So, a few things happening in the wild world of publishing.

MOONSHINE's pub date has been changed from February 16 2010 to May 11 2010. They've also changed the format from hardcover to trade paperback.

It's honestly a pretty big move this late in the game (galleys have gone out with the original format, price and date) but the good news is that the ( Read more... )

So, I know I should be offline and detoxing while enjoying the scenery and the world's longest train ride, but of course I have a layover for about two seconds in Chicago, wandered into downtown, found some free wifi and had to indulge my sad internet addiction.

Thus: the second half of my story "The Yeast of Eire" is up at Strange Horizons. (Hope ( Read more... )

I thought I'd mention that the first part of my short story, "The Yeast of Eire" is now up at Strange Horizons.

Here's the first paragraph:

A few years ago we hosted a Teuton man-at-arms who, among his expected effects, also bore with him a giant silver goose. He had named this beast Tridanesus, which he alternately defined as either "bird of heaven' ( Read more... )

So, as you might have heard, my novel MOONSHINE is coming out in February 2010. The publisher has galleys, and one of the things I really wanted to do with this book is use the Power of Livejournal Fandom (or something) to help stir up some interest (assuming that it's there to be stirred).

Here's the cover:


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Before I forget,  PodCastle has posted an audio reprint of my Strange Horizons short story, Shard of Glass.

(For the curious, this is the story that prompted a certain reviewer to dismiss it because they figured I was bi-racial like the main character. Which I am not. I wrote about the experience for the Angry Black Woman a while back).

It's read ( Read more... )

Hola, mis amigos! Due to the week of Wiscon insanity (oh, how I loved that convention), I completely forgot to mention to you that my friend and fellow Altered Fluid member, Kris Dikeman, has a story in this year's top ten finalists for the Million Writers Award. Not only is this a great, amazing tale (a crossroads story from the POV of the devil's ( Read more... )

Seasons one and two of Supernatural, that's where ( Read more... )

I cannot keep this inside any longer.

I HAVE BLURBS!!

And oh boy, are they blurbs. I am so excited to have these awesome writers' comments on my book, I cannot even tell you. Here's three:

“In MOONSHINE, Alaya Johnson's gripping, fast moving story, vampire gangs are prowling the Lower East Side of 1920s New York.  They are no match for her spunky, ( Read more... )

"Happy?" you say.

Yes, well.

On Monday, I'm going to be at the Tompkins Square Park branch of the NYC public library, doing a reading of my most execrable pieces written during my teenage years. I came very close to picking some of my Sailor Moon fanfic, but I'm holding back :)

It's at 4pm, which pretty much excludes everyone I know who isn't still in ( Read more... )