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WFC awards

May 31, 2013

Ah. I have once more totally missed the boat on World Fantasy Award nominations, for which BABA YAGA’S DAUGHTER & OTHER TALES OF THE OLD RACES is eligible as a single-author collection for the publication year 2012. Today, as it turns out, is the last day for nominations. If you happen to be a WFC member, and you care to make a last-minute rush on nominating BABA YAGA’S DAUGHTER, http://www.wfc2013.org/wfballot01.html :) I am really not very good at this awards pursuit thing, which is kind of too bad in this…

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Recent Reads: STONEMASTER

May 31, 2013

Okay, this one’s kind of a cheat, I admit it. STONEMASTER is the (working title for the) second book I’ve written for my nephew, out of a planned quadrology, and about 25 people in the world have read the first one. That’s about the number that will read the second one, too, until I acquire an agent and a book deal, but the reason for reading it was to prepare myself for writing the third book in the series. These are (from an admittedly biased point of view) pretty rollicking…

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*squee*

May 31, 2013

guys, guys, vonda mcintyre commented on my blog. i mean, it was on judy’s post and everything, but VONDA MCINTYRE commented on my blog! *quietly dies of squee* The Stockholm blog is getting a lot of good commentary, and over the next week or so I have some hope of bringing stuff up out of comments for wider discussion. Thank you guys all for participating. This has been a lot of fun!

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Escaping Stockholm

May 30, 2013

By reader request, I’m posting Judith’s entire Escaping Stockholm essay as one post, too, for ease of linking and perhaps ease of discussion. I shall, however, put it all behind a cut tag straight off, in order to not re-flood the friends’ list. :) If you wish to break it out and read each section individually, here you go: Part One | Part Two | Part Three Otherwise, onward!

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Escaping Stockholm: Part 3

May 30, 2013

Introducing the third and final part of author Judith Tarr’s inspired rant on the changes in the publishing industry, and the expectations we writers have come to live with and accept. Escape from Stockholm: An Epic Publishing SagaFind Judith Tarr on LiveJournal | on Twitter | & at Book View Cafe Part One | Part Two This is no longer the only game in town. Oh, she’s acknowledging it when she says she can’t deal with it, but she’s not thinking about what it really means. Or how she can…

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