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Heyla, Misty fans!

It’s hard to believe that summer is already half over! Our stores are filled with back-to-school items, and my catalogues are already starting to bug me about Halloween and Christmas. Where do the years go?

There’s still time to get in some summer reading; check out the publication section below for some suggestions. Also, if you’re like me and start your Christmas shopping early, Misty has several titles coming up that you can preorder now for delivery by the holidays.

Herald Jocelynne wrote to update us on the happenings in her life: "Heyla! This is Herald Jocelynne, and I wanted to share the news that I just got married this past spring and I am currently about to graduate from the University of Findlay's Nuclear Medicine Institute at the end of August. My new husband’s name is Scott Lowry." Best wishes from all your friends at Queen’s Own! (If you are a QO member and have something exciting and/or important happen in your life, write and tell me about it, if you would like me to share the news with other Misty fans.)

Is anyone interested in an online QO RPG event? If so, please message me at Legend@malcor.com with the days and times you could be online (Don’t forget to include your time zone or translate to Pacific Daylight Time for me!), and I’ll try to set something up.

Publication news:

Bedlam’s Edge, the next installment in the Bedlam’s Bard series coauthored with Rosemary Edghill, is still on track for an August release, as is the paperback release of Children of the Night: Burning Water.

The fourth and newest installment in Misty’s Elemental Masters series, The Wizard of London, is coming in early October. While you’re there, you can pick up a paperback copy of the third Elemental Masters book, Phoenix and Ashes.

On November 1, look for the paperback version of Misty’s Winter Moon: Moontide/The Heart of the Moon/Banshee Cries, coauthored with Tanith Lee and C.E. Murphy.

For Christmas this year, you won’t have to look too hard to find an appropriate gift for your favorite Misty fan. There’s the next installment of the Bedlam’s Bard series: Music to My Sorrow, by Mercedes Lackey and Rosemary Edghill, hits shelves in hardcover on December 6, and the paperback version of The Wizard of Karres with Eric Flint and Dave Freer has been bumped up for a December 6 release as well. And if you’ve been itching for new stories in paperback about everyone’s favorite fantasy realm, Valdemar, be sure to pick up Misty’s Crossroads and Other Tales of Valdemar.

After the New Year, look for Misty’s latest editing stint, Mapping the World of Harry Potter. Stoned Souls (with Josepha Sherman, edited by James P. Baen) now has an official release date: early February.

Remember, a portion of all purchases made through the Dragonlords’ Bookstore, http://www.dragonlordsnet.com/bkstore.htm, go to support Queen’s Own.  This is how we keep our memberships free, so we greatly appreciate your patronage.

If you are the editor of a QO publication or the contact person for a QO chapter, please check your ads to make sure they are current. Also, write to me and let me know what’s going on! I want to pass the word to all QO members about the wonderful things I know you are doing.

A special thank you goes to Amber Taufen for once again helping with the newsletter. Your contributions are greatly appreciated!

For our special feature this month we have two reports from members who attended Convergence and heard Misty speak. If you attend an event of interest to QO members, do write and let me know! I’d love to hear from you!

Hope you are all having a fantastic summer!

Zhai'helleva,

Herald-Mage Adept Danya Winterborn

"Greetings everyone,

"This is Herald Wynndi. Yesterday, Sunday, I went to a convention here in Minnesota, Convergence. Mercedes Lackey was once of the Guest of Honor. I was able to attend a panel where she spoke on creating Non-human intelligent characters. I got so many ideas from what she spoke on, for my own writing. Also I got to listen to a reading she had. It was awesome. She read to us from a Novella that is due out in December, by her. At the end I got to talk to her for a few minutes and she offered to sign both of the books I brought with me, since I couldn’t decide which one I wanted her to sign. Well anyways . . . I am so happy I got to meet her, she was so down to earth and extremely funny. And well I kinda owe her my sanity. Her books helped me escape from the world when my world was crumbling before me and I couldn’t do anything about it. Her novels saved me . . . and I am truly grateful. She is an amazing lady! But anyways....It was awesome to see her...and she has a really warped sense of humor . . . which I love, by the way. Well I just thought I would tell you all a little about my experience at the convention. It was truly an awesome experience!

"Wind to thy wings,

"Herald Wynndi"

And this from Jaime Wurth (Herald Fiona L'Aren):

"So, CONvergence. My brain's kinda fuzzy today, so I'm not sure I'll be able to go into much detail. But, we'll hit the highlights! List form, as per usual:

• "The Sheraton is a fabulous hotel to host a con, except for one problem: Elevators. Or, a lack thereof. Three elevators to serve a convention of more than a thousand? It was harder to get an elevator this weekend than it is at the Marriott or the Hyatt at Dragon*Con . . . and that's saying something.

