The Okal Rel Universe in evolution and in the world.

 
Slow progress continues with Opus 4. Production date for Opus 4 and Opus 5 is summer 2010. Dreadful long delay getting these two anthologies into production! Partly due to my change in job, partly to changes at Absolute XPress, and partly due to my preoccupation with getting Part 6 and Part 7 of the saga written. Determined to see the anthologies in print this summer. I am very fond of some of the stories, and committed to all of them. Summer is the production slot available with Absolute XPress and David Lott is helping me with contracts and managing payments once the contracts are done. Meanwhile, I continue to make progress with Part 8: Gathering Storm. Now up to 80,000 words of the first draft. The majority of it is set at the first Cultural Exchange between the Reetions and the Gelacks, with some excursions for visits and rescues.

Labels: opus 4, Opus 5, Part 8: Gathering Storm

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Found a 2006 review of Courtesan Prince that showed up on a site called bookpleasures. Click the image or title to visit.

Paul concludes with:
"This is a good piece of society-building. Since this is not the usual sort of
new world, this novel will require some patience on the part of the reader (it
takes a while to get going). It is also the first of a projected ten-book
series. It's very much worth reading."

Labels: Part 1: Courtesan Prince, Review

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Okal Rel ads featuring Angela's trivia questions appear in the online version of Tyler Clarke's Cutbanks - the Cutbanks Weekly Newsletter.

Labels: Angela Lott, Cutbanks, Tyler Clarke

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Joined the group in support of Bobbie DuFault's bid to have Westercon in Seattle WA in 2012. Bobbie is a masterful con organizer and one of the people I am very proud to have among the readers and supporters of the Okal Rel Universe. I have her permission to share the recent e-mail exchange between us, below.

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I would love to have you at a Westercon here and I think it would be even more cool to talk about the Saga and all the things you have done with it. I LOVE LOVE LOVE the books and world - ok you knew that, but I think sharing it is great fun!!

Hugs!

Bobbie

(The above was sent in response to my e-mail below)

Hi Bobbie,

I don't know how much use I'll be - getting to be a bit of a recluse with the new job and turning out two novels a year, but the first con I ever went to was Westercon in Seattle. It would be cool to do a big con in 2012 since that's the year in which I expect to have the Okal Rel Saga finished. All ten books. Working on the last third of the first draft of Book 8 now. Books 6 and 7 will be out in 2010.

Really appreciate the invites to cons I've seen from you even when I can't make them. I am saving up. :-)

Lynda

Labels: Bobbie DuFault, Westercon 2012

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Magazines Canada has a PDF sample of the non-fiction content of issue 16 of
Neo-opsis. http://secure.magazinescanada.ca/magazines/ex111.pdf (This is one
of the 2009 issues.)

A fair number of SF Canada members are mentioned, or have their photo, in
this issue.

Karl Johanson

Labels: Aurora Award, Neo-Opsis

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Jennifer and Brianna have posted episode 6 of the digital story version of ORU novella Mekan'stan to youtube.

Labels: Brianna Thomas, Jennifer Lott, Mekan'stan

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Ques: What was Von's answer to Ann's question, "Are you sane?"

Answer: "I don't think so but it doesn't matter." (p. 291)

Image from a youtube episode of Mekan'stan, art by Brianna Thomas. Questions by Angela Lott.

Labels: Angela Lott, Part 1: Courtesan Prince

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