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)

Rules for ( Read more... )

I'm supporting this Kickstarter  with offers of signed copies of Swordspoint and The Privilege of the Sword  - along with free copies of their audiobook downloads (so you can read along?).

Of course, what you really want is Dion Graham (sexy St Vier in the Swordspoint audiobook) doing your answer machine message ( Read more... )

Delia & I just got back from a last-minute 2-day mini-vacation to D.C. to catch the Pre-Raphaelite Exhibit that's visiting the National Gallery from the Tate in London.*  She wrote about it here at delicious length ( Read more... )

I am back at the Undisclosed Location (housesitting for friends in Western Mass.) where I so happily wrote large chunks of The Privilege of the Sword.  I am blissfully happy - and doing as little Social Networking (or even email) as possible, while I work on New Novel.  I am a Creature of Extremes.

However, I need your help:

A teenage girl in my ( Read more... )

I am nearly out of my beloved Pickwick Tea:  I speak of the one-bag-makes-a-whole-pot* variety, particularly in the Meloen and the Mango flavours.  They make the World's Best Iced Tea in summer.

If you're coming to NYC or the U.S., I'd happily pay you to transport some.  You can take it out of the box (though the box is pretty cute!) and stick it in ( Read more... )

Yes, this week my FaceBook Page is all about Fencing!  Especially Women's Fencing!

Why?

Because Audible.com has thrown up an ad there for the new The Privilege of the Sword (TPOTS) audiobook, and I want to see it!

It is one of those things that pops up in response to your interests - and my liaison there (She Who is Known as Neil's Representative on ( Read more... )

Again this year, we are offering "The Witches of Lublin" free to radio stations as a holiday special for Passover in April (or International Women's Month for March)!  And we need your help to get us on the air.

The Witches of Lublin is a feminist-shtetl-magic-realist musical audio drama written by my friends Elizabeth Schwartz, Yale Strom and me, ( Read more... )

I've been thinking about the way girls in the early 20th century of a certain class/ethnic group all had nicknames of a certain type.  Inspired by today's NYTimes obituary for Aurelia Clifton Brown, born 1925, Ardmore, Pennsylvania - known as "Thistle"!

Ardmore (which happens to be the name of the street I grew up on) is right near Bryn Mawr ( ( Read more... )

'Tis the Season for all the 2011 Award Nominations - and we* are just thrilled to find ourselves up for these, for our revival of the classic Bordertown series - for a new audience.  If you could possibly spare a few moments, your vote could count a lot:

• Teenreads.com, in association with the Children’s Book Council (CBC) and Every Child a Reader ( Read more... )

So there you are: Staring at your Nebula (or Hugo or WFC) Nomination Ballot, and wondering, "What the hell is a novelette, anyway? And have I read any this year?  And, most importantly:  Have my friends written any that I should be nominating if I only knew their exact word length?"

I understand.  We've all been there.

And I am here to help.

On the ( Read more... )