Originally posted by cherylmmorgan at Fantasy Mistressworks

Originally published at Cheryl's Mewsings. Please leave any comments there.

Over at the Fantasy Mistressworks blog Amanda Rutter has posted a list of 50 top fantasy books by women. As with most such things, it is a bit of a mystery to me. I don’t understand how one can have a list of top fantasy by ( Read more... )

Originally posted by mckitterick at

Campbell and Sturgeon Award Winners Announced
For immediate release (doc version here)

The winners of this year's John W. Campbell Memorial Award for the best science fiction novel and Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for the best short science fiction have been revealed, Christopher McKitterick, Director of the ( Read more... )

from his Caring Bridge site:

Thank you so much for your messages the past 24 hours. It is wonderful to hear how many lives Jimmy touched ( Read more... )

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A little-known factoid about me: I tried to sign up for the Air Force when I was 18. I pretty much aced the ASVABs, and the recruiter really wanted me, but I was 20 lbs overweight. So I didn't eat for a week. Since I worked as a waitress at the time, that was a real challenge, but I dropped 10 lbs. Recruiter still said nope. Actually what he said ( Read more... )

Originally posted by will_couvillier at James Gunn's Online Workshop

New year, and we have a new session, should we have enough interesting in one of the coolest online worhshops available ( Read more... )

Just had a moment. Received an email titled "Submission: Superlative For Goodbye" and thought, eh, rejection, then thought, Superlative For ??? which story is that? Wait, what? That's not one of my titles, where? Who?? Then I clicked it open and saw it's a contract for my 100 word micro thing I sold to GRAND SCIENCE FICTION!Ooohhhh. Click BEFORE ( Read more... )

I'm a graduate of Clarion West 2010, plus I participated in the Write-a-thon last year. And this year too. It's a great tool for motivation PLUS a great way to help broke students financially ( Read more... )

Originally posted by ravenelectrick at Spec-tacular now available as a Kindle e-book
Spec-tacular: Fantasy Favorites from Raven Electrick Ink, edited by yours truly, is now available as a Kindle e-book for the bargain price of $2.99. Please note that you do not need a Kindle device to read the book. Amazon.com has free Kindle reading apps for the PC, Mac, iPhone ( Read more... )

I've been home a few days (worked and slept, mostly.) Today is a day off and it's gray cloud cold and rainy. Seattle followed me home! Well, not Sunday's Seattle, which was crystal clear and almost warm. I saw snow capped cloud wreathed Rainier in one direction and lace-capped sharp Olympias in the other. And stood outside without my peacoat ( Read more... )