You can get autographed copies of Artemis Rising, Celestial Accord, or Mirim’s First Christmas at the Walnut Springs Rattlesnake Roundup Friday, Saturday, or Sunday.
I spent more time than I probably should have getting better pictures of Eleanor, Walter & Eleanor, Walter and Eleanor for their wedding, and the Antarctic Honeymoon cover mockup.
One of the distinctive types of trees on Caproni Island are Ginkgo trees. Today, we know that one species of ginkgo – ginkgo biloba – is still extent. In 1891 – the entire family was thought to be extinct, only being rediscovered as a ‘living fossil’ in 1896. I also looked for fossil animals that were known in 1891. Unfortunately, the giant crocodiles, Titanoboa, and even giant turtles are all 21st century discoveries. I do have terrorbird fossils from the 1870’s…
The advertising is beginning to work. Sold 5 Artemis Rising Books in the last week. That’s 10 since the ads started. It is costing me more than I’m making, so I put the e-book price back to $4.99. We’ll see what impact that has. I’ll probably do a sale in conjunction to the release of Forging the Chain Breakers.
Antarctic Honeymoon is progressing. Chapters this week: The Silver Spire – completed Alligatormen – Started
Word count is 47,414. Aim is 71,000-78,000.
Artemis Rising is #450 in Alternate History Science Fiction (books), #580 in Space Exploration Science Fiction eBooks, and #699 in First Contact Science Fiction eBooks. If you don’t have yours yet, you can get the paper version here or the kindle version here. There is also an audiobook version here. Five customer reviews. More will help others find the series as well – if you’ve finished the book and haven’t left a review, please do so here.
Mirim’s First Christmas is live. You can find the paper version here or the kindle version here. I’m still working on getting free versions to be available on my website.
Celestial Accord copy-edit is available now. The Audible AI audiobook is also available.
If you want to get early access to Book 3 chapters, write a nice review for Artemis Rising or Celestial Accord on Amazon or Goodreads, and email me that you’ve done it.
The box set images for Selene Reborn are done – what do you think?
You can get autographed copies of Artemis Rising, Celestial Accord, or Mirim’s First Christmas at Canton First Monday Trade Days Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday.
Forging the Chain Breakers is finished! I reset release for March 13. Hopefully I’ll have copies for Granbury Founder’s Day.
Editing Forging the Chain Breakers meant there were some additional threads to resolve, or at least address, in Selene Unchained. I think I have those done and it will be headed to Sandra for editing this time next month. Maybe the series will be complete by the time we go to the Galveston Steampunk Festival.
The advertising is beginning to work. Sold one ebook of Artemis Rising in February. That was only 3% of the royalties I earned, however. The other 97% were from Kindle Unlimited readers. That also doesn’t count books sold at markets.
Antarctic Honeymoon is progressing. Chapters this week: Lost Island – completed The Silver Spire – started
Word count is 43,171. Aim is 71,000-78,000.
Artemis Rising is #259 in Steampunk Fiction, #621 in Alternate History, and #189 in Steampunk Science Fiction. If you don’t have yours yet, you can get the paper version here or the kindle version here. There is also an audiobook version here. Five customer reviews. More will help others find the series as well – if you’ve finished the book and haven’t left a review, please do so here.
Mirim’s First Christmas is live. You can find the paper version here or the kindle version here. I’m still working on getting free versions to be available on my website.
Celestial Accord copy-edit is available now. The Audible AI audiobook is also available.
If you want to get early access to Book 3 chapters, write a nice review for Artemis Rising or Celestial Accord on Amazon or Goodreads, and email me that you’ve done it.
You can get autographed copies of Artemis Rising, Celestial Accord, or Mirim’s First Christmas at the Granbury Winter Wrap-up Market Saturday.
One location for Antarctic Honeymoon is one of the few islands near Antarctica that was known in 1891. Peter I Island, named after Tsar Peter I and discovered by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen on January 21, 1821.
Also got a lot more detail about liftwood island. I have this entry from the original Earth discoverer. Probably won’t use it in the books. From the Journal of Giovanni Caproni, 1721
(Translated from the Italian)
The fifth day of September in the Year of Our Lord 1721, in a latitude most inhospitable and far south beyond the accustomed commerce of ships, we encountered a marvel that no chart had foretold.
