Be presentable, make your answers short but complete, and don't let yourself monopolize the time.

With luck you will have a good moderator, that will keep the panel moving and the fans interested.

Lastly if you have a book to promote, be positive and brief, having a card with a link to you site helps also.

Regards,
Kevin

Thanks,
As I said the rifle is new technology introduced in to the 1632 story cycle. It has the advantage of being reloadable in the prone position, this changes 17th century warfare dramatically.

One of our rules is that tech for the "New time line" has to work, there were question raised, so we made one. Grin.

This was not the first thing made, in the past we have hand made an aviation propeller, a two pound to the HP wooden block steam engine (bolt on iron cylinders), and a lead screw for a lathe starting with a drawn rod and wire.

Back to our writing (my wife and I), we just received the contract for "Murder and Chocolate" that comes out in Grantville Gazette vol. 55 Sept 1.

The work was actually written three years ago, publishing lead times are fun!

Regards,
Kevin

Oh, that's a lovely piece of hardware you're working on there.  Never big on blackpowder myself, but I respect and appreciate the craftsmanship there.  Gorgeous work.

I made the word count goal and validated.... The actual story is only about sixty percent done, but the annual NaNo productivity boost, has again provided motivation for the rest of the year.

Now I need to get back to the edits I have been ducking, I wish I could be a one pass and perfect writer.

Regards,
Kevin


Progression note, we are taking our first big advance and cruising to the Bahamas next Monday. A step at a time, but we are getting somewhere.
KHE

Something that could help for city information, use Google Earth, with the street view option. This lets you see the location like you are standing there, doesn’t help with the feel and emotion of the place, but you can see what it looks like.

Kevin

Well it is finally out, Eric Flint has announced "Ring of Fire Press".

It is a venue for novellas from the magazine, mostly stories that are too long for the "best of" yearly anthologies, and too short for their own book.

More specifically to my wife and I, is the release of our novella "No ship for Tranquebar"

http://www.amazon.com/Ship-Tranquebar-Press-Fiction-ebook/dp/B00DIHUNWM/ref=pd_rhf_se_p_t_2_TMEE

It is a first for Karen and I.

Regards,
Kevin

Grin,
We had a writing milestone last week. We received our first TV option pay out.... Not quite enough for a cup of coffee, but a payout none the less.

Regards,
Kevin

Market info;

http://www.ralan.com/

And

https://duotrope.com/search.aspx

Good market tips here.

Regards,
Kevin

Getting here a bit late,

I write with my wife. We got started when I was ambushed at a World Con room party in Anaheim, I didn't escape until we were committed to two articles and a short story.

In the intervening years we have ended up as SFWA members, lots and lots of paid work, and a number of novels on the "submission go round".

Writers write, everything else if frosting on the cupcake.
Formal training is nice, however many successful authors never spent a day in class, for writing...

So write, then write some more, and then (you got it) get it written down. (Grin)

Regards,
Kevin