Whedonistas - Yay!
This is even better than Thanksgiving - our publisher has formally released the contributor list and Table of Contents for Wheondistas! Not only do we have fabulous professional writers, Jane "OMG" Espenson and Juliet Landau (I KNOW!) we also have an amazing collection of amateur fan writers (some plucked right off of LJ because my flist and flist of flist is AWESOME).
Want to see the list?
Introduction - Lynne M. Thomas and Deborah Stanish
The Girls Next Door: Learning to Live with the Living Dead and Never Even Break a Nail: Seanan McGuire
Ramping Up for a Decade with Joss Whedon: Nancy Holder
Outlaws & Desperadoes: Sharon Shinn
An Interview with Jane Espenson
My (Fantasy) Encounter with Joss Whedon (And What I’ve Learned from the Master): Jeanne C. Stein
The Ages of Dollhouse: Autobiography through Whedon: Sigrid Ellis
A Couch Potato’s Guide to Demon Slaying: Turning Strangers into Family, Buffy-Style: Heather Shaw
Smart Is Sexy: An Appreciation of Firefly’s Kaylee: Laurel Brown
Teething Troubles and Growing Up: Caroline Symcox
Transgressing with Spike and Buffy: NancyKay Shapiro
Brand New Day: The Evolution of the Doctor Horrible Fandom: Priscilla Spenser
“We’re Here to Save You”: Elizabeth Bear
Imperfectly Perfect: Why I Really Love Buffy For Being a Pill Sometimes: Mariah Huehner
My European Vacation: Kelly Hale
Romancing the Vampire and Other Shiny Bits: Lyda Morehouse/Tate Hallaway
An Interview with Juliet Landau
I Am Joss Whedon’s Bitch: Maria Lima
Going Dark: Jackie Kessler
Joss Giveth: Jaala Robinson
The Kindness of Monsters: Sarah Monette
Shelve Under Television, Young Adult: Jody Wurl
The Browncoat Connection: Dae Low
Late to the Party: What Buffy Never Taught Me about Being a Girl: Racheline Maltese
How an Atheist and His Demons Created a Shepherd: Meredith McGrath
Older and Far Away: Jamie Craig
Why Joss Is More Important Than His ‘Verse: Teresa Jusino
Let’s Go to Work: Catherynne M. Valente
Something to Sing About: Jenn Reese
Malcolm Reynolds, the Myth of the West, and Me: Emma Bull
I'm still sort of flailing a bit. ;) My only regret is The Essay That Got Away, a really well-written piece on the comics that, sadly, didn't mesh with the rest of the book. It still stings a little that we couldn't make it work.
Other than that? Best Monday ever! Now, if rarelylynne can recover from post-ChicagoTARDIS Con-over it will be a party of squee!
Want to see the list?
Introduction - Lynne M. Thomas and Deborah Stanish
The Girls Next Door: Learning to Live with the Living Dead and Never Even Break a Nail: Seanan McGuire
Ramping Up for a Decade with Joss Whedon: Nancy Holder
Outlaws & Desperadoes: Sharon Shinn
An Interview with Jane Espenson
My (Fantasy) Encounter with Joss Whedon (And What I’ve Learned from the Master): Jeanne C. Stein
The Ages of Dollhouse: Autobiography through Whedon: Sigrid Ellis
A Couch Potato’s Guide to Demon Slaying: Turning Strangers into Family, Buffy-Style: Heather Shaw
Smart Is Sexy: An Appreciation of Firefly’s Kaylee: Laurel Brown
Teething Troubles and Growing Up: Caroline Symcox
Transgressing with Spike and Buffy: NancyKay Shapiro
Brand New Day: The Evolution of the Doctor Horrible Fandom: Priscilla Spenser
“We’re Here to Save You”: Elizabeth Bear
Imperfectly Perfect: Why I Really Love Buffy For Being a Pill Sometimes: Mariah Huehner
My European Vacation: Kelly Hale
Romancing the Vampire and Other Shiny Bits: Lyda Morehouse/Tate Hallaway
An Interview with Juliet Landau
I Am Joss Whedon’s Bitch: Maria Lima
Going Dark: Jackie Kessler
Joss Giveth: Jaala Robinson
The Kindness of Monsters: Sarah Monette
Shelve Under Television, Young Adult: Jody Wurl
The Browncoat Connection: Dae Low
Late to the Party: What Buffy Never Taught Me about Being a Girl: Racheline Maltese
How an Atheist and His Demons Created a Shepherd: Meredith McGrath
Older and Far Away: Jamie Craig
Why Joss Is More Important Than His ‘Verse: Teresa Jusino
Let’s Go to Work: Catherynne M. Valente
Something to Sing About: Jenn Reese
Malcolm Reynolds, the Myth of the West, and Me: Emma Bull
I'm still sort of flailing a bit. ;) My only regret is The Essay That Got Away, a really well-written piece on the comics that, sadly, didn't mesh with the rest of the book. It still stings a little that we couldn't make it work.
Other than that? Best Monday ever! Now, if rarelylynne can recover from post-ChicagoTARDIS Con-over it will be a party of squee!