As I write this, I know that I’m going to have to sit on this news for another week. Here’s the thing about the Hugos, for me. I’m a huge stinking fan. The works nominated have shaped my reading tastes and habits since I was a teen. To make the ballot is… it’s a huge honor. Also, totally a
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a) brush one’s teeth to remove the fishy flavour? b) eat a Thin Mint?
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SL Huang is joining us today with her novel Zero Sum Game. Here’s the publisher’s description. Deadly. Mercenary. Superhuman. Not your ordinary math geek. Cas Russell is good at math. Scary good. The vector calculus blazing through her head lets her smash through armed men twice her size and dodge every bullet in a gunfight.
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I should note that I’m really excited because this is my first starred review. Happy, happy dances! VALOUR AND VANITY [STARRED REVIEW!] Author: Mary Robinette Kowal Renowned glamourists Lord and Lady Vincent become the victims of an elaborate scam that leaves them in dire straits until they conceive of a daring strategy to strike back. After
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Niece: I like to wear sneakers with dresses. Me: That seems very practical. Niece: Yeah, because then you can run at formal occasions. Me: Oh… I don’t usually run at formal occasions. Niece: I call it taking advantage of my youth.
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This is a 150 word short story. Yes. 150 words. That was the commission and it was harder than a 3000 word story. I need to turn it in today, so if you have a few minutes to read… Just drop your name in the comments on my site (and make sure your email address
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Elizabeth Bear is joining us today with her novel Steles of the Sky. Here’s the publisher’s description. Elizabeth Bear concludes her award-winning epic fantasy Eternal Sky trilogy in Steles of the Sky. Re Temur, legitimate heir to his grandfather’s Khaganate, has finally raised his banner and declared himself at war with his usurping uncle. With
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Ellen Datlow was one of the few editors whose name I knew before I started writing. I bought everything in the Fairy Tale series that she and Terri Windling edited and devoured The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror. So, I’ve been wanting to sell Ellen a story for approximately twenty years. And finally, finally have. I’m
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I am pleased and startled to announce that Without a Summer has been awarded RT Reviews Best Fantasy Novel. The other novels on the list are stunning and you should definitely check them out. LONDON FALLING Paul Cornell, TOR, (April 2013) THE CITY Stella Gemmell, ACE, (June 2013) COLD STEEL Kate Elliott, ORBIT, (July 2013) MASKS E.C. Blake, DAW, (November 2013)
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Puppets! Yeah, I should have something deeply insightful to say here, but mostly it’s just that I’m excited because the Sesame Puppetry Workshop sent us photos of us today. photos by Zach Hyman
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Since Valour and Vanity is coming out on April 29th, I have a ton of travel scheduled for the next two months. April Chicago, IL Friday, April 25 – Sunday, April 27 Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo http://www.c2e2.com/ Mary’s schedule May I’m particularly excited because I’ll be touring with Marie Brennan whose A Natural History of
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Since Valour and Vanity is coming out on April 29th, I have a ton of travel scheduled for the next two months. April Chicago, IL Friday, April 25 – Sunday, April 27 Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo http://www.c2e2.com/ Mary’s schedule May I’m particularly excited because I’ll be touring with Marie Brennan whose A Natural History of
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Michael R. Underwood is joining us today with his novella Attack the Geek. For full disclosure, I narrated the audiobook and loved the heck out of it. Ree is smart, snarky and 100% geek. This is a fast-paced adventure, that’s witty and fun. Here’s the publisher’s description. A side quest novella in the bestselling Geekomancy urban
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Let’s poke the Internet! Of course, we may want to just sit on our hands for a few minutes and think before we poke… Enough thinking. Let’s talk about talking about things. As 21st-century writers, we often spend time writing the things we think on assorted topics. We might blog these things, tweet them, or
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I’m going to try a newsletter thingie because people keep being surprised when I’m on book tour. They miss the posts, or the tweets, or the social media what have you and are then sad that they didn’t get to come visit and I’m sad too. Sad. So– I thought I’d try a mailing list/newsletter/digest/occasional
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