Toward the second bell of the afternoon watch, while the sea lay iron-gray and restless beneath a sky of low and sullen cloud, a bank of vapor rose before us unlike the common fogs of these waters. It did not drift nor thin as others do, but stood as if rooted in place, ascending straight upward in a white and breathing wall. The air near it grew strangely temperate. I removed my gloves and found the wind no longer cut the skin as before.
Believing we had come upon a shoal or hidden reef, I ordered the helm eased and our speed reduced. Yet as we advanced, the mist parted in tatters and revealed a mass of stone so abrupt and prodigious that the men fell silent.
It was an island, if island it may be called, formed not as other lands are formed, but as though a great massif of black rock had been thrust upward from the sea entire. The outer face rose sheer from the water to a height I judge no less than one thousand feet. No beach, no slope, no indentation offered entry. The waves struck and shattered below, and the spray fell back without gaining purchase.
We stood off and circled at a cautious distance, though the fog clung close about the heights and obscured much of the summit. Once, when the fog broke entirely for a brief and providential moment, I beheld at the very heart of the island a slender spire, pale and gleaming, rising above the hidden summit. It shone not like snow nor like polished marble, but with a luster more akin to silver, though brighter and of more curious aspect. It pierced the mist as a needle through cloth and vanished again as the cloud closed.
The air about the island was warmer by several degrees than the surrounding sea. Our instruments, such as they are, confirmed what the skin already knew. Rain fell within the fog though no storm was present above us. The wind behaved most peculiarly, as though pressing against an unseen boundary and sliding along it.
We made a full circuit of the island, seeking a breach in the encircling wall. None presented itself. The stone ran unbroken and stern. The sea floor near its base dropped away sharply, and we dared not approach too near lest the currents seize us.
I confess to a sensation, most difficult to describe, that this place was not merely remote but withheld. Not hidden by chance, nor neglected by navigation, but veiled as though by intention. The men murmured of enchantments and ancient fortresses, and I rebuked them, though in truth my own mind was not free of wonder.
We took its measure as best we could through mist and uncertainty, though I place little trust in such reckoning under these conditions. Having found no means of landing and our stores not suited to prolonged experiment in these hostile waters, I resolved to record its position carefully and to leave it for another season, should Providence permit.
If this island endures where I have seen it, it stands as a fortress of nature—or of some art beyond nature—set at the edge of the world. Should future mariners read this account, let them approach with caution and with patience, for it does not readily reveal its secrets.
— G. Caproni
Came up with a character bible entry for Ethan Estrada. He’ll be a frequent supporting cast member.
Got a reply from Trinity Episcopal. The sanctuary holds 450 people comfortably. I think I’ll leave the attendance at 300 – that’s 2/3 full. I also put together a wedding photo of Walter and Eleanor.
Got a picture of Endeavor. This is the final.
Antarctic Honeymoon progress got put on hold due to working on integrating feedback from my editor, Sandra, on Forging the Chain Breakers – that is done now, however. She should be able to let me know early next week if I fixed enough.
Antarctic Honeymoon is progressing. Chapters this week: Lost Island – progress
Word count is 40,940. Aim is 71,000-78,000.
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Mirim’s First Christmas is live. You can find the paper version here or the kindle version here. I’m still working on getting free versions to be available on my website.
Celestial Accord copy-edit is available now. The Audible AI audiobook is also available.
If you want to get early access to Book 3 chapters, write a nice review for Artemis Rising or Celestial Accord on Amazon or Goodreads, and email me that you’ve done it.
You can get autographed copies of Artemis Rising, Celestial Accord, or Mirim’s First Christmas at the Downtown Arlington Farmer’s Market Saturday.
Got Fiverr folks to start work on an illustration of Endeavor. She will likely figure prominently on Walter & Eleanor book covers, so this will need to be pretty high quality.
A new character – no plans on her being more than a background character right now. But I figured it would be better to have a complete character outline of María Esperanza Gresham (née Carrillo) and not need it than otherwise. Also her sister-in-law Carmen Gresham (née Salazar). I also needed Thoma’s children so did an entry for him and his family.
On a lark, I decided to get Midjourney to generate a wedding picture of Eleanor. It came out pretty good, I think.
I also learned that wedding month and day had some folk rhymes around them.
