Cool! Discovered the Okal Rel saga has appeared in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database.

Labels: The Saga

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Soul touched Mark Sadler (met on Sci-fi Talk) this month and struck up a connection. He has a writing background, although he hasn't done any for years, so I am recommending him to the current editors of ORU titles: The Okal Rel Anthology 4 and Cats in the Okal Rel Universe -- if he 'takes' to the ORU of course. Below is a quote from one of his e-mails that struck a chord.

> Thank you for the wonderful package of reading that you sent me ...
> Books, for me, and I suspect for you -- as they are to most avid readers,
> are friends and companions that we always have. They are markers, too. 
> I go to a book in my library and not only can I look at the title and
> remember the tale, the characters, but also where I was in my life 
> when I read it, the state of mind I was in, what season of the year,
> and my life, it was...
> I look forward to getting to know the characters and
> their triumphs, loves, heartbreaks and disappointments. After the
> present book I'm reading, I promised to myself I'd read The Story
> of Edgar Sawtelle (for some reason, probably because stripped down 
> to its elements, it's a boy and his dog story, it's calling to me).
> And then I'm going to plunge into the Okal Rel Universe and be
> swept away in your imaginings and a new world.

Labels: Mark Sadler, Soul Touch

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Tickles me to see ORU books showing up in different places. I don't know what it means. I don't know exactly how they got there. Maybe that's why it feels like fun seeing them "out in the world" no matter what the context. This discovery intrigued me for the sake of the remark on the page about free shipping anywhere in India!

Labels: Okal Rel Universe Anthology 1

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I've been charged with character abuse, and Catherine has taken Amel into protective custody on facebook. I guess if Amel can have an "envoy period" between parts 3 and 4 of the saga, he can do a little time out with a benevolent reader in there as well. Maybe we'll get an envoy-period story out of the idea. :-)

Labels: Catherine, Pretenders

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Brianna and Jennifer are working on the next installment of Mekan'stan for youtube. Here's Brianna's take on Ann slapping around a Gelack pilot in an Social Transparency Index 7 dock on SkyBlue Station in Killing Reach.

Labels: Brianna Thomas, Mekan'stan

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Another blogger discovers the ORU.

" ...I was given one book, "The Courtesan Prince," written by Lynda Williams and I'm so intrigued with all these things going on in the book. She's Sci-Fi and I think now that my interest has shifted to that realm. I've lost interest in the Urban Fantasy, Paranormal region. I do like the space ships and outer space now. So it surprised me, because the first couple of chapters I was trying to think who would want this book when I was finished, but believe it or not, this book is going back on my shelf as a future "reread." Yeah, I think it's THAT great. On top of that, I rarely read sequels because there are just so many books to read, but I will be reading her second book, also given to me.

Labels: Christina Rundle, Review

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Thanks to google alerts, I 'met' Lori today, at http://loricat.wordpress.com/ , a reviewer with diverse tastes and great experience. She isn't impressed so far. Sounds like she's dreading an interminable slog. :-) But a book lover has to be free to like or loath as her reactions require. And, indeed, the Okal Rel Saga has an element of soap opera about it as I think she suspects. It's an odd blend of my youthful dreams and adult experience. I'm looking forward - braced for the worst - to whether the insides appeal to her. I'll be particularly interested to know if she is able to enjoy Part 2 and Part 3 without Part 1, as I believe she is wondering herself.

Labels: Review

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Recent e-mail from Dave Anderson (aka David-Glenn Anderson) tells me he's met Lynn Perkins, artist for Part 3: Pretenders and Part 5: Far Arena, at Philcon. I'd sent Dave a package of ORU goodies for Philcon.

Labels: David Glenn Anderson, Lynn Perkins

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Cecelia Tan of Circlet Press recently asked me if she could use "Bride's Story" in an Advent Calendar feature on her homepage. Honorable as ever in her dealings with authors, Cecelia paid for the privilege. I asked her to donate the honorarium to an "Amel Friendly" charity (compassionate or arts causes) and she gave it to the ASJA Writers Emergency Assistance Fund. "Bride's Story" was Amel's first appearance in print, later republished in The Erotic Fantastic, a collection of the best of Circlet Press. It's a story from his courtesan days. I have a novella in my "unfinished" drawer in which Amel runs into the character from "Bride's Story", called Matron, after she has left court on the heels of events in part 1 of the saga, The Courtesan Prince.

Labels: Bride's Story, Circlet Press

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My interview with Tony Tellado is now up on Sci-Fi talk. You can hear it at: http://media.libsyn.com/media/scifitalk/LyndaWilliams08.mp3

Labels: Sci-Fi Talk, Tony Tellado

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Had an interview with Tony Tellado of Sci-Fi Talk yesterday. It should be out Friday. I'll announce it here. Meanwhile, I celebrated with a post to my blog on Sci-fi Talk featuring a collage of friends from the pictures I took at World Fantasy Con 2008 in Calgary.

Labels: Brian Hades, World Fantasy Convention

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Starting to snag more appearances by ORU titles on sale and collection sites these days.
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The cover of Part 5: Far Arena is up on a catalog page at Edge! I love how artist Lynn Perkins has depicted Erien, the 'Throne Price' of Part 4, in the cover art. Lynn actually reads the books! And enjoys the series. I have high hopes of seeing her work on Part 6, as well. About 80,000 words into Part 6 and hoping to finish over the Xmas break.

Labels: Far Arena, Lynn Perkins

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