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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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I’m surprised they didn’t Vet the questions
The hovertext agrees!
If they did, the dude probably lied. Trying to get one over on the Establishment.
People do – but if nothing else it’s a good way for assholes not to have a leg to stand on once they get thrown out. “Deviating from your previously screened questions on a panel may result in your removal at the discretion of the event staff.” or somesuch in the signup paperwork. Some forethought a day keeps stan-sympathetic ambulance chasers away.
Not a big fan of vetting questions, I mean, I imagine you all are anti-vetting questions at Blizzcon.
I tend to like vetting questions when it’s to keep sexist assholes from harassing a rape survivor. I dislike vetting questions when it’s to keep a major corporation from facing consequences for protecting a fascist regime. I support the right of all events* to vet questions, because it’s private property that’s being used to ask the question.
As a rule, I EXPECT all events to vet questions, because it’s seriously dumb to let anyone grab a live mike from you and shout whatever they want at your Guests of Honor.
*except political rallies/town halls/etc