The Potter's Field 2 anthology is now available from Samsdot Publishing -- with my story "The Resurrection Men." I haven't actually seen it yet, but from the website, the cover art looks beautiful ( Read more... )

I've made some additions to my much-neglected reading blog, You Are What You Read. New entries are notes on:

The Knife Man: The Extraordinary Life and Times of John Hunter, Father of Modern Surgery by Wendy Moore.

Living Dangerously; The Adventures of Merian C. Cooper, Creator of King Kong by Mark Cotta Vaz.

and

Imaginary Weapons; A Journey ( Read more... )

One away to Aeon.

In other news, I just finished listening to the audio version of Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach, which was both interesting and hilarious. She covers pretty much all optional fates for human remains including: organ transplant donor, anatomical dissection, rotting for study in a forensic experiment, ( Read more... )

Not much new to report.

Rejections from Strange Horizons and Heliotrope. Still on hold with subs at Neo-opsis, Trabuco Road, and Renard's Menagerie. I'm planning to query that last one, as I've heard nothing yet and it's been awhile.

Potter's Field 2 is now filled, and scheduled for publication in October 2007, with yours truly on the TOC * ( Read more... )

Stories pretty much in a holding pattern.

One in the slush at Strange Horizons

Another in the slush at Renard's Menagerie

Two stories in second read piles, one at Neo-opsis, and one at Trabuco RoadSo that's everything I have completed: either sold or out home-hunting ( Read more... )

...it's just that my home office tends to be full of noisy family during non-work hours, so I'm chased away from my internet-connected computer after 5 and on the weekends. Darn that pesky husband and kids!

Anyway, some progress to report:

"The Resurrection Men" will be appearing in Potter's Field 2. Woo Hoo!

Trabuco Road and Neo-Opsis are both ( Read more... )

Subs out to Potter's Field 2 and Renard's Menagerie.

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I forgot to include that I subbed a story to Asimov's on January 16. Haven't heard anything yet.

Also, I had a response already from my query to Neo-opsis, and my story there is still under consideration. Fingers crossed!

Just haven't had much report lately. In February we took a 10-day cruise to the Mexican Riviera, which conveniently originated in San Francisco. It was lovely until we left Cabo for the 2-day sail home, during which time my oldest son came down with a nasty case of Camphylobacter jejuni. He was very ill for a couple of weeks. No sooner did he ( Read more... )