Not if You Were the Last Short Story on Earth is doing year end summaries. Of Apex, he says: The strongest stories this year were probably Geoffrey Girard’s multi-part Cain xp11 (not for the squeamish) and Mary Robinette Kowal’s Horizontal Rain. I’m stunned. It’s not even a story that was in the magazine; it was
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A friend of mine just started a new business, AnthologyBuilder, which is the type of brilliant idea that makes you wonder why no one else had done it yet. It’s like iTunes for short fiction. You get to pick the stories you want for a custom print anthology. As a reader, I love the idea
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Hmm…. which to tell you about. Tempest Build, Day Four or that I actually had a social life? We’ll go with social, because that is rarer in these parts. Friday night, our friend Jonathan invited us out with him to see Aimee Mann’s Christmas show. Now, I sort of vaguely knew who Aimee Mann was,
So, I’m looking at the tentacles again and think that if we cut them down so that they are not quite as long and lose some of the width at the back that we’ve got a fair chance of getting them under the skirt. I also just tried vacuum sealing them into a bag and
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Hello, learning curve, my old friend. We focused on the intestines today. Starting by inserting the El wire into our latest concoction and looking to see if we liked the way it glowed. Behold! Something that looks good with the lights off and on. In this shot, the El wire is lit, but we are
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Last year, Alma Alexander posted about wrapping Christmas presents (with feline assistance). I’ve just had reason to remember why this post is so true and so funny.
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Looking for a writing challenge? Look no further. Shimmer is pleased to announce The Clockwork Jungle Book. Think steampunk animal parables! It’s a special double-length issue, guest-edited by George Mann of Solaris Books, scheduled for Autumn 2008. Now accepting submissions. Read the guidelines for more details.
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You guys are getting this on time-delay, because I’m using these posts to communicate with Emily DeCola, the designer, who is on a trip to China at the moment. So, once she reads and we catch up, I’ll post the pictures of the build. Just because it is interesting, I’ll also share the commentary that
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You might remember my cat, Maggie? A couple of years ago, she had a hyperactive thyroid. The treatment involved Iodine131 and we got this handout which said, “Upon release from the hospital, your pet will be mildly radioactive.” Despite my fond hopes, Maggie never glowed in the dark. But, thanks to modern science, there are
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I promise that I won’t post all SFWA all the time, but if you don’t mind helping spread the word on this one, I’d appreciate it. As part of a study on contracts, SFWA is seeking to enlarge and update their database of representative contract terms from the major publishers. Authors interested in participating may
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I sometimes tell people that I had a Norman Rockwell upbringing. Our Christmas tradition explains it. For over fifty years, my extended family gathers at Woodthrush Woods, the house that my dad’s parents built, for Christmas dinner. The number of guests ranges from 20-35 people, and we hoot and carry on. First Robby (my namesake
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Oh my heavens. Look at the beautiful paper work that Paper Forest found. The whole collection is stunning and interesting, both as fashion (Rob loves it) and as cut paper art. In the photos of the catwalk, the last series shows the models tearing the dresses off. On the one hand, I wince, but on
Grasping for the Wind has a review of the Shimmer Pirate Issue. The highlight for me was, of course, this: The illustrations throughout this issue were very well done. They had detail and connected very well with the stories. The cover was appropriate and appealing, with a simple graphic design that grabbed the eye without
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I should’ve mentioned this earlier, but I wasn’t sure how I felt about my own show. Just finished a run-through and I think it’s okay. So: Tonight. December 9th, 2007 8:00 pm at Theater for the New City, 155 First Avenue (corner of 9th) Voice 4 Vision Puppet Slam. I’ll be performing Nails in Our
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The first review of the Gratia Placenti anthology is out. Dark Scribe Magazine gives us a very favorable notice Concluding the anthology is Mary Robinette Kowal’s futuristic “Tomorrow and Tomorrow”, the tale of Tuyet, a cleaning woman working on a space station hoping to earn enough money to buy her ailing son a new set
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