Monday for Wealth; Tuesday for Health; Wednesday the Best Day of All; Thursday for Losses; Friday for Crosses; and Saturday No Luck at All
Marry when the year is new and he’ll be loving, kind and true, When February birds do mate, you wed not or dread your fate. If you wed when March winds blow, joy and sorrow you’ll both know. Marry in April when you can, and joy for maiden and for man. Marry in the month of May and you’ll live to rue the day. Marry when June roses grow and over land and sea you’ll go. Those in July who do wed must labor for their daily bread. Whoever wed in August be many a change is sure to see. Marry in September’s shrine your living will be rich and fine. If in October you do marry, love will come but riches tarry. If you wed in bleak November, only joys will come, remember. When December snow falls fast, marry and true love will last.
Monday wedding in August can be seen as foreshadowing the rest of the book.
Did Character bible entries for Walter, Eleanor, and Walter & Eleanor as a couple. Also got AI generated pictures of them. I also decided to get an image of them in adventurer clothes for Antarctic Honeymoon
Antarctic Honeymoon is progressing. Chapters this week: Earth Wedding Southward Bound Lost Island – started
Word count is 38,266. Aim is 71,000-78,000.
Artemis Rising is #1,314 in Steampunk Fiction, #4,135 in Alternate History Science Fiction, and #7,570 in Exploration Science Fiction. If you don’t have yours yet, you can get the paper version here or the kindle version here. There is also an audiobook version here. Five customer reviews now (thanks Rick). I still need more so other readers can find it, but I may start promoting with these five – if you’ve finished the book and haven’t left a review, please do so here.
Mirim’s First Christmas is live. You can find the paper version here or the kindle version here. I’m still working on getting free versions to be available on my website.
Celestial Accord copy-edit is available now. The Audible AI audiobook is also available.
If you want to get early access to Book 3 chapters, write a nice review for Artemis Rising or Celestial Accord on Amazon or Goodreads, and email me that you’ve done it.
Artemis Rising is #3,826 in Space Exploration Science Fiction ebooks, #3,785 in Alternate History Science Fiction, and #5,797 in First Contact Science Fiction. If you don’t have yours yet, you can get the paper version here or the kindle version here. There is also an audiobook version here. Five customer reviews now (thanks Rick). I still need a more so other readers can find it, but I may start promoting with these five – if you’ve finished the book and haven’t left a review, please do so here.
Celestial Accord isn’t ranked yet. If you don’t have yours yet, you can get the paper version here or the kindle version here. One review so far. If you’ve finished the book and haven’t left a review, please do so here.
Mirim’s First Christmas is live. You can find the paper version here or the kindle version here. I’m still working on getting free versions to be available on my website.
Sandra (my editor) had a slot open up early so Forging the Chain Breakers is now in her hands. Whoo Hoo!
I used Audible AI to do a complete audio read of Artemis Rising. A number of minor fixes resulted and now I’m going through again. Hopefully after these minor fixes, I’ll be able to get a clean audio recording I’m happy enough with to publish as an audiobook. Went through another time, and got a new cover – Updated Artemis Rising with AI Audiobook is now live. If you listen to it, please leave me a review here.
I’ve heard some complaints about how small the print in the current books are, so I increased the size of the print significantly. Artemis Rising will be the first book to be released with the new, larger print.
Started the same process using AI to do a line-edit of Celestial Accord.
I also got title pages for Forging the Chain Breakers and Selene Unchained.
Antarctic Honeymoon is started. It is a stand-alone Walter & Eleanor story taking place the same time as the first chapters of Selene Unchained. Chapters this week: Preface Uncertainty and Change
Artemis Rising is #993 in Steampunk Fiction (Kindle Store), #1,158 in Steampunk Fiction, and #2,655 in Alternative History. There are still just 2 customer reviews – if you’ve finished the book and haven’t left a review, please do so.
I’m getting some readers in Kindle, so that is encouraging.
As I mentioned last week, the rewrite of “Mirim for the WIN” is so major, the book will be getting a new title and cover. I’m currently considering “Selenite Party Crashers”. I plan to send the new version of the manuscript to Sandra for editing by the end of the week.
The problem with “Mirim” was that there wasn’t enough conflict/setback for the story to be very interesting. In an effort to avoid that problem in the future, I reviewed the plan for the future books with an eye toward what the conflicts/setbacks would be for each story. That changed the focus of the stories some, changed the timeline a lot, and spurred a change in the book titles and order. There are now eight books in the immediate series with “Beware the Wrath of Magi” being added.
