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phenomshel · 10-23-2009, 01:25 PM

Giggling over an email from Sharyn McCrumb. She posted a list on her Facebook of her audio book releases and who read them. Y'all know me, I had to ask if the same for ebooks was forthcoming. She replied, saying she would love to, but didn't have a clue.

So, being helpful, I offered to do the research and get her a list, which I sent to her about 3:30 a.m. As y'all know, this is pretty usual for me.

Well, I got up this morning to find an email from Sharyn, asking what on earth I was doing awake at that time, but oh well, what was she herself doing awake, and don't tell Charlaine Harris because she'd stake us. She said she was going to use the list to "gently nudge" her publishers. I wrote back and suggested she threaten them with Charlaine's stake instead, because a gentle nudge wasn't going to cut it. Haven't gotten a reply back from that one yet...*grin*.

badgoodDeb · 10-23-2009, 01:45 PM

Hmmm! What type of book does Sharyn McCrumb write? I love Charlaine Harris' stuff. Is Sharyn's in the same vein?

phenomshel · 10-23-2009, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

Hmmm! What type of book does Sharyn McCrumb write? I love Charlaine Harris' stuff. Is Sharyn's in the same vein?

Oh, good. I tried to answer this earlier and got caught in the "maintenance".

Sharyn's stuff isn't really in the same vein (grin) as Charlaine's. She does have the Ballad series that has a touch of the paranormal, but not even close to Charlaine's Sookie Stackhouse series. In the Ballad books, Nora Bonesteel is an Appalachian wise-woman with the Sight. They're a lot closer to Charlaine's Harper Connelly series.

Sharyn also writes the (current) Nascar series, St. Dale, Once Around the Track, and the upcoming Faster Pastor. Her past series include two books about characters that are interested in sci-fi; (Zombies of the Gene Pool and Bimbos of the Death Sun), and the absolutely hilarious Elizabeth MacPherson series. Highland Laddie Gone is one of my all time favorite books, EVER. I highly recommend all of them.

badgoodDeb · 10-23-2009, 03:02 PM

I like the Harper Connelly series. Sharyn's Elizabeth MacPherson series looks like just my cuppa tea! Can you tell hew to nudge her publisher towards some electronic versions???

I bought "Bimbos of the Death Sun" for a starter, since that is available for my Kindle.

Aslo since I had heard the title before, from my SF buddies --- but had assumed that it was an SF novel.

LazyScot · 10-23-2009, 04:09 PM

Spaghetti alla Puttanesca, Garlic Bread and a nice Chianti

pshrynk · 10-23-2009, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

I like the Harper Connelly series. Sharyn's Elizabeth MacPherson series looks like just my cuppa tea! Can you tell hew to nudge her publisher towards some electronic versions???

I bought "Bimbos of the Death Sun" for a starter, since that is available for my Kindle.

Aslo since I had heard the title before, from my SF buddies --- but had assumed that it was an SF novel.

A must have book for everyone who has ever read SF or thought of reading SF!

phenomshel · 10-23-2009, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

I like the Harper Connelly series. Sharyn's Elizabeth MacPherson series looks like just my cuppa tea! Can you tell hew to nudge her publisher towards some electronic versions???

I bought "Bimbos of the Death Sun" for a starter, since that is available for my Kindle.

Aslo since I had heard the title before, from my SF buddies --- but had assumed that it was an SF novel.

I've told her, LOL. (I didn't suggest nudging, I suggested more *erm* aggressive tactics). Actually, that's how I started corresponding with her, I left a comment through her website how much I enjoyed the Elizabeth series and when was it coming out in ebook, please?

She replied that she thought they already were, as she'd recently sold the ebook rights to them to a different publisher (unfortunately I don't remember which one off the top of my head). So at that time I told her very gently that no, they weren't available, and did the research to prove it. About three months after that is when "If I'd Killed Him When I Met Him" which is the next to the last in the Elizabeth series, showed up in the ebookstores. If I had caught her before she sold the rights, I'd have suggested she keep them and self publish the titles - it would have been faster. However, I didn't, so we'll just have to wait on her publishers - which irks me NO END.
"If I'd Killed Him When I Met Him" is published by Fawcett, Random House Publishing Group, according to the information on BoB. So maybe we might try contacting them, though my experiences with contacting publishers in the past has been *ahem* less than successful.

badgoodDeb · 10-23-2009, 04:58 PM

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"Bimbos of the Death Sun"

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A must have book for everyone who has ever read SF or thought of reading SF!