• "Misty and Larry were awesome. They didn't particularly talk much about their writing, as Larry is much fonder of telling stories about every other aspect of his life. He's one of those classic Southern storytellers, the type you know is likely feeding you at least 50% b*******, but who you can't blame because he's just that damned entertaining. Misty was mostly content to sit back and laugh at him, occasionally pulling out her own verbal arsenal. Example: apparently, the two of them crashed a panel on Friday night, in which they were holding a kind of superhero death match--which hero would beat which other one? The match in question was Wonder Woman versus Swamp Thing, and the debate was raging until they got around to Misty--who simply gave them two words. ‘Yeast infections.’ Per her story, she caused the panel's moderator to get up and leave the room. Hee.

• "Other Misty & Larry themes of the weekend . . . ‘ . . . and then we dropped a mountain on them!" "See, I had this car . . . ‘There was also a song about whiny Vanyel that I wish I could remember, because it was awesome. Also, Larry's response to any sexual innuendo--a smug ‘It's good to be the Gryphon King.’

• "Actual story related news? That was scarce, but there were a few interesting tidbits. Misty just signed a seven book contract with someone--DAW?--and a four book contract to continue the Valdemar/Velgarth universe. Of the latter, one book will be about the Founding--which she's sworn never to do, but now, ‘One volume! No more! I swear!’--and the other three will be a trilogy set somewhere between the Founding and Vanyel, because ‘There's less continuity to remember, dammit.’ She seems to be backing off on a lot of old ‘never’ these days, because when someone else asked if Diana Tregarde would ever come back, her response was . . . maybe. I was both surprised and not by that--on one hand, there was a huge stink about those books back in the day, a stink that apparently affected Misty on a very personal level, but on the other hand, Diana is one of the precursors to all of the female-oriented urban fantasy-vampire books flooding the shelves right now; the time is right, and they are currently re-releasing all three existing books in trade paperback now.

• "Misty is apparently a diehard City of Heroes player, and says you can find stories by her over there somewhere--the first fan fiction she's written in twenty-five years. She read one of them at the pajama party on Saturday night--a crossover between her CoH characters and the SERRAted Edge universe, which was kind of fun, if a bit confusing for those of us not familiar with CoH."

Ren Faires:

Here are the Faires we know about for August. Faires are indexed alphabetically by state. Have any information about any other Renaissance Faires in your area? Send it to us at Legend@malcor.com.

California

Big Bear City Renaissance Faire. E-mail: lynda@bigbearrenfair.com. Website: http://www.bigbearcityrenaissancefaire.com/. Address: P.O. Box 3069, Big Bear City, CA 92314. Site Address: 42280 Moonridge Rd., Big Bear Lake. Dates: 8/13/05-8/21/05. Open/Close: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Golden Gate Renaissance Festival. E-mail: info@renaissance-web.net. Website: http://www.sffaire.com/. Address: 116 Dorado Terrace, San Francisco, CA 94112. Site Address: Speedway Meadow, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. Dates: 8/27/05-8/28/05. Open/Close: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. (Sun. till 5 p.m.)

Heart of the Forest Renaissance Faire. E-mail: office@redbarnproductions.org. Website: http://www.rustyswordproductions.com/suttercreekren.htm. Site Address: Italian Benevolent Society Picnic Grounds, Hwy. 49 & Ridge Rd., Sutter Creek. Dates: 8/6/05-8/7/05. Open/Close: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. (Sun. till 5 p.m.)

San Diego Renaissance Faire. E-mail: queenmum@cox.net. Website: http://www.sdrf.com/. Address: Victoria Dietrich, 2212 Lawton Dr., Lemon Grove, CA. Site Address: Balboa Park, San Diego. Dates: 8/6/05-8/7/05. Open/Close: 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. (Sun. till 6 p.m.)

Sutter Creek Renaissance Faire. E-mail: rustyinfo@sbcglobal.net. Website: http://www.forestfaire.com/. Address: P.O. Box 1768, Novato, CA 94948. Site Address: Stafford Lake Park, Novato Blvd., Novato. Dates: 7/9/05-8/14/05. Open/Close: 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.

Colorado

Colorado Medieval Festival. E-mail: rfc-info@coloradocastle.com. Website: http://www.medievalworld.us/coloradocastle/index.htm. Site Address: Mountain View Stables and Arena, 2100 SE Frontage Rd., Fort Collins. Dates: 8/5/05-8/7/05. Open/Close: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. (open at 12 p.m. on Friday).

Grand Valley Renaissance Faire. E-mail: gvrf@earthlink.net. Website: http://www.faires.com/gvrf/. Address: St. Andrews Renaissance Guild, P.O. Box 648, Clifton, CO 81520. Site Address: Mesa County Fairgrounds, Grand Junction. Dates: 8/19/05-8/21/05. Open/Close: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. (open at noon on Fri. and closed at 8 p.m. on Sat.)

