Solar, Space, & Geomag Weather part IV and Other Stuff

by Stephanie Osborn
http://www.stephanie-osborn.com

As I sit and sip my cafe au lait made from Cafe du Monde's signature chicory blend, I must note that I've been recalcitrant in posting lately. Sorry about that; I can only plead that I have been in the depths of a writing jag, and turning out word counts that are both consistent and high. I also totally hosed my reckoning of days of the week for this past week, thanks to the fact that Monday was a holiday.

So I am very late on this post. Please forgive me.

The latest installment of the Solar, Space, and Geomagnetic Weather series went up on Sarah Hoyt's blog, According to Hoyt, on schedule on Thursday. It's here:
https://accordingtohoyt.com/2016/09/08/solar-space-and-geomagnetic-weather-part-iv-by-stephanie-osborn/

An announcement of my title, Sherlock Holmes and the Mummy's Curse, having won the Silver Falchion Award went up on Wednesday's Mad Genius Club, here:
https://madgeniusclub.com/2016/09/07/sherlock-holmes-and-the-mummys-curse-wins-silver-falchion-award-stephanie-osborn/

To purchase a copy in print or ebook, go here:
https://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-Mummys-Stephanie-Osborn-ebook/dp/B017IX33NW/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8#nav-subnav

I'm still answering comments on both blogs, so feel free to pop over to either of those, or both, or leave comments here.

In addition, solar activity has been fairly quiet, this week-and-a-half into September that we are. Sunspots have been seen throughout, but they are somewhat sporadic and all clustered in the equatorial regions (as would be expected at this point in the solar cycle). There have been a few flares, but nothing of great significance, and no coronal mass ejections have been produced, though there was a "prominence eruption" on the 6th. A few coronal holes have generated enhanced solar wind streams that have produced minor to moderate geogmagnetic storming, and some high-latitude auroras.

And that's it. There really hasn't been any solar/space weather news of significance so far this month. Things remain quiet, but not unusually so, in the solar mechanisms.

Other items:

Happy 50th birthday to Star Trek!

Condolences to SpaceX on the loss of their craft on the 1st.

We finally found the remains of the Philae comet lander:
http://www.space.com/33971-lost-philae-comet-lander-finally-found-photos.html

And that's about all I know, folks.

-Stephanie Osborn
http://www.stephanie-osborn.com

Solar. Space & Geomagnetic Weather, part II

by Stephanie Osborn
http://www.stephanie-osborn.com

And part II of the Solar, Space & Geomagnetic Weather series has gone up on Sarah Hoyt's According to Hoyt blog, right here:
https://accordingtohoyt.com/2016/08/26/15490/

Feel free to leave comments here or there.

BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS:

The Weather Out There Is Frightful: Solar/Space Weather and What It Means to the Earth and You


Our Sun is an active star. It may even be a variable star. Sunspots, flares, coronal mass ejections, all are signs of its activity. What kind of effect does it have on Earth? Other than the occasional sunburn, could it be dangerous? Has it been dangerous in the past? What can we expect in the near future?

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Silver Falchion Award Winner:
Sherlock Holmes and the Mummy's Curse

Holmes and Watson. Two names forever linked by mystery and danger from the beginning. Within the first year of their friendship and while both are young men, Holmes and Watson are still finding their way in the world, with all the troubles that such young men usually have: Financial straits, troubles of the female persuasion, hazings, misunderstandings between friends, and more. Watson’s Afghan wounds are still tender, his health not yet fully recovered, and there can be no consideration of his beginning a new practice as yet. Holmes, in his turn, is still struggling to found the new profession of consulting detective. Not yet truly established in London, let alone with the reputations they will one day possess, they are between cases and at loose ends when Holmes' old professor of archaeology contacts him. Professor Willingham Whitesell makes an appeal to Holmes’ unusual skill set and a request. Holmes is to bring Watson to serve as the dig team’s physician and come to Egypt at once to translate hieroglyphics for his prestigious archaeological dig. There in the wilds of the Egyptian desert, plagued by heat, dust, drought and cobras, the team hopes to find the very first Pharaoh. Instead, they find something very different... 

Noted Author Stephanie Osborn (Creator of the Displaced Detective series) presents the first book in her Sherlock Holmes, Gentleman Aegis series – Sherlock Holmes and the Mummy’s Curse, the debut volume of Pro Se Productions’ Holmes Apocrypha imprint.

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~Stephanie Osborn
http://www.stephanie-osborn.com

SURPRISE!!!

by Stephanie Osborn
http://www.stephanie-osborn.com

I am thrilled to announce that the first book of the Gentleman Aegis series, Sherlock Holmes and the Mummy's Curse, has WON the 2016 Silver Falchion Award for Best "Nonfiction" (read: historical fiction) YA Book!

The award is sponsored by the Killer Nashville mystery convention!

I'm SO EXCITED!!!

~Stephanie Osborn
http://www.stephanie-osborn.com