And very useful to know (which I didn't) during charade games. Somebody *always* picks that book title to act out.

zelda_pinwheel · 10-23-2009, 07:33 PM

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Which I have posted in the recipes thread

thank you ! bookmarked.

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Spaghetti alla Puttanesca, Garlic Bread and a nice Chianti

...and here we go again. it just never ends, around here, does it ?

well ???

RECIPE ?????

:sheesh:

ShortNCuddlyAm · 10-23-2009, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

thank you ! bookmarked.

...and here we go again. it just never ends, around here, does it ?

well ???

RECIPE ?????

:sheesh:

I think that's pretty much the same as the rioja one, except you turn up in Hampshire with a bottle of nice chianti

zelda_pinwheel · 10-23-2009, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

I think that's pretty much the same as the rioja one, except you turn up in Hampshire with a bottle of nice chianti

you know, the problem with recipes like these, is you really have to get an early start if you don't want to be eating at midnight. whereas i'm more of a "start cooking when i'm already hungry" person, most of the time.

pholy · 10-23-2009, 10:13 PM

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Zelda_Pinwheel:
i'm more of a "start cooking when i'm already hungry" person

That way lies... microwaves!

pholy

ShortNCuddlyAm · 10-23-2009, 10:19 PM

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... the bad part about that is they think they know everything.

BOb

So very, very true.

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Yes, well... if knowing what you're talking about was a prerequisite, the world would be a much more silent place, wouldn't it? I know I wouldn't talk half as often as I do

It's not actually so much that they don't know what they're talking about, it's more that they think they do, are convinced they are right and couldn't possibly be wrong, and <insert software here> has never, ever behaved like that before despite the fact they've used it for years, so the problem is clearly mine, not theirs. The only upside to this is that there are a few people who genuinely think I emit some kind of presence that affects their computer's behaviour as it always seems to work fine when I go to their desk and they humour me by doing what I tell them, whilst saying that it's exactly what they were doing before.

So I suppose it's more a problem of arrogance rather than ignorance

pholy · 10-23-2009, 10:21 PM

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So I suppose it's more a problem of arrogance rather than ignorance

A subtle distinction, no doubt...

montsnmags · 10-24-2009, 04:06 AM

In what can only be described as a Bad Move(TM), I have managed to use a crowbar contrary to instructions:

Do you pity the fool?

Cheers,
Marc

10-24-2009, 04:06 AM	#8880
montsnmags Grand Sorcerer Posts: 10,155 Karma: 4632658 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: none	In what can only be described as a Bad Move(TM), I have managed to use a crowbar contrary to instructions: Do you pity the fool? Cheers, Marc Last edited by montsnmags; 10-24-2009 at 10:51 AM.

10-23-2009, 01:25 PM	#8866
phenomshel ZCD BombShel Posts: 4,793 Karma: 8293322 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: The Frozen North (aka Illinois, USA) Device: iPad, STB Kindle Oasis	Giggling over an email from Sharyn McCrumb. She posted a list on her Facebook of her audio book releases and who read them. Y'all know me, I had to ask if the same for ebooks was forthcoming. She replied, saying she would love to, but didn't have a clue. So, being helpful, I offered to do the research and get her a list, which I sent to her about 3:30 a.m. As y'all know, this is pretty usual for me. Well, I got up this morning to find an email from Sharyn, asking what on earth I was doing awake at that time, but oh well, what was she herself doing awake, and don't tell Charlaine Harris because she'd stake us. She said she was going to use the list to "gently nudge" her publishers. I wrote back and suggested she threaten them with Charlaine's stake instead, because a gentle nudge wasn't going to cut it. Haven't gotten a reply back from that one yet...grin.

10-23-2009, 01:45 PM	#8867
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,555 Karma: 64462893 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	Hmmm! What type of book does Sharyn McCrumb write? I love Charlaine Harris' stuff. Is Sharyn's in the same vein?

10-23-2009, 03:02 PM	#8869
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,555 Karma: 64462893 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	I like the Harper Connelly series. Sharyn's Elizabeth MacPherson series looks like just my cuppa tea! Can you tell hew to nudge her publisher towards some electronic versions??? I bought "Bimbos of the Death Sun" for a starter, since that is available for my Kindle. Aslo since I had heard the title before, from my SF buddies --- but had assumed that it was an SF novel.

10-23-2009, 04:09 PM	#8870
LazyScot DSil Posts: 3,201 Karma: 6895096 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Hants, UK Device: Kindle, Cybook	Spaghetti alla Puttanesca, Garlic Bread and a nice Chianti