Maine

Maine Renaissance Faire. E-mail: info@mainefaire.com. Website: http://www.mainefaire.com/. Address: Cloak and Dagger, 12 Lewiston Rd., New Gloucester, ME 04260. Site Address: Lord Rd., Lebanon. Dates: 7/17/05-8/22/05. Open/Close: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Maryland

Maryland Renaissance Festival. E-mail: rennfest@erols.com. Website: http://www.rennfest.com. Address: Intl. Renaissance Festivals Ltd., P.O. Box 315, Crownsville, MD 21032. Site Address: Crownsville Rd., Crownsville. Dates: 8/27/05-10/23/05. Open/Close: 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Massachusetts

Festival of the Lion. E-mail: info@festivalofthelion.com. Website: http://www.festivalofthelion.com. Site Address: Lion’s Club, Brigham Hill Rd., Grafton. Dates: 8/27/05-8/28/05. Open/Close: 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.

Michigan

Art Faire & Renaissance Festival. E-mail: contact@ishpemingrenfest.com. Website: http://www.ishpemingrenfest.com/. Site Address: Lake Bancroft Park, Ishpeming. Dates: 8/6/05. Open/Close: 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.

Michigan Renaissance Festival. E-mail: mrfaccounting@comcast.net. Website: http://www.michrenfest.com/. Address: 12600 Dixie Highway, Holly, MI 48442. Site Address: 12500 Dixie Highway, Holly. Dates: 8/13/05-9/25/05. Open/Close: 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Shiabruck Medieval Faire. E-mail: kinghenrythered@aol.com. Website: http://www.shiabruck.org. Address: Ken McGhee, 120 South Oak St., Owosso, MI 48867. Site Address: Gerald E. Collamer Park, S M52, Owosso. Dates: 8/6/05-8/7/05. Open/Close: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

Minnesota

Minnesota Renaissance Festival. E-mail: info@renaissancefest.com. Website: http://www.renaissancefest.com/MRF/homeframeset.htm. Address: 1244 Canterbury Rd. Ste. 306, Shakopee, MN 55379. Site Address: 12364 Chestnut Blvd., Shakopee. Dates: 8/13/05-9/25/05. Open/Close: 9 a.m. – 7 p.m.

New York

New York Renaissance Faire. Website: https://w1311.securedweb.net/~recfair/NY/index.php. Address: 600 Route 17A, Tuxedo, NY 10987. Site Address: 600 Route 17A, Tuxedo. Dates: 8/6/05-9/25/05. Open/Close: 10 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Sterling Renaissance Festival and Summer Marketplace. Website: http://sterlingfestival.com/renfest/index.html. Address: 15385 Farden Rd., Sterling, NY 13156. Site Address: Near Fair Haven Beach State Park, Rt. 104-A, Sterling. Dates: 7/2/05-8/14/05. Open/Close: 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Ohio

Great Lakes Medieval Faire. E-mail: questions@medievalfaire.com. Website: http://www.medievalfaire.com/. Address: P.O. Box 376, Rock Creek, OH 44084. Site Address: 7 miles South of I-90 on State Route 534, Geneva. Dates: 7/2/05-8/2/05. Open/Close: 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Ohio Renaissance Festival. E-mail: info@renfest.com. Website: http://www.renfestival.com. Address: P.O. Box 68, Harveysburg, OH 45032. Site Address: State Rte. 73, Harveysburg. Dates: 8/27/05-10/23/05. Open/Close: 10:30 a.m. – 6 p.m.

Oklahoma

Scarlet’s Mid-Summer Renaissance Festival. E-mail: foxmoon@foxmoonproductions.com. Website: http://www.scarletfest.com. Address: 1306 Taurus Dr., Edmond, OK 73003. Site Address: Oklahoma City State Fairgrounds, 500 Land Rush St., Oklahoma. Dates: 8/6/05-8/7/05. Open/Close: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. (Sun. till 5 p.m.)

Pennsylvania

Greater Pittsburgh Renaissance Festival & Crafts Market. E-mail: info@pgh-renfest.com. Website: http://www.pgh-renfest.com. Address: 112 Renaissance Ln., West Newton, PA 15089. Site Address: Exit 51A off I-70, 6 miles west of New Stanton. Dates: 8/13/05-9/25/05. Open/Close: 10:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.

Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire. E-mail: royalspk@parenaissancefaire.com. Website: http://www.parenfaire.com. Address: P.O. Box 685, Cornwall, PA 17016. Site Address: 83 Mansion House Rd., between Hershey and Lancaster. Dates: 8/13/05-10/30/05. Open/Close: 10 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Texas

Raven’s Loft Renaissance Faire. E-mail: concertmasterp@yahoo.com. Website: http://ravens-loft-faire.tripod.com. Address: 1007 NNW Loop 323 #240, Tyler, TX 75702. Site Address: Rains County Fairgrounds, Emory, TX. Dates: 8/20/05-8/28/05. Open/Close: 11 a.m. – 8 p.m. (Sun. starts at noon)

Washington

Camlann Medieval Faire. Website: http://www.camlann.org/. Address: 10320 Kelly Rd. NE, Carnation, WA 98014. Site Address: 10320 Kelly Rd. NE, Carnation. Dates: 7/23/05-8/28/05. Open/Close: 11:30 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Washington Renaissance Fantasy Faire. E-mail: rcleveland@gigharborrenfaire.com. Website: http://www.washingtonrenfaire.com/. Site Address: Minter Creek Ranch, 10215 State Rd. 302, Gig Harbor. Dates: 8/6/05-8/21/05. Open/Close: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Wisconsin

Bristol Renaissance Faire. Website: http://www.renfair.com/bristol/index.php. Address: 12550 120th Ave., Kenosha, WI 53142. Site Address: 12550 120th Ave., Kenosha, WI. Dates: 7/9/05-9/5/05. Open/Close: 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.

