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I'm excited to announce that Shadowcasting, book three in the Mia Graves Saga, is now out!
I could run through a brief description of the book and I give the back-of-book synopsis again (like I did when pre-orders went up), but you can go back and read that post if you want to. The short version is "how do you talk a twenty-something out of using a magical nuke, especially when you just work retail."
In all honesty, this is my favorite book in the series so far. In some ways it's very different than the two earlier books in a couple of ways, but still feels like the same series. There's not much else I can say without major spoilers, so you'll just have to trust me on that one.
Like my earlier releases, for the first three months the eBook will be available only on Kindle (and Kindle Unlimited), but you can also get the paperback a couple of ways. First off, there's always Amazon, but you can always direct order a copy if you want to avoid Bezos. Finally, you can get it through any bookseller with the ISBN 9781088207031.
So yeah, the book is here, and I'm excited that folks will get to read it finally.
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Is the con being SWATed, or is there like a legitimate thing happening elsewhere in the hotel/nearby/in the con that’s off panel?
God, this is good…. brings back memories
not sure why but that swat team reminds me of chronicles of crosarth.
Langland, I deleted your comment because you are literally posting spoilers.
Now I’m afraid to post theories in case I accidentally guess correctly…
Aw, what the hell:
Boy, they’re really cracking down on phony fire alarms this year!
Well, you’re allowed to guess — but Langland was physically present for the story I’m recounting, so it’s a bit different. 😛
All I can think is ‘yes Sarah, it’s all about you.’
And that I’m sure I heard a tale about a SWAT, but not recalling details…
Now I’m wondering how many cons have visits from a SWAT team. The story I heard happened 30+ years ago.
So, con disaster karma is like earthquakes along a tectonic fault line, if it doesn’t move for a long time, when it does let go, it goes BIG…
Let me guess, next most likely cause (after some MMO-playing prick — or a rival con — swatting the convention for lulz) is mundanes seeing weapon-carrying cosplayers and freaking?
That would be my real guess
This story happened maybe 5 or 6 years ago. I think it was the last year No Brand Con was at the Ramada Inn at Eau Claire, WI. All I can say I was really scared of not getting shot by the Cops over one Con goer’s stupidity or absent mind or whatever that said con goer was or was not thinking.
But I will try not to try to spoil it because I though Trae would alter the story somewhat which I guess he did with an Underage Drunken Staffer.
And with that said I think Max is tooo Young to be an Adoptive Father to Sarah. There has to be like 15 years of an age difference which means no one at the age of 15 could legally adopt a kid.
a 12 year old and a 16 year old have had kids…
disturbing story? yes…
Yes but I said legal adopt. I know 12 year olds and 16 year olds have kids. It happens every day, in fact it happens a lot up here where I live.
The point is that Max maybe old but he’s not a Old that he could pass as the adoptive father of Sarah. She’d have better chances at convincing Glenn.
Maybe Sarah figures the cops are drunk as well?
I remember this happening
O_O I gotta know what’s going on now.
For some reason I’m reminded of the time a maid mistook the “Toon alarm clock” an attendee brought for their fur parade costume for an actual bomb, and some dopy hotel security guy who had never even SEEN an SF convention called the bomb squad. Joyful highlights include the guy remarking to one of the cops that yes of course he knew it wasn’t real, he just wanted to harass the “queers”. The cop in question was gay. This did not end well for the security guy. Thank you God for your bountiful mercies… 🙂
I’d love to know more about this. is there a link?
Actually that’s pretty much it. It was long enough ago that even the guilty don’t deserve having it raked up for them again, and this is enough for amusement purposes.