A pleasant side effect of the reorganization was that the planned books aren’t as intertwined. Instead of “Antarctic Honeymoon” being next, “Forging the Chain Breakers” will be next, focusing on military and political preparation for freeing the Moon. Bad news – Plan A will be delayed until at least 1893, maybe much later if the Robber Baron has anything to say about it. Good news – Plan B may have the Moon free by the end of 1891…
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In the late Victorian and Gilded ages, the rich and powerful were more likely to have a custom rail carriage built for them. Kind of like having a yacht or private jet today.
Ran into some major issues with the first chapter of Mirim for the WIN. Essentially I needed to do a complete rewrite. Since I’ve never written the first chapter of a sequel novel, I guess it isn’t surprising that I’m not good at it yet. I ended up adding more than 3000 words making the first chapter over 5,000 – way longer than most of my chapters. I asked Sandra to suggest chapter breaks, but may leave it alone if she doesn’t have suggestions. It made me feel good that I impressed her by getting the rewrite back to her in less than 48 hours.
Saturday visit to Galveston helped me locate a hugely valuable source of information in the Galveston and Texas History Center of the Rosenberg Library. Huge shoutout to Kaitlin and Christina for their help gathering information about Walter and Josephine Gresham, Gresham Castle, John Henry Hutchings and his house.
There was also a birds-eye view map of Galveston on the wall that included the Beach Hotel (so between 1882 and 1898). The beach side of the island and the west side of the island was way too empty to justify going back and forth to Texas City. The way I see it, I have three choices: 1) I can revise everything I’ve written so far to put Gresham Aerospace on the island from the beginning. Pro: It takes care of all the issues from the beginning. Con: It makes it confusing for people who have already started reading Artemis Rising and it is a lot of work. 2) I can have the Gulf, Laredo, and Veracruz Railroad at least decline developing the Aero/Aether port in Texas City and force the move when Gresham Aerospace makes their expansion in Antarctic Honeymoon. Pro: Allows Artemis Rising,Mirim for the WIN, and almost all of what is written so far for Antarctic Honeymoon to stand as written. It also puts Galveston right next to the Aetherport which will be important later. Con: the facility is on the unraised island during the 1900 hurricane. It also adds some complication to the Antarctic Honeymoon story (which may be more of a mixed Pro/Con – richer story/more work). 3) Move the facilities from a ruined Texas City location to Galveston. Pro: This can include a raising of the level of the ground post hurricane and it makes some sense in trying to revitalize Galveston after the destruction of the Hurricane and such. Con: I’m pretty sure the Texas City area has a lot less destruction from the 1900 hurricane than Galveston did – moving from Texas City to Galveston would stretch credibility a lot.
Toured Bishop’s Castle and Moody Mansion. Bishop’s Castle is the name given to the Gresham’s house, Gresham Castle in the books, after the Bishop of Galveston took up residence there. Moody Mansion was the name given to the mansion built by Narcissa Willis when William Moody, Jr. bought it just after the 1900 hurricane. Narcissa had the mansion built in part because she had pestered her husband to build them an opulent house their entire married life, in part to try to draw her children back to Galveston, and in part to upstage her sister, Magnolia Willis Sealy, mistress of Open Gates just two blocks down Broadway. She upstaged her sister for a very few years, got her opulent house at the cost of not having the money to keep it up, and since that estranged her from her children, failed to get them to return to Galveston. In fact, William Moody got the mansion for about five cents on the dollar in a bid he put in before the hurricane.
Learned that Broadway is where it is because that was the “ridge” of highest ground (8 feet above sea level) down the center of Galveston Island when the city grid was laid out. At the time of the books, it consisted of a single lane road in either direction and a broad esplanade down the center. Most roads in Galveston at that time are paved in crushed shells.
I did figure out how to make some decent AI generated pictures of the various Embassies. I’m not sure it will work for the Hall of the American Commonwealth, I’ll have to try that next.
This week was mostly consumed with research in Galveston. Learned a lot and need to integrate it into Mirim for the WIN, as well as later books. That will probably slow down progress on Antarctic Honeymoon for a while.