Australia

Bristol Renaissance Faire. Website: http://www.chestnutbrook.com.au. Address: Balingup Progress Association, P.O. Box 235, Balingup, WA 6253, Australia. Site Address: Balingup Village Green. Dates: 8/23/05. Open/Close: 12 p.m. - 6 p.m.

Canada

The Prince Edward County Renaissance Faire. E-mail: christinerenaud@bellnet.ca. Website: http://www.freewebs.com/countyrenfair/. Site Address: Mariner’s Park Museum, South Bay, Prince Edward County, Ontario. Dates: 8/20/05-8/21/05. Open/Close: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

The Royal Abingdon Renaissance Faire. E-mail: info@ontariorenaissancefaire.ca. Website: http://www.ontariorenaissancefaire.ca. Site Address: Royal Botanical Gardens, 680 Plains Rd. West, Hamilton/Burlington, Ontario. Dates: 7/23/05-9/5/05. Open/Close: 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.

Denmark

European Medieval Festival. E-mail: medievalfestival@horsens.dk. Website: http://www.middelalderfestival.dk. Address: Radhustorvet 4, DK-8700 Horsens, Denmark. Site Address: City of Horsens. Dates: 8/26/05-8/27/05. Open/Close: Fri. 5 p.m.-midnight, Sat. 10 a.m.-midnight.

Germany

Angelbachtal-Tournament & Medieval Market. Address: Histotainment Company, Walt-Michelbach, Hessen, Germany, D-69483. Site Address: Castle & Park of Angelbachtal. Dates: 8/14/05-8/15/05. Open/Close: Fri. 10 a.m.-10 p.m.

Sweden

Medeltidsveckan på Gotland. E-mail: info@gotlandweb.com. Website: http://www.medeltidsveckan.com. Site Address: Visby, Sweden. Dates: 8/7/05-8/14/05. Open/Close: 8 a.m. - 11 p.m.

United Kingdom

England’s Medieval Festival at Herstmonceux Castle. E-mail: info@mgel.com. Website: http://www.herstmonceux.com. Site Address: Herstmonceux Castle, East Sussex, England. Dates: 8/27/05-8/29/05. Open/Close: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

For additional Ren Faire information, visit the Renaissance Faire Homepage at http://www.renfaire.com/, the Renaissance Festival Directory at http://www.renaissancefestival.com/rendir.asp, and the Renaissance Magazine site at http://www.renaissancemagazine.com.

Conventions:

These are the upcoming cons we know about. Have any information about conventions in your area? Send it to us at Legend@malcor.com.

Illinois

CreationCon: StarGate. Website: http://www.creationent.com/cal/sgchi.htm. Address: Creation Entertainment, 217 S. Kenwood St., Glendale, CA 91205. Site Address: Wyndham O’Hare/Rosemont, 6810 N. Mannheim, Rosemont. Dates: 8/26/05 – 8/28/05.

Indiana

GenCon Indy 2005. E-mail: events@gencon.com. Website: http://www.gencon.com. Address: 120 Lakeside Ave. Ste. 100, Seattle, WA 98122. Site address: Indiana Convention Center, 100 S. Capitol Ave., Indianapolis. Dates: 8/18/05-8/21/05.

Nevada

Home of Star Trek: The Experience. Website: http://www.creationent.com/cal/stlv.htm. Address: Creation Entertainment, 217 S. Kenwood St., Glendale, CA 91205. Site Address: Las Vegas Hilton, 3000 Paradise Rd., Las Vegas. Dates: 8/11/05 – 8/14/05.

New Jersey

CreationCon: StarGate. Website: http://www.creationent.com/cal/sgny.htm. Address: Creation Entertainment, 217 S. Kenwood St., Glendale, CA 91205. Site Address: Crowne Plaza Meadowlands, 2 Harmon Plaza, Secaucus. Dates: 8/5/05 – 8/7/05.

Ohio

CreationCon: StarGate. Website: . Address: Creation Entertainment, 217 S. Kenwood St., Glendale, CA 91205. Site Address: Columbus Mariott North, 6500 Doubletree Ave., Columbus. Dates: 8/19/05 – 8/21/05.

Canada

Gatecon 2005. Website: . Address: P.O. Box 76108, Colorado Springs, CO 80970. Site address: Best Western Vancouver Airport Hotel & Convention Centre, 7551 Westminster Highway, Richmond, British Columbia. Dates: 7/25/05-8/1/05.

United Kingdom

Interaction/Worldcon 2005. E-mail: . Website: . Site Address: Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC), Glasgow, Scotland. Dates: 8/4/05 – 8/8/05.

