Here’s another post that you’re reading days and days after I write it.
Short form:
My story, “Evil Robot Monkey” has been nominated for a Hugo!
!!!!
Longform:
Jodi and I had a show last Thursday night and went out afterwards with his sweetie, Sam, to hang and celebrate that it went pretty darn well. About 10:30, I pulled out my G1 to check the time and it was open to email.
The top message had the subject line, “Contact: Hugo Nomination.”
Jodi and Sam ceased to exist for a moment (Sorry, fellows) and I opened the email. As I read it, a grin spread across my face and I looked up, totally cutting Sam off. “Gentlemen, I’ve just been nominated for a Hugo.”
None of us could shriek but they were as appropriately enthusiastic as a girl could wish. I know we talked about other things afterwards, but my head was totally wrapped up in HUGO!
Holy cow! My story. A Hugo nominee!!!!
And I have to keep it a secret. Do you have any idea how painful it is to hang out with SF folks when you’re holding in something like this? I’m distracting myself by shopping for a dress. I think that’s reasonable, don’t you?
One hundred percent. It’s what I would do, heh.
And there are some pretty, pretty dresses out there.
Congratulations!
And congratulations to you, too, for your Best Editor, Long Form nomination!
Congratulations!
Congratulations! Wonderful news! And again, I’m impressed by your ability to keep those secrets!
Not easy. I’ll tell you that, right now.
Congratulations! I wish you’d heard this LAST night so I could have been there to squee with you! (But I can squee appropriately – and discreetly if you need me to – tomorrow…)
Actually, Alma I’d heard it on Thursday and about every other minute I almost told you. But they said not to tell, so I was trying very hard to be good. So HARD.
Holy crap, buy two! 🙂 Congratulations! It’s going to be fun waking up in the morning for a while, I’ll bet. Blink! Blink!
Congrats! I’m so excited I got to hear you read this story live and that it was nominate. AWESOME AWESOME!
I seriously think the Borderlands reading is what made people aware this story existed.
Congratulations!
Woohoo Mary! Congratulations. 🙂
Congrats!
Congrats!
I commented on your facebook post, but it seems to have disapeared!
Where can we read the story, online or in print?
There’s an audio version of it on my site. The story itself is in the The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction: Volume 2, edited by George Mann.
Congrats!!! Go you!
So glad it’s public, so you don’t have to burst. Congratulations, dear. Couldn’t have happened to a better story!
Congratulations! You sure do seem to be getting a lot of practice at this keeping awesome secrets thing. I can relate (though those secrets aren’t usually about me).
I was so glad to see your “splendid” post last Thursday. I’m even more glad today when I can just say “Congratulations!” And buying a dress makes complete sense. Did you find a lovely one?
I came so close to emailing you when you said that your day had been “splendid” too because I just knew Schlock Mercenary was in. Congratulations to both of you on that!
I almost emailed you too. 🙂
Seems to me that awards and you just go together naturally.
Mega-congrats, Mary! I’m so happy for you.
Let’s see if your server likes me NOW, an hour or so after I originally tried to post 🙂
Congratulations, Mary, but I’m not surprised at all. Your star is now officially rising, and in my opinion it’s about damn well time!
I actually just saw it on the Anticipation website before I read your blog entry. That was worth a delightful squee! Most Excellent Indeed!!
Thank you all! I’m floating on air, I am.
A fine dress is certainly in order… to go with your finely honed skills, and to bring out the color of your… words. Congratulations, my friend!
Yeah, baby!
Congrats, Mary. I’ll see you in Montreal, then?
Yes you will, oh Campbell-nominee. Congratulations on that! I’m looking forward to seeing you in Montreal.
Congratulations!
Thanks! And to you as well. I’m so pleased for you!
I’ll say it again here — I’m so very, very proud.
Moreso because I “edited” that story (for all that it needed no fixing at all…)
Wow! Muitos congratos, Mary!
Do you by any chance remember what flash that was and what the trigger was? I wanna bask in your reflected glory at LH. 🙂
And since you broke the glass ceiling over at the Campbells (female author / short story), looks like Liloo has a shot there.
Congratulations on both fronts!!!
(Elizabeth Bear broke the ceiling before me)
I don’t remember the trigger. It was an album cover and involved gears and a chest. That’s all I can really remember.
What wonderful news! Congratulations!
Here’s hoping you need a new tiara to go with the dress!
Yay! Congratulations!
I hate holding onto secrets. They burn holes in my pockets faster than a handful of hot nickels at the slots.
Congratulations!!!
Woohoo! Congrats.
Congratulations Mary!
I was tempted to leave this at the auspicious 42 comments, but I want to congratulate you more! So congratulations! I still have to grab a copy of that collection.
Congrats! I bought the Solaris book last year so I could read the story with such an intriguing title. It was well worth it. I see others think so too!
Congrats! Hugo, girl!
Congrats, Mary! (and nice getting to chat over Chinese food last week)