The final ballot for the 2012 Hugo Awards was announced yesterday. I'm on it. Between me-as-me, and me-as-Mira, I'm on it four times, which is actually a record for female authors (several men have managed it, including two people this year; no other woman has managed it, ever). And one of my nominations is for Wicked Girls. After thirty years ( Read more... )

So the fifth October Daye book just came out. One Salt Sea, available now from a bookstore near you. The first mention of this series that I can find in this journal is from July, 2001. That's ten years. And even that post says "this has been going on for a while, this isn't new, this is only new hereI remember having someone who was one of my ( Read more... )

This past weekend, vixyish flew down from Seattle so that we could spend a fun-filled weekend jammed into Kristoph's garage, trying to burn through all her vocal parts for Wicked Girls in one triumphant marathon of awesomeocity. We had thirteen songs on our list. We really hoped we'd be able to get through at least eight of them ( Read more... )

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Maybe it's time you did something in return for all the free advice I give you. From a karmic perspective it might not be healthy for you to continue to take, take, take while never giving back. So this week, for a change, how about if you compose an oracle for me? Or send me a nice present -- nothing big or expensive, ( Read more... )

I am blessed beyond all measure. Blessed in the people that I've stumbled over; blessed in the people who have stumbled over me. The chains of fortune are intricate and glorious, and no matter how far I follow them, there's always another link, all the way back to the day my mother decided to go and challenge the superintendent of schools for my ( Read more... )

First, the strip:

With Friends Like These... #86: Setting Quiet Pages Free.

Second, the footnotes:

Ravens in the Library is an anthology of stories and artwork about music and magic, assembled to help with the medical bills that were rather unexpectedly dropped on SJ Tucker. Ravens in the Library is also the first time I've ever had somebody ( Read more... )

So I'm still waking up, still shell-shocked from yesterday, when I get a message from a friend of mine going 'hey, guess what I found?' So I go and look at what he found.

And then, because I'm crying really easily today, I start to cry. Why?

Because of this. Click here to see the Rosemary and Rue page on Amazon.com. With the September 1st, ( Read more... )

I just submitted my Oasis Sampler information (admittedly, only because submitting makes them stop sending me reminders); several filk dealers have already received their starting stock; and all pre-orders for Red Roses and Dead Things have either been delivered or contacted to arrange for delivery. I'm going to do a mailing of other pending ( Read more... )

Thirty-one years ago, in the ABC Ward of the Premature Births Unit at the Martinez, California hospital, I started. This was somewhat unplanned on my part, as was a lot of what came after. But that's the fun of it, right ( Read more... )

...when I stop and look at my life -- my crazy, wacky, wonderful life, here at the far end of a vodka-soaked train trip I never intended on taking -- and realize that I am so insanely blessed, in every possible way, that it really isn't funny ( Read more... )