Gails Yarns, Hooks & Needles

This morning I got an email from Ridan Publishing, here it is plus all the links:

Thank you for registering for notification on the release of Quarter Share by Nathan Lowell. Ridan is please to have this talented author and we’re excited to be able to announce that Quarter Share is now on press and books will be delivered to Nathan in the next few days. You can buy copies direct which will provide the highest revenue to Nathan by using [this link] for ordering.

Nathan’s official release party will be during Balticon at the end of May. To mark Nathan’s first release with Ridan we have produced special T-shirts. For those that will not be able to attend the show you can order your own from the link provided.

P.S. We’ve not told Nathan about the T-shirts and are hoping to surprise him – so if you happen to speak with Nathan through email, twitter, or other social sites – we’d appreciate you not mentioning them until after Balticon.  Your cooperation is greatly appreciated.

We thank you for supporting Nathan. He is a fine writer that we’re proud to be able to bring to you in the printed form.

You can get a Limited Edition Hardcover Version, Signed & Numbered—Only 250 Available! OR you can get a softcover, signed or unsigned. I really wanted a Limited Edition, but remembered in time that I will want at least one of each as they roll out. I got two softcovers.

The most exciting thing about the published edition is that Nathan is so pleased with the editing process. Working with his editor produced hard copy that sounded more like what he wanted it to be. (I heard this in a podcast interview, probably The Dead Robots’ Society episode 74 or 85. Both were late last year, both were great shows.)

Then the tee-shirts. How cool will it be for Nathan to get to Balticon and see people wearing his Quarter Share tee-shirt? This is going to be extreme fun.

So there you are. If you’re not a fan yet, visit Podiobooks. Also linked in the sidebar, under Splendid Podiobooks, Nathan Lowell’s Quarter Share.

Jon Armstrong has a blog, called “If You’re Just Joining Us.” He has addressed all sorts of things, from unschooling to fashion design. In his latest release, he includes two short selections from his upcoming novel, “Yarn,” published by Night Shade Books.

Jon’s novel, “Grey,” was published by Night Shade in 2007. It is also at Podiobooks, if you’d like a listen to his writing. The first paragraph of the description at Podiobooks is this:

“High fashion, corporate malfeasance, celebrity culture, and an obsessed media collide with exuberant violence and volatile intensity in Grey, the explosive debut novel by Jon Armstrong.”

I thought it rather defied description. Violence is not what I thought of first, possibly because Jon’s voice is like velvet as he reads.

My boy Seth Harwood just sent around an email this morning to let me know about his new project. He’s good to me that way.

Seth is the author of Jack Wakes Up, which made its debut on Podiobooks way back in August 2006! It became and continues to be a popular title there. By 2008, Jack Wakes Up was available in paperback from a Small Publishing house, and Seth was encouraging all fans to buy the book from Amazon on ‘Palms’ Sunday. Fans did, the book went very high in the Amazon rankings that day, and Large Publishing sat up and took notice. WIN!

Now, in Jack Wakes Up, there is a character named Junius Ponds and a lot of fans were interested in him. They like Junius Ponds. They ask Seth where he got the name, and tell him please to write more about Junius. Seth couldn’t remember where the name came from, but it wasn’t long before he wrote “Young Junius.”

[FYI: Seth has written several other books, including a couple of sequels to Jack Wakes Up, all of which are available at Podiobooks.com.]

Now Seth tells me (and hundreds of his other close friends/fans) that “Young Junius” will be IN PRINT this fall from Tyrus Books, and gives us a head’s up about the special signed, numbered, special-edition, bonus content copies available for pre-sale starting May 5. I told him I’d mark it on my calendar. You know I want a copy: Junius Ponds has a mother and her name is the same as mine. That’s my boy!

Visit Seth Harwood’s website and get the news as he makes it known, starting next Sunday, March 28. View the email on the main page at sethharwood.com.

Well, really, it’s just me who found them again. Last I heard, Myke Bartlett, author, was busy and would take up podcasting again when he could. This was months ago. Then I had some hardware problems and things got lost, but fortunately not forever. Thank you, Julie D. (of Forgotten Classics), for reminding me.

I have been a fan of Myke’s for donkey’s years, ever since I found How To Disappear Completely at Podiobooks.com. You will also find Electricity at Podiobooks, Myke’s other novel. So far.

But now, there’s more. Myke has returned to the partnership of Salmon and Dusk for a few new stories. Julie found them at Myke Bartlett dot com, and I went there as fast as I could to subscribe. The link will take you to a page where I subscribed to it all.

The first book I ever bought from a podcaster was one of Myke’s. Later I bought a mug, too. So I have two things related to Salmon & Dusk, which is one more than any other podcast or website. (Except my own!)

It is such a pleasure to listen to Myke read, his voice is detached and cool, perfectly suited to his characters. It’s hard to describe the stories, but I really like the new tagline for Salmon & Dusk: Detectives. Thieves. Time-Travelers. (Reasonable Rates.)

These will go in the sidebar.

An email arrived yesterday to let me know that Ridan Publishing will print the podcast book “Quarter Share” (link in the sidebar). I added my email address to the “please notify me when the book becomes available” list.

I’m very happy for Mr. Lowell, and feel sure that once the first in the series is out, the rest will follow. It’s hard to overstate their addictive quality. See the cover (squee!!) and add your email to the list at the Ridan Publishing page (click the link above).