For additional Convention information, visit Convention Outpost by Jenga at http://www.geocities.com/jengacons/ or the Sci-Fi Guide at http://scifi.about.com/blcon.htm.

Member News:

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Local Chapters:

• Arrows OnLine: Contact: Adept Grayfeather k'Varis (Kristi Reed). E-mail: DragonMamaK@aol.com. Arrows OnLine is the AOL chapter of QO. Chats will be held the first and third Wednesdays of each month from 8-10 PM ET. Topics will be posted prior to chat, hopefully as soon as a month in advance for book discussions. Although we have the scheduled chat, the Companion's Grove is open 24/7, and anyone can come in for informal chat. As far as instructions on how to get there . . . there are lots of hoops to jump through now. Go to the books community, find the message board link, then find the "Author A-Z" message board, and find your way to the Mercedes Lackey boards from there. She's no longer a keyword, but hopefully with more traffic in the future that will change. If you don't want to jump through hoops, you can e-mail me directly, and I'll give you the links. The links to the chatroom will be on my "signature" on the boards.
  
  
• German Heartstone: Website: http://www.heartstone.de. Contact: Sunny@heartstone.de or Shae@heartstone.de. A new chapter of Queens Qwn FanClub started in Germany for all German-speaking people within a brand new Misty-Fanpage on http://www.heartstone.de! For more information contact Sunny@heartstone.de or Shae@heartstone.de.
  
  
• Sapphire and White: Editor Ronald Glaser. E-mail: luckystar@abe.midco.net. We want members from all over the United States, but we technically cover the Great Lakes region, including South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota, Nebraska and Iowa. Heyla there, everyone! Sapphire and White is looking for people who are interested in Mercedes Lackey and her works such as the Valdemar series and the many other books that she has written. You can contact me for more info at luckystar@abe.midco.net. I hope to have a chat list and maybe a fanzine going soon, but i am looking for submissions for that when it gets up and running.
  
  
• Valdemar Estate Waystation: Website: http://valdemarwaystation.iwarp.com/index.html. Contact: Herald Lily. E-mail: Valdemarestatearabians@mugglenet.com. Valdemar Estate is looking for members to join. Online is very welcome. The Estate specializes in things of an Equine nature and any queries about our four-legged friends of real or Valdemaran kind are welcome too. We have people here who are able to make or create just about anything you would want. Riding and other training happens at Palamino Reserve in Armadale, at the end of Palamino Place on the 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month at 3pm. Changes in time will be announced on the website. Costume rides are on the 4th Saturday of every even month unless showing. Those wanting sword or archery training need to contact me so that I can either organizes some sessions or redirect you to the appropriate trainers in the area. Horse gear can also be purchased from the Estate by order. E-mail the details of what you are looking for and it can be found.
  
  
• The Vanyel Fan Club: Website: http://www.dragonlordsnet.com/vfcindex.htm. Contact: herald_bastian@hotmail.com. The Vanyel Fan Club is a chapter of QO that started out as an independent fan organization. The chapter is devoted to fans of Herald-Mage Vanyel Ashkevron from The Last Herald-Mage Trilogy by Mercedes Lackey.

Zines and Newsletters:

• Children of Velgarth: Editor: Kendra Renaud, P.O. Box 749, Laguna Beach, CA 92652. E-mail: healermoon@gmail.com. I publish new and old personae, even previously published persona if asked by members in this new, official QO zine. I will only accept what was sent in for your persona to Queen's Own to be recognized. Any fan fiction written later should be sent to one of the other zines who really need it to keep their zines going. This fanzine will be published periodically when it reaches 80 pages or so to keep costs at $5.00 payable in U.S. funds or 12 IRCs. Make checks payable to "Kendra Renaud". The fee covers the cost of printing and mailing; you may share (but not duplicate!) copies of the fanzine. Watch the Queen's Own newsletter for release dates. Issues 4, 5 and 6 are currently in the editing stages! Each zine will have about 10 personas for a total of 30 personas that have been accepted in the last couple of years. For the contents list for issues 1,2, and 3 and additional information, visit http://www.dragonlordsnet.com/qozine.htm.
  
  
• Companions' Grove: still needs stories, and artists to illustrate stories! (Remember, all contributors get a free copy of the zine in which their work appears.) Volume Eight is full, and awaiting the illustrations and final layout. ** If you contributed a story or promised me artwork for Volume Eight and have not heard from me recently, please get in touch with me, as I had to reformat my hard drive and lost my zine correspondence and address book earlier this year. If I don’t hear from you by September 2003, I will have to drop your contribution from the zine. ** Volume Nine is open to submissions. Current prices (not including shipping) are:
  • Companions' Grove Volume One - $4.75 (40 pages, color cover)
  • Companions' Grove Volume Two - $6.35 (56 pages, color cover)
  • Companions' Grove Volume Three - $5.95 (51 pages, color cover)
  • Companions' Grove Volume Four - $4.95 (42 pages, color cover)
  • Companions' Grove Volume Five - $7.75 (69 pages, color cover)
  • Companions' Grove Volume Six - $6.55 (57 pages, color cover)
  • Companions' Grove Volume Seven - $5.95 (52 pages, color cover)
  • The Danya Winterborn Saga - $5.20 (52 pages, b/w front and back covers)
  • Endgame - $3.85(36 pages, b/w cover)
  • Fire Eyes - $4.40 (43 pages, b/w cover)
  • Shards of Autumn - out of print, see note below
  • The Sum of Duty - $5.80 (57 pages, b/w cover)
  • Do or Dye: A Guide to Companion Camouflage - $1.25 (20 pages, digest size, b/w cover, saddle stapled)
  • Cat's Cradle - $7.60 (76 pages, monochrome green cover)