Chapters this week: 27: American Geographic Society – progress Mirim Chapter 1 rewrite
Antarctic Honeymoon word count is 53,807, less than 800 words more than last week, not counting Dramatis Personae (2,268 words)
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More progress on Antarctic Honeymoon. Mirim for the WIN has finished its first week in developmental editing. I’m getting prepared for a research trip to Galveston, Texas – although I was recently informed that we needed to do more than just research. Finally, I learned a lot of interesting tidbits, most of which may never get into the books directly.
Eleanor’s probably father, Lord Edward Bulwer-Lytton, was the most famous of the residents of Knebworth House. Knebworth House is an English country house in Knebworth parish of Hertfordshire in England. It has been home to the Lytton family since 1490.
Added John Moses Browning to the Dramatis Personae. No changes to the amazing historical person. He was one of the most important firearms designers in history, Moses Browning held 128 patents for firearms in his lifetime, including patents on designs that laid the basis for many modern firearms. This includes gas operated semi-automatic actions which are used in almost all semi-automatic and automatic firearms, and the .50 caliber ‘ma deuce’ machine gun, possibly the most widely used machine gun in history. Last I heard, .50 caliber BMG (Browning Machine Gun) was the single most used ordinance in the history of the US Air Force.
Also got to use the origin story of Browning’s gas operated mechanism idea. In the 1890’s he was testing a rifle and noticed the muzzle gasses pushing back the vegetation nearby. From there it was only a question of how to harness the energy from those gasses to work the mechanism.
Did some more research on the business elite of Galveston in the 1890’s and realized that Thomas wouldn’t have been engaged to Abby Kempner – her father, Harris Kempner, was an Ashkenazic Jew from Poland. A Jewish man, born in the Russian puppet state of Poland, on the border of Prussia, speaking Yiddish as his first language, wouldn’t have allowed an Episcopalian to marry his daughter. So I switched the birth order of John Henry Hutchings youngest two children and Thomas Gresham is engaged to Rey Sealy Hutchings instead.
Many of the people on the various boards in Chapter 26 were historical people. George Sealy, Frank’s future father-in-law, and John Henry Hutchings, Thomas’ future father-in-law, are on the board of both the GL&V Railroad and Gresham Aerospace. Col. Moody is on the boards of the Gulf, Laredo, and Veracruz Railroad and Gresham Steamship Company. George Brakenridge of San Antonio, Texas, Isaac Garza Garza of Monterrey, New Leon, and Francisco Yturria of Matamoros, Tamaulipas are on the board of the Gulf, Laredo, and Veracruz Railroad. Manuel Carrillo, Tia Dolores’ father, is on the board of Gresham Steamship Company. Henry Rosenberg is on the board of Gresham Aerospace.
In the 1890’s the approaches to the Port of Havana were defended by a bunch of shore batteries. Even though the United States of the West Indies have been free from Spain for about 30 years, I figure the batteries probably still have guns in them. That means the Bateria de Santa Clara can add some local… color to Chapter 26.
Finally decided on specifics for the houses the Selenites get to stay in while in Galveston. I finally realized that instead of trying to shoehorn the Selenites into one of the famous houses in Galveston, I could just “cut and paste” some houses from the same time period into “blank places” in Galveston. Therefore, at the end of Chapter 8, they acquire two properties, neither of which were in Galveston, but both of which existed in Texas in 1891. The Keeper House was placed at 1702 Ball and is copied from the Rotan-Dossett House from Waco. The Selenite Embassy was placed at 1502 Broadway and is based primarily on the Cartwright House in Terrell, Texas. The Cartwright House really does look like an Embassy, especially after the Selenites put in leukos-powered electric lights like the modern Cartwright house has.
I organized the Walter’s Galveston document ahead of travelling to Galveston this weekend to do some scouting on the ground. I plan on getting some pictures of some of the buildings that still exist and see about getting pictures from the Rosenberg Library for some of the rest of them. I’ll also be meeting with Jami Durham at the Historical Society who was very helpful in getting a feel for the Gresham family.
Had to figure out where at least a couple of the aero/Aether ports would be. So one is in the New York area (where Edison Aetherics builds all the aetherships before the Tesla Drive) and another is in London. The Royal Victoria Aeroport lies between the Royal Albert Dock on the north and the Woolwich Railway on the south.
