Big congrats to all the nominees, especially LJ friends rachel_swirsky  , johnjosephadams , matociquala , nojojojo and kijjohnson!  You rock!

I just posted a some photos from the weekend over at the EAMB website:
http://www.eamb.org/2011/05/photos-from-the-nebula-weekend/

I'm not going to repost them all here for lack of time, but I will put up my favorite as a teaser:


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I'll do it for you.

I got back from my trip to discover ballots for the Hugos and World Fantasy Awards in my inbox.  Since I still have awards on the brain, I'd like to mention a few friends up for them (even though most of them need no introduction).

I'm not asking for votes.  Quite the opposite, I'm not even going to discuss the merits of their ( Read more... )

Just finished the 20-hour trip back home.  I haven't read anything here in at least a week, please tell me if I missed anything good.

The Nebula Weekend was spectacular, I enjoyed every minute.  And it was wonderful having Fernanda there to share it with me.  Huge congrats to the winners, especially first-timers rachel_swirsky  and ericjamesstone .  You've become a part of ( Read more... )

southernweirdo is reviving Southern Fried Weirdness as a one-time anthology to raise funds for tornado relief efforts in his home state of Alabama.

You can find details here.

First off, Happy Easter to all!

Here's a picture of the family today, right after finding everything the Easter Bunny left for us.


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I see lots of voting reminders popping up around these parts so I'll throw in my own.  I'm allowed one during awards season, right?  Right......?

Anyway, here goes:

The big one for me is of course the Nebula voting, which closes next Wednesday, March 30th.
Any chance for a seven-way tie in my category?  No?  I figured as much...

Some other deadlines ( Read more... )

Big congrats to nonojojo , beth_bernobich  and rachel_swirsky  for making the Tiptree list!

I'm a little late with this news (been a crazy week), but Cory Doctorow recently launched his self-publishing experiment With a Little Help.

I've been watching this project evolve since he first blogged about it, way back when.  It's an engaging idea and a great case study for anyone considering self-publishing in any form.  Cory has been up-front ( Read more... )

There was some confusion over my author's notes on my recent story in Daily Science Fiction, because I refer to an illustration in an artist's portfolio which no longer exists there (he pulled it during the six or so weeks the story was waiting for publication).

But anyway, the artist, Leonardo Amora Leite, wrote up a post about the story (in ( Read more... )