  For orders shipping in the US, I've instituted a maximum shipping cost of $3.85. Multi-zine orders, which can be shipped in a flat rate envelope (usually 3 of the smaller zines, or 2 of the larger zines), will be sent Priority Mail; larger orders will be sent Media Mail Insured, which is only slightly slower and doesn't have the zone rates (which wouldn't work with my shopping cart). Smaller orders will be sent First Class.

  I take credit cards via PayPal, which is the cart's only payment option, but the cart can be used to calculate shipping, and checks/money orders mailed to Green Dragon Press, c/o Devin Harris, 4531 N. Kelishan St., Pahrump, NV 89060.

  Except as noted, zines are printed on high-quality, bright white paper, comb bound, with cardstock covers. Story excerpts and cover art-as well as submission guidelines and PayPal ordering information-can be found at http://www.greendragonpress.net/misty.htm. To order via snail mail, send check or money order (payable to Devin Harris; US funds only) to Green Dragon Press, c/o Devin Harris, 4531 N. Kelishan St., Pahrump, NV 89060.

  Note regarding Shards of Autumn: While this zine is officially out of print and no longer available on the website, a few copies are left over from convention appearances. Any remaining copies from MediaWest will be available at that con until they sell out; the others are being returned to me and will be auctioned off at http://www.auctionfen.com until they are gone. I also occasionally auction off zines which returned from cons a bit shopworn, so it’s a good site to check periodically.
  

• Herald's Companion: Editor: Karen Bertke, 5694 Scarborough Dr., Cincinnati, OH 45238. If anyone has friends stationed overseas for the war, let us know and we'll send them a feezil mascot (to make anything feezilable). E-mail:submission instructions:
  1. Subject line must read "For Karen." (Anything else will be erased as a potential virus hazard.)
  2. Do not use strange fonts, which my computer will not recognize.
  3. E-mail:it to gbertke@fuse.net. (This is my father's e-mail address. Use it for submissions for Herald's Companion only.)

Other Fandoms:

• Lois Bujold: Lois Bujold can be reached at lois@dendarii.com. "The Bujold Nexus" is at http://www.dendarii.com. You can receive information about their newsletter, the "Dendarii Dispatch" by contacting Lyn Belzer, Editor, 25-16 18th St., #2 Long Island City, NY 11102.
  
  
• CrossGen Comics: Exciting New Fantasy Comic Books. Follow Prince Ethan's adventures the third Wednesday of each month as he gains the powerful sigil and accidentally puts his world on the brink of war. Meridian, on sale the fourth Wednesday of each month, is the fantastic saga of a teenage girl and her plight to save her floating island home. Go to http://www.crossgen.com, or call 1-888-COMICBOOK for details on a retail location near you.
  
  
• Tanya Huff: Nine Above! is a list for fans of author Tanya Huff. This list provides announcements about Tanya's latest work, publication dates, and personal appearances. NA! also provides a forum for Tanya's fans to communicate with each other, and will have discussion as well as announcements. Lurking is fine, but participation is encouraged. When you join, we'd love for you to send a "hello" to the group at large, telling us who you are! To start sending messages to members of this group, simply send email to nineabove@egroups.com.
  
  
• L.A. Malcor: Dragonlords of Dumnonia: L.A. Malcor, http://www.dragonlordsnet.com, Legend@malcor.com.
  
  
• Adrian Paul of Highlander: Peace, APFC P.O. Box 4593, North Hollywood, CA 91617 or Peace, APFC P.O. Box 519, Broley, Kent, BR29WX, England.
  
  
• Michael Praed: Michael Praed Network Newsletter, c/o Kate Raymond, P.O. Box 516, Midlotioan, IL 60445.
  
  
• Melanie Rawn: Pandemonium - The official Melanie Rawn club invites you to join their ranks. SASE for more information: Irena Pereira, P.O. Box 18A146 , Los Angeles, CA 90018.
  
  
• N3F is one of the oldest general interest SF/F clubs, started in 1941. Members meet by snail mail and E-mail to discuss SF, Fantasy, and Horror genres. (Some gather at cons, too.) We have plenty to offer the hungry SF/F/H fan! Members receive Tightbeam, the club's quarterly zine, and The National Fantasy Fan, our bi-monthly zine. For inquiries, please snail mail me at N3F Secretary, Dennis Davis, 25549 Byron Street, San Bernadino, CA, 92404-6403. Check out our website at http://www.simegen.com/fandom/n3f.
  
