I hear from Baen that the next novel will be published in October, too late, alas, for worldcon in Chicago which I intend to attend.  Maybe the concom will let me do a reading from it ( Read more... )

Thanks to everyone who posted on the Kendars' new state.  You've given me a lot to think about.  I'm still working through my reactions ( Read more... )

This  past week I turned in the ms for Deathless Gods + the maps, close to the first anniversary of the murder/suicide of  my old friends, George and Judy.  The novel is dedicated to them, "Deathless in Memory."   Baen thinks that it will be due out around next fall, which is about what I expected.  Now I'm thinking about the next and probably last ( Read more... )

I am pleased to announce that on 9/4/2021, at 8:22am, I finished Kencyrath novel 10, Deathless Gods.  Now I'm going over it making corrections.  It runs about 114,000 words, which is typical for me, and covers 205 days, during which Jame goes to the Central Lands to check on strange reports from Harn while Torisen and Kindrie cope with growing ( Read more... )

Got a question, maybe for a chemist: I'm thinking that the Shadow Guild Assassins write their contracts in the same mere ink that renders their cloth and skin invisible. What, then, makes the invisible ink reappear? I'm thinking that it might be a water based solution of iron/blood, but don't know how plausible this is ( Read more... )

Someone suggested to me that Death's-head should find a mate.  Actually, I'm thought of that.  Here it is:

Several days later, Jame went out in search of Death’s-head.  The rathorn colt hadn’t been seen since their return to Tagmeth and she was worried, given how hard the ride south had been.  Moreover, recently her blood-link with him had been ( Read more... )

Many thanks for the ideas, which have got me thinking again ( Read more... )

I'm up to the point in the next-to-last novel where Jame has to fight Death's-head against a Central Lands warrior.  He has a war-horse clad with full scale armor ( see cataphract). He himself has mail armor and at least a spear, maybe with a crow's-beak hook, maybe a mace, axe, or sword for close work.  Jame only has the shield that Gaudaric made ( Read more... )

Here's a question (or several of them) for the sports inclined members of this list ( Read more... )

This has been a weird week, mostly connected to Trump.  First the news story came out about his tax returns.  Then there was the "debate" with Biden, which gave me a roaring headache.  Then Trump came down with Covid 19.  The best I can say about any of it is that it's giving me new insight into Caldane ( Read more... )