashes
> in any of its fonts.
>
> The protagonist of my space opera is about to start having a
> crisis of conscience. He's being held by people (a) who trust
> him, mostly, but (b) the first duty of a prisoner is to escape,
> and he's working on it.
That's always a good source of tension between characters that you
like. "I like and trust you, but I have a duty that will force me to do
something that will cause you trouble."
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