  
• Star Trek: The USS Starfire is a writing group that writes original fiction set in the Star Trek universe. To find our more about our group, please visit our website at http://www.epix.net/~ckocher/starfire.html or e-mail us at trek01@epix.net.
  
  
• Doctor Who and other Media: The Prydonians of Prynceton, P.O. Box 3194, Princeton, NJ 08543-3194.

Collegium News:

We have individual handouts for aspiring Heralds, Healers, Bards, Blues, Mercenaries, Tayledras, Shin'a'in, and White Winds Sorcerers/Sorceresses and instructions on how to work for Herald-Mage status if you are already a Herald or for a Kal'enedral if you are already a Shin'a'in. You can find these handouts online at http://www.dragonlordsnet.com/qohandouts.htm.

You need a release form (online at http://www.dragonlordsnet.com/qomlrel2.htm) if you write a story set in Misty's worlds or using any of her characters. You do not need a release for a character sketch, poem or filk. All Misty wants to do is protect her characters and her worlds. Send the release form (you do NOT need to include the story) to Misty c/o High Flight Arts and Letters, P.O. Box 2970, Claremore, OK 74017. Do NOT include the original of the release form with your persona material; send it to Misty. Send a copy to us.

All personae materials should be sent to the QO address or submitted by e-mail to Legend@malcor.com and healermoon@gmail.com.

We have no new personae to announce this month, but several people are very close to completion. If you were working on a persona who is no longer listed at http://www.dragonlordsnet.com/qochat.htm that means we have not heard from you in over a year. To revive your persona, simply message Danya at Legend@malcor.com and tell her that your persona is in "Deep Storage." She will pull it out for you and reactivate your submission.

If you are a returning member who has recently activated your membership in Queen’s Own and we have forgotten to list you, message Danya at Legend@malcor.com, and she’ll make sure you are greeted in the next newsletter.

Lost . . .

One of the challenges running an online club is that people don’t always leave a forwarding address when they move . We are missing current e-mail addresses for the following members:

• Bard Revelin Tionne (sazimarc@mindspring.com)
• Bard Valiena (laughsong@aol.com)
• Guardsman Faolan Ixran (Timmeu@scubadiving.com)
• Guardsman Vena LaRue (eflynt@starrtech.net)
• Healer Darnellon Gaither (mdprier@aol.com)
• Herald Darvith (goddess@universalmail.com)
• Healer Tamesin na Coille (brindle@bellsouth.net)
• Herald Alia Melyngar (aliamelyngar@aol.com)
• Herald Areolyn T-rel (chucky@localaccess.com)
• Herald Artavash Keletal (tmschneiderman@attbi.com)
• Herald Crystona Devanth Shekrevalas (crys@stny.rr.com)
• Herald Deborah (sjupiterdebi@home.com)
• Herald Ian Hawkwood (ianhawke1@aol.com)
• Herald Jolee Alsierra (tinkrbel@spiritone.com)
• Herald-Mage Apprentice Kadia Linder (Kadia@aol.com)
• Herald Kendryl Shadowwolf (kscarpat@altavista.com)
• Herald Keri Starfire/Mountianheart (WaltherM@imefdf.usmc.mil)
• Herald Kiana Wynter (saffyrek@hotmail.com)
• Herald Lisbeth Maye (wizardshome@hotmail.com)
• Herald Liselle Aravon (rusalka@nac.net)
• Herald Miracle Oceanfire (rhyme_reason@hotmail.com)
• Herald Paf (jaro@attbi.com)
• Herald Rhea Windsong (psistriker@worldnet.att.net)
• Herald Robihane (Tevye@speakintosilence.com)
• Tayledras Mage Autumnwynd k'Vaia (autumnwynd@aol.com)
• Tayledras Blackwolf k'Vala (HRHIce@aol.com)
• Tayledras Adept Oceanlaughter k'Shira (littlesweetchef@aol.com)
• Tayledras Adept Starfeather k’Valdemar (adeptstarfeather@marymuse.com)
• Tayledras Healer Adept Sierra k'Treva (katsanders@buffymail.com)
• Tayledras Healer Adept Skydance k'Chona (Sttawylime@hotmail.com)
• Tayledras Healer Adept Winterfire k’Tayle (garou@netspeed.com.au)
• Tayledras Scout Skyfire k’Chona (logroth@hotmail.com)
• White Winds Sorceress Cime Shadow Weaver (cimeshadow@aol.com)

If you know any of these folks, please have them contact Danya at Legend@malcor.com with a current e-mail address.

From Herald-Mage Adept Danya Winterborn:

I’m finally going to get a vacation! Starting this coming Saturday, I’ll be in Lake Tahoe for a week, enjoying my favorite place on earth with my family. My mother will be able to go with us this time, which will be a special treat. The kids can hardly wait (Neither can I <g>!). I’ll be traveling with a computer and checking my e-mail a couple of times that week, but please be patient. I may not get back to you as quickly as I usually do.

