Castle and Shine

[mariness]

Yesterday was, to put it mildly, a hideous day, with approximately two good things in it: one, Castle got renewed, as if ABC knew I needed something, and second, it was the official launch of Shine
an anthology of Optimistic SF, available through Barnes and Noble, Amazon, Powells, Books-A-Million and through local and independent bookstores. (I

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[skogkatt]

I actually found Shine on the shelves at the Borders in downtown Boston on Monday afternoon. It made me happy, as I am always happy to see new releases by friends. Pity about Nick Mamatas getting the title of your story wrong. His version does sound like a pretty sad title. I enjoyed the story, and found the real title just fine.

[mariness]

Eh. Apparently he wrote the review in airports and on planes, so I'm willing to cut him more slack here. And I have to agree with his general point that titles are not my thing and I really need to work on writing better ones. (I reserve the right to disagree with him or get mad when he's wrong, though :) )

But, yay! Borders in Boston!!!! This cheers me up :)