Note from Rose Marie
Enjoyed reading Dragonharper.
Looking forward to the next book.
Rose Marie
Thanks! Dragonheart has been turned in and I’m over 13,000 words into its sequel.
Cheers,
Todd
Letter from Pamela
Hello Todd,
I have been a fan of you and your mother for quite a while. Thank you for hours and hours of escape from reality. I am curious about the Pegasus novels. I would like to know if there will be any more added to the collection regarding the time between Pegasus in Space and The Rowan. I am interested in knowing more about Peter’s wonderful life. If not, thanks anyway for your captivating imagination, and that you and your mother were so kind to put pen to paper and share with the world!
Hello Pamela,
No, I think we’ve seen the last of the Pegasus books. I get the feeling that Mum’s told all the stories she has to tell in that universe.
Cheers,
Todd
Letter from Vikki
Hi!
I just have to say… I’ve been reading pern novels for most of my life (I was born in the 70’s). My mom introduced me to the series, and I have been an avid reader of them ever since. My hubby and I normally get two copies of each book so that we can each read it as soon as it arrives, then we send one of those copies to my mom for her collection. We recently received Dragon Harper, slipped the dust covers off, and began devouring. At some point, I looked up at my hubby’s book covered face and noticed that there was something wrong with your name as it is printed on the spine of the book. They mis-spelled your name. Instead of Todd McCaffrey, which is how it is printed on the dust cover and inside the book, it is printed as Todd McCaff’ER’y. I was really surprised that this error ever happened. It does not effect the wonderful tales inside, but I do wonder what you think about booboos like that.
Thank you for your wonderful imagination,
Vikki
Hi Vikki!
Yeah, they do that from time to time. Sigh. It’s usually the authors who find the most egregious typos but I never think to remove the dust jackets.
Cheers,
Todd
Spoofing, Phishing, and other internet fraud
This morning in my inbox was an e-mail purportedly from eBay saying that my account had been suspended because of a number of suspicious log-ins and requesting that I follow the link below to correct the problem.
The thing is, a quick look (with Thunderbird) showed that the IP address (that’s the 4-octet string that actually tells the internet where to find a domain name) pointed to someplace in India (this took some searching on my part, not difficult for me as I was a software guy).
So these guys were/are hoping to scare people into going to their fake site where they’ll pick up your eBay user ID and password and then use your account to buy stuff.
The troubling thing is that for eBay to go after these fraudsters will require eBay to want to go to the hassle of getting a lawyer in India and winding their way through the courts. I don’t know if India has a legal system that is more or less efficient nor how severely they prosecute this sort of fraud but I wouldn’t be surprised if there is one country, probably several, where the penalties for such a fraud were outweighed by the potential gains — making crime pay.
The simple rule is always be suspicious of e-mail that seems official and, instead of clicking on the link, go to the website yourself.
The Romans had a saying thousands of years ago, caveat emptor — “Let the buyer beware.” The saying is even more valid now on the internet than it ever was in the worst of Imperial Rome.