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Very, very pleased to report that Arabella of Mars, my first novel, has received the following substantial honors:

• Nominated for SFWA's
  Andre Norton Award for Outstanding Young Adult Science Fiction or Fantasy Book, which is awarded along with the Nebula awards but is not-a-Nebula™. The award will be presented at the SFWA Nebula Conference on May ( Read more... )

At the moment my LiveJournal post of pictures from Kate's memorial gathering is the 10th most popular post on the whole site. I must admit that this makes me sad, because it indicates how far LJ has fallen. When added to everything else that's happened lately -- not just to me personally, but to people around me and to the country as a whole -- it ( Read more... )

Thank you to everyone who came out for Kate's memorial gathering last weekend! And special thanks to Mark Niemann-Ross, who made all the arrangements, and to everyone who pitched in and set up the tables and chairs when we were let into the building after the event was supposed to start. I'm sorry that I didn't get to spend very much time talking ( Read more... )

So here it is awards season, and I suppose I ought to summarize what I published in 2016. By comparison with previous years it is a very short list, only two items, but I'm exceptionally proud of both of them.


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An informal memorial gathering to remember and celebrate the life of Kate Yule will be held on January 28, 2017, from 2pm to 5pm, at the Fulton Park Community Center in Portland, Oregon. Bring your memories, photographs, knitted objects, and stories of Kate.

We will be providing hors d'oeuvres from Chef Naoko. It's really important that you RSVP, ( Read more... )

Novel words written: 73,735
Short fiction words written: 8,335
Notes, outline, and synopsis words written: 50,057
Blog words written: 13,501 Total words written: 145,628
Novel words edited out: 8,049
Net words written: 137,579
New stories written: 1
Short fiction submissions sent: 1
Responses received: 1
Rejections: 0
Acceptances: 1 (pro)
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There will be an informal memorial gathering to remember and celebrate the life of Kate Yule on January 28, 2017, from 2pm to 5pm, at the Fulton Park Community Center, 68 SW Miles St., Portland, OR 97219 (http://www.portlandoregon.gov/parks/64917). We will be providing more details and requesting RSVPs soon, but I wanted to let you know as soon as ( Read more... )

OryCon starts Friday, and I'll be there! Here's where you can find me. I'm also doing NaNoWriMo this year and would be interested in meeting people for writing dates during the convention.

NOVEMBER 18 • FRIDAY

3:00-4:00pm: Steampunk! Explain It! Salon C (LL1)
Stephen Couchman (m), Ann Gimpel, David Levine, Rhiannon Louve
How much Steam is required ( Read more... )