Twelve-year-old BFF’s Ginnie West and Tillie Taylor, want to be sisters. Ginnie’s widowed dad plus Tillie’s divorced mom could equal a lifetime of round-the-clock girl talk and slumber parties. Too bad Dad vowed to never marry again. Ginnie and Tillie come up with the perfect scheme to change his mind: ‘Operation Secret Sisters’ (aka OSS). […]
Dear All, It’s Hugo nomination season. In fact, the deadline to submit your Hugo nominations is Thursday, March 31st. If you love something, nominate it. It’s really that easy. Your ballot is anonymous. You don’t have to fill out all five slots. You don’t have to fill in all of the categories. You can nominate […]
ETA: As of Sunday morning, Neverwhere and Old Man’s War are still on sale. Also, Happy Easter to everyone who celebrates! Amazon is trying to bankrupt me. It’s the only explanation. But hey, if I go, you go, too. 😉 Deal #1 – Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere, all 400 pages of the author’s preferred text, is […]
Here’s the Writers of the Future sale I promised. Galaxy Press is offering a killer deal on Volumes 26, 27, 28 and 29 of the popular Writers of the Future series. If you like short fiction and discovering new writers, these are perfect for you. If you’re a writer or illustrator who’s thinking about entering, […]
I love all of my stories, but Flight of the Kikayon is one of my favorites. It just went live as a podcast at StarShipSofa! Kikayon is a sequel to Totaled, set some 200 years after Totaled ends. If you’ve read Totaled, you’ll notice similarities in the character choices, structure and motifs. (And if you […]
No, I’m not planning to turn my blog into a mini BookBub, but I’ve seen a couple of deals lately that are too good not to share. If you like Clarkesworld, here’s a whole year’s worth of their stories for just 99 cents. It’s Clarkesworld: Year 3, which translates to 2012 – I think. I […]
I am just back from my annual pilgrimage to Superstars Writing Seminar, and I have returned with enough material for several blog posts rattling around in my head. But before I go there, in fact, while I am going there, please go read a wonderful short story by Martin L. Shoemaker called “Today I Am […]
I live in one of those places where the mail doesn’t come to the house. We all have PO boxes, so getting the mail requires a trip to the local post office. And that’s what I was doing a few days before Christmas when an unexpected package arrived. Believe me, no child on Christmas morning […]
Goodness gracious! Has it really been that long since I’ve posted? Apparently it has, so onward and upward. Sasquan was my first WorldCon, but it won’t be my last. It was a great convention with a few not-so-great moments (such as food poisoning, followed by a raging case of bronchitis thanks to the smoke). I […]
So, about those Hugos… A couple of days ago, I said the following in the comments on File 770. I don’t consider myself a spokesperson for the SP, or even an SP notable, but I’ll say it. I never got involved in this with any idea that I’d even make the ballot, much less that […]