A PWYW (pay what you want*) for a PILE of Elizabeth Moon’s Books

shlomi on September 23, 2026

As you wait for Horngard by Elizabeth Moon (It’s an October new release!!), you should totally check out Humble Bundle’s Mini Bundle of Elizabeth Moon books! It includes the three seminal books that tell Paksennarion’s story, as well as key novels in the Heris Serrano “space opera” series.

I collaborated with Elizabeth on Horngard, and am excited to see it come to light in…less than three weeks!

The way this works is that you pay a minimum price – you can pay more if you want – and you get a huge value in return. For this bundle, if you pay at least $16 (see * above), you get $119 worth of books. The more you pay, the more the charity makes – in this case, it is Canine Companions. HumbleBumble are also upfront that if you pay more, Humble Bundle and Baen make more money as well. Elizabeth Moon is paid royalties according to what you pay.

Hurry and buy your bundle; it’s only available until September 26!!!

https://www.humblebundle.com/…/elizabeth-moon…

Accountability Report: Needing Brightly

shlomi on September 20, 2018

Snapshot of empty progress graph for "Needing Brightly"First, old business

A Day at the Zoo is being shopped with editors. Most are based in New York, which is in its yearly Jewish High Holiday convulsions. Which means it might not get the attention it’d have if, say, it gets pitched in two weeks. But… I’ve already cast that dice.

Zepps, my “I’ve tied myself into knots” manuscript, is done. At least, in the draft form. There’s a slew of corrections, but I’ve got the mss in the right shape in terms of plot lines. Yeesh. Don’t want to go through that again. Lesson: If I’m gonna “pants” a novel, I’m going to need the plot laid out better before I start, just so it doesn’t spiral out of control. (Damn characters and their agency!)

So… new business. After going through my “ooh, write this next pile” (current population: too many), I came across a little snippet called “Shave the Moon.” Long story short, and mostly riffing off that title, I’m starting a hard-SF, character-driven novel. Should be fun—if I can just stop stopping to do research on which the plot dangles. Tech and background have already gone through my wonderful writers group, the White Gold Wielders. (They tell me this means something in the gaming world.)

And I know I’ve been using titles for these unpublished manuscripts. I just want to say I have no expectations any of them will see the light of page. Just see what Marshall’s written on the subject.

The beat goes on. Itchy fingers to start writing. Must. Plot. A. Little. First!