And now:  Off to Stonington Farmers' Market - wearing my HARD LUCK CAFE: Bordertown T-shirt!

Which reminds me that I meant to tell you:

As we were driving up here to Maine from Readercon, we stopped at a roadside joint for BBQ.  The guy behind the counter was very friendly - he'd just come back from a memorial for his "second mother," and inclined to ( Read more... )

We are very pleased to announce the BORDERTOWN Study Guide for Teachers and Librarians, now up on BordertownSeries.com!

Now, we could use some help from you actual Teachers & Librarians (and students)!

Can you help us spread the word to your colleagues & peers? Suggest ways we can let others know about it?

Here is the basic description/introduction ( ( Read more... )

Traders' Heaven is officially open, and it's taking all my self-control not to spend every penny I've got on Bordertown Lives! T-shirts, Dancing Ferret bar glasses, Elsewhere Books postcards & coffeemugs, Hard Luck Cafe jerseys, Taco Hell tank tops, Khandromas (Midori Snyder's Tibetan girl skater gang) charm bracelets, and, y'know, stuff that ( Read more... )

The “Bring a Friend to Bordertown” contest, sponsored by the editors of the new Welcome to Bordertown trade paperback anthology, ends at one minute to midnight (E.S.T.) TONIGHT!

See the contest rules, plus links to entries by fans who have already created passionate, funny, and moving letters, songs, and artwork, inviting a friend to join them on ( Read more... )

More addictive than Mad River water!
Lighter than a Spell Box!
Cheaper than a round of drinks at the Dancing Ferret . . . . 
It’s the:
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Look what we just got!


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'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... )

It's BORDERTOWN DAY on magick4terri !

Come see what Billy Buttons found for you at Traders' Heaven.

And spread the word.

Because in B-town, we look after our own.

No, really:  2 podcasts have just popped up for your weekend driving/listening/housepainting/room-cleaning/carrot-chopping pleasure:

PodCastle:  32 minutes, includes Holly Black, Amal El-Mohtar, Tim Pratt, and the most spectacular cackle of mirth from Anna at the end (with Dave being the Perfect Gentleman)

&

SFSignal (long & fun - for me, anyway!) ( Read more... )