First, a big congratulations to my friends who made the Nebula ballot - Vylar Kaftan, Chris Kastensmidt, Aliette de Bodard, J. Kathleen Cheney, Eric James Stone, Caroline Yoachim, and Mary Robinette Kowal. Good luck!

Also, congrats to Mike Rimar from my writing group, The Stop-Watch Gang, who made his second pro sale. His story "Four Wizards and A ( Read more... )

Fantasy Magazine would like "The Gold Silkworm"! My first there. This one's based on one of the stranger magics of ancient China. I have to thank my new writing group, The Stop-Watch Gang, for their comments on this one.

(What's the Stop-Watch Gang? Well, check out Stephen Kotowych's blog entry on us.)

I didn't get around to posting a year's end summary for 2008 until the first day of 2009, so I'm going to post early this time like I did in 2007, partly in hopes that it will help me figure out my 2010 resolutions (in a later post).

New stories published in 2009: 6

• "The Shadow-Witch", Cinema Spec, Raven Electrick Ink (print, short story/fantasy)
  
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