For all of you QO folk in Europe, it looks as if I will be traveling to Italy again in mid-July 2006. I’d love to meet with you to say "Heyla!" if we have the chance. Message me at Legend@malcor.com, and I’ll see if I can get you on my agenda. I’ll be giving a paper (probably about L. Artorius Castus, but it’s a bit early to know for certain) in Pozzuoli probably around July 7th or 8th, and then I suspect I’ll be at various locations throughout the country for about a week. I hope to see some of you then!

I’ve had my nose in several very good St. Germain novels by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro. If you have run out of Misty titles and want to try marvelous tales of a 4,000-year-old vampire’s adventures through history, then these books are definitely something you should consider. (I keep meaning to make Yarbro her own page in our bookstore; she’s one of my favorite authors. Someone, please remind me <G>!)

Happy reading!

Zhai’helleva,

Danya

Personals:

• From Cliff Hunter: I’m looking for a penpal I used to know through QO. Her name is Dara Murphy. Anyone with information about how I can contact her, please e-mail me at DeathrockCliffy@aol.com.
  
• From Jennifer M. Mackay/Herald Mallea D'Lar. I have a new email address: mackayjenn@yahoo.com! SNAIL MAIL: PO BOX 66408, Portland, OR 97290. If you like to read, I'm your girl. Just give me a book and a quiet nook--I'm happy!  Misty, Tad Williams, J.R.R. Tolkien, Mindy Klasky (Glasswright series), DragonLance (the M. Weiss/T. Hickman original books and new), SF Classics like H.G. Wells, George Orwell, ect., ect. I'm about to sink my teeth into David Eddings on my sister's recommendations. I just finished watching SEVEN seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. That was fun! I've gone through all NINE years of The X-Files. I'm a huge X-Files fanatic. (Did I forget to mention my love affair with box sets on DVD?) I'm a fan of every Star Trek show made, Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica (got my box set), Babylon 5, Quantum Leap, and just about anything else that grabs my attention.If you wish you could take a trip to the moon, or just get out of Mundania for awhile, please feel free to drop me a line!
  
• From Ellen Million: Not only is Ellen Million Graphics still around (ten years last October!), but I now offer an array of gorgeous new work by new artists, on many new products (including t-shirts!) and a brand new character portrait service. Ordering is available on-line or by snail mail: http://www.ellenmilliongraphics.com. I'd also love to get back in touch with lost penpals! (Use the contact form on the website to avoid death-by-spam-filters!)

• From Herald Valana Dorrandale/Rachel Valentine: 21-year-old college student needs relief from mundania! I enjoy Misty, Anne Rice, Mickey Zucker Riechert, Robert Jordan, Fiona Patton, Tanya Huff, C.S. Friedman etc. B5, Star Trek, Star Wars, Highlander, LOTR,all kinds of music, scaly and furry animals, Garfield, writing, drawing, singing, playing guitar, horseback riding, traveling and much more. Do you like this stuff?? Write me! TO: Robin S., Bess H., Bard Shiana, Harold P.: Are you all still QO members?? Please write me; I've missed you guys! E-mail: raeval23@yahoo.com.
  
  
• From White Winds Sorceress Cime Shadow Weaver. To All. Shadows of Goddess is now an online store. I offer 10 % discount to Queen’s Own members. Be sure to tell me you are though. (:) I offer new items weekly. http://www.ebaystores.com/shadowsofthegoddess. My e-mail address is cimeshadow@aol.com.
  
  
• From Herald-Mage Danya. To: All. Re: Cookbook. If you've read my persona submission in CoV, you know that I like making up medieval-style recipes. I'm thinking about compiling a cookbook based on meals that Misty describes in the Velgarth series. If anyone is currently reading the books, could you note the book and page any food items are mentioned on and send them to me at Legend@malcor.com? Thanks!

Queen's Own is the official Mercedes Lackey Appreciation Society. Our purpose is to share our enjoyment of Misty's worlds. We are a fan-run not-for-profit organization, not a business. Our address of publication: P.O. Box 749, Laguna Beach, CA 92652 USA. This newsletter is published solely to inform and entertain the club's membership; no infringement of anyone's copyrights is intended.

Newsletters are published on (or near) the first of each month.

Editor/President Herald-Mage Master Danya Winterborn (L.A. Malcor; AOL-IM SN Shashtah; Legend@malcor.com)

The featured artists for this newsletter are Laura Cameron and Devin Harris. All drawings in this newsletter are © to the credited artist. All rights reserved. If you would like your art to be featured in the online version of the QO newsletter, send .gifs or .jpgs to Legend@malcor.com or hardcopy to Queen's Own, P.O. Box 749, Laguna Beach, CA 92652.

Mercedes Lackey does not receive mail at the Queen's Own address. Fanmail to Mercedes Lackey and releases for fan fiction should be sent to:

Mercedes Lackey
c/o High Flight Arts and Letters
P.O. Box 2970
Claremore, OK 74017

Zhai'helleva,

Herald-Mage Master Danya Winterborn and

Healer Adept Moonstar

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