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In which our collaborate novel Our Lady of the Islands, written by me and Shannon Page, finds a home

Jade par Jay Lake - A French review of the French translation of my book Green. Some complaints, but I interpret the Google Translate version as generally positive.

Textopornographie: France creates its own word for 'sexting' - Of course they did ( Read more... )

Jade - A middling review of the French edition of my novel Green.

The Jay Wake Book is Complete - Hooray for Sandra Tayler, hero of the revolution!

Classic TV show maps - in pictures - At first the arrangements seem random, but with Monty Python's Flying Circus across the road from Fawlty Towers, and The Killing adjacent to The Bridge (and The ( Read more... )

Green, by Jay Lake - A tepid review.

Review: The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Thirtieth Annual Collection, Gardner Dozois, ed. - Includes a nice capsule review of my multiple award-nominated novella, "The Stars Do Not Lie".

Short Story Review Roundup: February - July 2013 - A round-up that includes a positive short review of my short story "The ( Read more... )

Actually, I went down to the library and sat in a big comfy chair. But all writers feel a bit like Robert Johnson, somewhere in our stained and tattered little souls.

Yesterday evening was the monthly book group at Milwaukie Ledding Library. We discussed my multiple award nominated novella, "The Stars Do Not Lie", as well as my novel Green and ( Read more... )

Magazine Monday: Subterranean, Spring 2013 - Including a review of my Green novelette, "A Stranger Comes to Kalimpura". I liked this bit: Green’s voice is, as always, sharp and clear and pitiless. She is a haunting character.

Lois Tilton reviews "A Stranger Comes to Kalimpura" - She didn't like it quite so much.

Cancer Centers Racing to Map ( Read more... )

I really need to come up with an online icon for this book.

Spent a bit of time yesterday mapping the timeline and structure of Original Destiny, Manifest Sin. I've realized I'm going to have to approach this book differently from any of the other 20+ first draft novels I've ever written. With the partial exception of Madness of Flowers, I have ( Read more... )

Jay Lake Benefit Auction at Gaslight Gathering - Huh. I just learned about this myself.

Female Protagonists - In which Green her own self gets a quick nod.

Game of Thrones Season 3 - "Princess Bride Promo" - Hahahah. (Via Gabrielle Harbowy.)

Forward - Ok, this is a way cool video. Weird, fun stuff. (Via ( Read more... )

My Green novelette "A Stranger Comes to Kalimpura" is now available at Subterranean Online - It concerns an older Green, and an outside context problem.

Frank's Compulsive Guide to Postal Addresses: Britain and Ireland - Obsessive doesn't even begin to cover it. (Via Daily Idioms, Annotated.)

LOL, texting, and txt-speak: Linguistic miracles - A ( Read more... )

Kalimpura - Paul di Filippo reviews my Green trilogy at barnesandnoblereview.com, with a focus on the latest book, Kalimpura. In creating Green and her universe, Lake has not only provided a vivid protagonist and a grittily glamorous world, conducive to high heroics, but also updated the kind of Red Sonja (Robert E. Howard's heroine) and Jirel of ( Read more... )