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“The Weight of the Sunrise” won the Sidewise Award for Best Short-Form Alternate History! I’ve always wanted to win that award and I’m so excited.
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Ink of My Bones, Blood of My Hands is published at Beneath Ceaseless Skies. Woot!

Warning: This is very dark. Some of you like that. I’m just saying, be warned.

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The Weight of the Sunrise is a finalist for the Sidewise Award for alternate history! I’ve always loved this award (no surprise) and I am excited to be nominated.
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The Weight of the Sunrise won a Nebula for Best Novella of 2013! I haven’t had brain or time to blog until now.

Rainbow Dash captures how I felt at that moment.
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The Weight of the Sunrise is a finalist for the Sturgeon Award!

http://www.sfcenter.ku.edu/sturgeon-finalists.htm

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I’m stoked.

My novella The Weight of the Sunrise is nominated for a Nebula!

I’m so delighted and honored. Thank you all! I can’t wait for the awards weekend. I promise to wear something lovely.
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General life stuff.

Keeping weird hours for the last few months. Up late, sleeping late. I’ve gone semi-nocturnal. This is something that happens to me periodically, and eventually I return to a normal day cycle.

I’m an auntie! My first nephew was born a week ago. I sent him a ( Read more... )

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I’m up at Daily Science Fiction with Spellsketching. I’ve gotten a number of reader comments on this one, which is always fun. If you’re a fan of Narnia or Oz, you might particularly like this story.

You can leave comments on the DSF Facebook page if you like.

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If you’d like to hear about the gingerbread apocalypse, you can hear Through the Cooking Glass in 5-minute podcast form at Toasted Cake.

Or you can read it here. Under 750 words.

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Hey guys!

If you’ve published stories this year, I would like to read your best work and consider nominating it for an award.

I read/nominate for Hugos and Nebulas (and Campbell). I’ll read short stories, novelettes, or novellas. Tell me the category when you send the work. Please ( Read more... )