Missive From Montreal IV: Hugo Winners!
As a YA author, I was thrilled at the Hugo Awards ceremony tonight to notice that two of the five finalists for best novel were YA books. Neil Gaiman was nominated for The Graveyard Book, and Cory Doctorow was nominated for Little Brother. Cory did not wear the Ducky necklace with his tux.
The Graveyard Book won. I suspect this is the first time that the same book has won both the Hugo and the Newberry. Does anyone in the LJ Collective Mind know for sure?
This afternoon my computer suddenly warned me that the battery was low, and then shut off. It was plugged into an outlet in the hotel room at the time, as it's been for the last couple days, so I was confused by this. But I couldn't get it to come back on. As it turns out, I had no way of knowing it, but the outlet it was plugged into is dead. I didn't realize it until I plugged it in elsewhere and it switched on just fine. Unfortunately it shut down abruptly when the battery died, so I've had some start-up problems. But I think they're resolved now.
The Graveyard Book won. I suspect this is the first time that the same book has won both the Hugo and the Newberry. Does anyone in the LJ Collective Mind know for sure?
This afternoon my computer suddenly warned me that the battery was low, and then shut off. It was plugged into an outlet in the hotel room at the time, as it's been for the last couple days, so I was confused by this. But I couldn't get it to come back on. As it turns out, I had no way of knowing it, but the outlet it was plugged into is dead. I didn't realize it until I plugged it in elsewhere and it switched on just fine. Unfortunately it shut down abruptly when the battery died, so I've had some start-up problems. But I think they're resolved now.