Mad Kestrel

Joseph Beth Books in Charlotte NC will host a fantasy panel on Wednesday, May 28, beginning at 7 pm, to kick off ConCarolinas. The panel features Faith Hunter (the Rogue Mage series), Gail Z Martin (Chronicles of the Necromancer) and Misty Massey (Mad Kestrel), who will be discussing fantasy and answering questions from readers, and signing their books. There will be a costume contest with fabulous prizes, so put on your fantasy best and come on out for the fun! For information and directions, go to www.josephbeth.com I posted here because my book, Mad Kestrel, is a pirate fantasy, and because pirates who come to my signings dressed for the occasion receive a special prize! If anyone's in the area, we'd love to see you!

I loved that book! It was the first Crichton I ever read, and I fell for him hard. I finished Jack Absolute (it was merely okay) and started a young-adult fantasy, Magic Lessons. I'm not a young adult anymore, just reading like one.

Hey, that sounds familiar! I'm currently wasting a degree in Modern Languages by running the circulation desk of a middle school library and writing novels. Not a whole lot of French or German being spoken in either of my professions...

Oops. I missed my chance. Serves me right for not looking at the forum yesterday.

Well, I'm not very good yet, but I'm learning to play the bowed psaltery (in the same family as the dulcimer.)

I tried to read that, a number of years ago, but it defeated me. Maybe one of these days I'll make it all the way to the end. In the meantime, I've just started Jack Absolute, which is the rollicking tale of an American spy, rogue and lover in the late 18th century. I'm only a chapter in, though, so the rollicking hasn't begun yet.

Oh, I know this one...Shakespeare In Love!

Well, I suppose I can't really call it "winding up" since we went on purpose that way, but my crew and I donned our best for the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie, and invaded the AMC 22 in Pineville, NC. Afterward, we had lunch and ale at Sir Edmund Halley's Pub, the local ex-pat hangout. We were such a hit, the restaurant manager asked us to join a birthday party in another room. Naturally, when Dead Man's Chest was released, we did it again. The theater let us stand around in the lobby for a while prior, for folks to snap pictures.

Thank you - I've missed being here! The book's working title is Mad Kestrel, but that will probably change before publication. Publishers tend to do that. And yes, that's my pirate name, too. But the adventures contained therein are not mine. Would that they were...

I sold it to Tor last summer, but I just turned in the final edit today. It hits the real world in Winter 2008. *happy pirate dance*

Greetings, all, For an assortment of reasons, I haven't been around much. Largest of which was the achievement of a publishing contract, which dragged all my attention to the book instead of other diversions. But I'd back amongst you know, so if someone might pass me a mug of the finest, I'd be honored to join in again.

We're not terribly formal, and we generally only get together during the North Carolina Renaissance Faire in the spring and the Carolina Renaissance Faire in the fall, but if you'd like to join my crew, we're always hiring. My ship is the Thanos - just click on it to see what positions are already filled: http://www.ifrp.org/ And if you decide to sign on: http://www.lundegaard.com/catalog/internat...ateers-p39.html

Indeed it's a fine CD. It was the first one I ever bought, and I still listen to it on the way to faire (or work, or while writing...oh hell, I listen to it all the time!) I'm especially fond of their version of "All For Me Grog" and "A Drop o' Nelson's Blood". But that's me...

Avast, me darlin' - I've got a fair crew of 15 here in the SC upstate. And oddly enough, I'm plannin' a move back to Beaufort (that little town about 45 minutes up the coast from ye) within a year or so. Just me, not the rest of me scurvy bunch, but they won't be hard to assemble if the mood strikes them. Feel free to get in touch with me by PM. If me crew and I can be of assistance with the plunder of old Hilton Head, why, nothing would please us more.

Dang! Now I have to go buy another pumpkin, since I'm sure my young'un won't want to carve Johnny Depp into his pumpkin...