Thanks to the divine Paul Cornell, I am reminded that nominations for the 2014 Hugo Awards are now open, and that it is not shameful to let others know that one has eligible work.

And so we present for your consideration the unabridged audiobook of THE FALL OF THE KINGS for
Best Dramatic Presentation “Long Form” (more than 90 minutes)

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Our fine friends at Tor.Com are offering a complete set of Riverside Audiobooks, plus extra goodies including Neil Gaiman's signed script for his Introduction to The Fall of the Kings audiobook, and a photo of all of us in the studio the day we recorded Neil's part (to be signed by Delia & me).

It's a Sweepstakes you can enter just by Commenting ( Read more... )

Thanks so much to everyone who contributed culinary delights to the Riverside Series Recipes-and-Menus Contest! You must now click through and see them all, for they are a wonder to behold.

They ranged from the witty to the more-ish, the stunningly artistic to the heart-meltingly "I can't believe you read my books and know them so well....!" Last ( Read more... )

To celebrate the advent of a new Riverside Audiobook - narrated by your humble co-author - we like to throw a little contest, to give you a chance to win a FREE download of our latest from Neil Gaiman Presents: The Fall of the Kings, by Ellen Kushner & Delia Sherman.

Last time, it was Book Covers - this time, it’s CUISINE!

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EK: You're such a schmuck . . . I can't believe you killed [him]!

DS, calmly knitting a sweater for Holly & Theo's new baby: Can't go to jail for killing a character.  There's not a jury in the land would convict me.

In the home stretch of a very elaborate music-voice-and-SoundEffects (SFX) mix for the forthcoming audiobook of THE FALL OF THE KINGS (for Audible/Neil Gaiman Presents). Delia & I listen to each chapter hot off the producer's mixing board (thanks to the magic of YouSendIt), and either crow with glee, or make suggestions.

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in its category, which was "Best Audio Drama" --because of all the Illuminated bits.

I really truly wasn't expecting it - I'm afraid I let out a SQUAWK! - What?! - and when we stood in our places for the applause (no speeches at the Audies), I blinked around the room like a sunstruck owl ( Read more... )

In the "All Pleasures Must be Paid For" Dept.: Got the WisCon Cold. And so, while I will still be very well-dressed, I will not be hugging & shaking hands with my esteemed colleagues at the Audie Awards tomorrow night (assuming they'll still let me in! A room full of the audiobook world's finest voice talent . . . maybe they'll just make me carry a ( Read more... )

Now, where were we?

Right, yes:  Last week we recorded all the male actors' scenes for the bits of THE FALL OF THE KINGS audiobook (for Neil Gaiman Presents) that we're illuminating - and today, I returned to the Brooklyn Basement Studio to pick up where I left off my narration recording before the holidays.

We have just hit Theron's Nervous ( Read more... )

Tim Jerome (Leonard Rugg et alia) plays one of the Theater Managers in PHANTOM on B'way.  Here's a great photo of the curtain call that he made, I guess, on Monday after a full day's recording with us, bless him ( Read more... )