Some of you may recognize the symbol of the American Geographic Society. It is the same as the symbol for the Interplanetary Geographic Society Press. It has corn sheaves (corn is native to Central/North America) and an uncommon world map projection called a Berghaus projection or Berghaus star. The particular one used has North America and the American Sea prominently displayed. The American Geographic Society, based in Havana, West Indies, will become the Interplanetary Geographic Society at some point. Two other organizations similar to the American Geographic Society were the Royal Geographic Society in Great Britain, and the Smithsonian Institute in the United States. The famous National Geographic Society was founded in 1888, but is still fairly new and not as well known.
Chapters this week: 25: Talk With Browning – finished 26: This Meeting of the Board 27: American Geographic Society – started
Antarctic Honeymoon word count is 53,133 not counting Dramatis Personae (2,268 words)
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One of the oldest catalogues of lunar craters is Charte der Gebirge des Mondes by J.F.J. Schmidt. This is the book that Thoma scanned and sent to Crystal Keep for them to use in updating their map of the lunar surface and placing Earth names on features.
Sent Mirim for the WIN to my editor, Sandra for editing. If it doesn’t need too much work, maybe it will be published by the middle of July.
For one of the scenes this week I needed to know the layout of the first floor of Gresham Castle. I believe this image is from the original plans.
I needed a caller on Beulah in addition to Nasir. There wasn’t a lot of information about him, but I decided to base him on the man who married Beulah in real life. Carl Oakes (m) – based on the historical husband of the historical Beulah Gresham, he, too is 9 years older than in real life. His appointment to the Military Academy (West Point) is a deduction based on the one picture I found of him.
In Mirim for the WIN, there is a discussion of term limits and the Aruns tell everyone that their leadership serves only a one (Vulcan) year term, a bit more than four and a half Earth years, before having to take a break before serving in the top leadership positions again. Come to find out, incumbent Governors of Virginia can’t run for re-election either. Since the legislators can run as many times as they want, that means the Governor only has a year or two to get much done before becoming a lame duck. Not surprisingly, Virginia has had only two governors serve a second term since that became an option in 1830. Since the legislators can run as many times as they want, the executive is much weaker in Virginia. If we tried to impose the same limit on Presidents now, that would probably put too much power in the hands of the massive, unelected, federal bureaucracy. If it were put in place prior to the individual income tax and the FDR or Johnson expansions of the bureaucracy, maybe that would work. Hmmm…
Chapters this week: Engaging Management Return to the Moon – finished Shadowed Sunshine The Search Talk With Browning – started
I ordered a map of Galveston for Mirim for the WIN the first one came in and it looks excellent. If the second doesn’t look significantly better, Tomas’ map will be the one in Mirim for the WIN.
Box magazines, the ancestors of those used on modern assault rifles, were invented in the late 19th century. Starting in 1888, the British army used the Lee-Metford rifle, a box magazine, bolt-action, firearm, as their standard issue firearm. Drum magazines holding 50 to 100 rounds of ammunition were around at the end of the 1800’s as well. Looks like the Aruns won’t need to introduce Browning to magazines…
Browning Brothers had their building on 25th Street in Ogden, Utah. Artemis will land on the banks of the Weber River and the Major, Walter, and Juan will walk into town.
Found out that Cornell University, Walter’s Alma Mater, may have been the best Engineering School in the United States in 1891. It was known for having a rigorous curriculum and faculty. Commencement was June 18, 1891.
Fastest animal on Earth is the Peregrine Falcon in a dive. They can reach speeds of 242 mph (320 km/h).
I have two reviews on Amazon – good, but I need some more to convince Audible to make an audio book. If you’ve read the book already, and liked it, please leave me a review on Amazon. When I checked on Monday, Artemis Rising was #3,228 in Exploration Science Fiction, #1,581 in Alternate History Science Fiction, and #418 in Steampunk Science Fiction. Only two orders of magnitude to go! J
I discovered something on Kindle. You can enable X-Ray mode. I think it is supposed to provide in-text descriptions of people, places, and things in the book. I figure it is worth a try, so I put notations on a bunch of people and things in Artemis Rising. Let me know if any of you are familiar with X-Ray, or if you find hyperlinks or something in the Kindle version of that book.
Chapters this week: Preparing for Dinner – first part of old Dinner at Delmonico’s chapter Dinner at Delmonico’s – finished What’s Next? Return to the Moon – partial
