Michael Oetting is a poet, a well-intentioned Klingonist, and a fan of my writing. He’s taken it upon himself to compile notes on every person, place, and thing in the universe of the Amazing Conroy, and along the way has pointed out patterns that I was unaware existed among my own creations.
He’s also very generously passed along his notes, and they are being used to form the foundation of the Conroyverse Index.
Thank you, Michael. Your support of my work is greatly appreciated.
Right. First things first. It’s not a wiki.
I gave it serious consideration, but a wiki is unnecessarily complicated for what I need, which upon further review (and after some helpful suggestions from both my webmaster and total strangers on Google+) turned out to be a fairly small number of pages.
It’s conceivable, probably even likely, that at some point I’ll outgrow the current version of things, and so this index might indeed one day need to become a wiki after all, but that time is not today.
Browse your way over to: http://www.lawrencemschoen.com/conroyverse/, and you’ll find links to the assorted pages of things to be discovered within the Conroyverse Index, including the Additions page where you and other readers of the adventures of Conroy and Reggie can go and add your own stubs or entries. A moderator will go through these “comments,” edit them as needed, and add the results to the appropriate page.
So if you consider yourself a Buffalito Wrangler — or you’ve always wanted to be — this is your chance to help build the online databank of all things Conroy!
WANTED: WEBMASTER
I need to find a Webmaster familiar with WordPress to upgrade my website (current webmaster having gone AWOL due to “life”).
Skills should include setting up Conroyverse wiki and bibliography pages within WordPress.
The ideal candidate should be willing to work in exchange for Klingon lessons, free books (not necessarily limited to mine, as I’m thinking of purging much of my personal library), tuckerizations, long-winded pontifications, and/or gourmet meals (assuming I can convince my wife to produce same).
Despite what it says over at Amazon.com, the “official” release date of my second novel, isn’t until Monday, June 27th.
Author Magazine reviews BUFFALITO CONTINGENCY
Over at authormagazine.org, Kevin Lauderdale has posted his review of my second novel, Buffalito Contingency
Most of the review is a selective summary highlighting various hijinx that appear to have really caught his eye. He’s not gushingly blown away, but he’s happy enough I think. Here’s the big quotable bit:
Yeah. I’m good with that.
Buffalito Contingency “officially” goes on sale on June 27th.
Over at Adventures in SciFi Publishing they’re having a contest. The prize is a free download of the audio book version of Buffalito Destiny, which was recorded by William Coon of Eloquent Voice.
The contest is running primarily through Twitter. To enter, simply Tweet to your followers that @AISFPpodcast is the “place to be this summer for free books.” Or something to that effect. If you don’t use Twitter, you can email 10 friends (include adventuresinscifipublishing@gmail.com in the CC) and encourage them to visit the AiSFP website for a chance to win books this summer.
Yes, it’s all a shameless ploy to get you to do their advertising for them, but for ten seconds of effort you’re entered to win hours and hours of audiobook goodness!
All entries must be received by June 22nd at midnight.
I’m researching barbecue for a new novella I’m writing about my stage hypnotist protagonist, the Amazing Conroy.
At this stage we’re looking at barbecue made using bison (yes, that’s buffalo*, but not buffalito!) and quite possibly thoats as well.
If any of you have thoughts and experiences involving barbecue — in any of its many forms — I’d welcome a comment. Thanks.
| Just a reminder that I am being featured at the The Philadelphia Fantastic Authors and Editors Series next week, Friday, April 22nd, at 7:30pm. I’ll be reading from Buffalito Contingency, my second novel about the Amazing Conroy, a stage hypnotist plying his trade out beyond the edge of Human Space.
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