Sale #8

Wiscon was crazy fun, and quite overstimulating. Came back to an acceptance for "The Mermaid Collector" from Book of Dark Wisdom. I also have a story, "Yakov and the Crows", in the upcoming issue (#10).

GrendelSong

GrendelSong is now available for pre-order. Check it out!

Reviewer and reviewee

My review of July 2006 Asimov's is posted on Tangent Online. I really liked this issue, since there were several stories that dealt with touching, meaningful questions.

Also, my story upcoming in Fantasy #3 was reviewed here, along with excellent stories by Darby Harn, M. Thomas, and Hannah Wolf Bowen.

Jigsaw Nation is here!

Barnes and Noble has it for a nice discount, so buy a copy. It's a very nice book.

Yay!

Alphabet Angels won the Analog Science Fiction and Fact's AnLab Award in short fiction category. Full results here.

New Review

FantasyBookSpot.com just posted a wonderful review of ACCORDING TO CROW.

Excerpt: "According to Crow is ultimately a haunting tale filled with vivid images and disturbing revelations. With war comes choices, and for Josiah these are the most important ones of his life. <> Not for the faint of heart, but those seeking a story deep with history and brimming with colorful characters that tear at your heartstrings with their actions, then look no further. It is wholly captivating."


Check it out!

WisCon

Got my preliminary Wiscon schedule. Rah!

Cultural Appropriation & Writing Fantasy Outside Western tradition (Writing SF&F: The Craft)
Saturday, 9:00-10:15 p.m.

Technologies Other Than Computers (Science and Technology)
Saturday, 10:30-11:45 p.m.

The End Of Reductionism? (Science and Technology)
Sunday, 10:00-11:15 a.m.

Goblin Fruit

The inaugural issue of Goblin Fruit is live! Go check out wonderful poetry by Eric Marin, Mike Allen, and Bruce Boston. Marvel at gorgeous illustrations by Oliver Hunter!

I have a poem there too.

Another sale

"Cherrystone and Shards of Ice" sold to HP Lovecraft's Magazine of Horror.

Also, I am going to be at WisCon this year, May 26-29. Is anyone else going?

Two new sales to report

A Thousand Cuts sold to Other Than, a new venture from Darby Harn. Munashe and the Spirits will appear in the inaugural issue of GrendelSong. Both look like really nice mags, and I'm quite pleased to have placed stories with both of them.

Flabbergasted!

Just heard that my poem, "Sandman's Sestina", was nominated for Rhysling Poetry Award in short poem category, and will be reprinted in the 2006 Rhysling Anthology. Yay!

Sale #3

"Manuel and the magic Fox" sold to Fantasy Magazine. It's a very slick publication, and they published a bunch of great stories in their premiere issue. I'm happy that my fusion of Japanese and Navajo folklore with WWII found a home.

Locus Recommended Reading

"Alphabet Angels", co-authored with David Bartell, made the Locus Recommended Reading list 2005.

A very positive review of "Poe's Progeny" can be found here.

Oceans of the Mind

Here is the preview of my story published in Oceans of the Mind. Read! Enjoy! Subscribe!

Interview

Darby Harn, a fellow writer, was kind enough to interview me here.

Read! Comment!

Stuff

I sold my poem "The Inquisitor's Villanelle" to a new poetry webzine, Goblin Fruit (love the name) for their inaugural issue. Link will be posted as soon as their website is up.

Spent the last week or two in feverish activity, writing and otherwise. Two new stories are now out in the mail; two more are being written. A very welcome change from last fall.

First Sale of 2006

"Sagekites' Land", the story I'm inordinately fond of, sold to Strange Pleasures 6, an anthology from Prime. Very happy to have placed that one.

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End of the year stats

Written: 18 short stories, and 1 novel
Sold: 13 short stories, 3 nonfiction pieces, 1 poem
Published: 15 short stories, 1 novel, 29 reviews for Tangent, 2 reviews elsewhere

Next year, I hope to increase my short story output, and finish "The Tinker's Daughter". Also, I would love to snag an agent and get another novel out there.

Four Things

FOUR JOBS YOU'VE HAD IN YOUR LIFE:
1. Lab tech
2. Seller of used records
3. Bartender
4. Professor

FOUR MOVIES YOU COULD WATCH OVER AND OVER:
1. The Usual Suspects
2. Leolo
3. Stalker
4. Fargo

FOUR CITIES YOU'VE LIVED IN:
1. Moscow
2. Boston
3. New Brunswick, NJ
4. Elizabeth, NJ

FOUR TV SHOWS YOU LOVE TO WATCH:
1. The Simpsons
2. South Park
3. Family Guy
4. Mythbusters

FOUR PLACES YOU'VE BEEN ON VACATION:
1. NYC
2. London
3. Atlanta
4. Kamchatka

FOUR WEBSITES YOU VISIT DAILY:
1. izvestia.ru
2. TTA message board
3. sff.net
4. http://queryletters.blogspot.com/

FOUR OF YOUR FAVOURITE FOODS:
1. sushi
2. pad thai
3. brie
4. stuffed mushrooms

FOUR SCHOOLS YOU'VE ATTENDED:
1. Moscow State University
2. Rutgers
3. My high school
4. that's it

FOUR THINGS YOU FIND YOURSELF SAYING A LOT:
1. If you're a plant...
2. Cats are so great
3. The hell?
4. I have to feed the lizards

FOUR PLACES YOU'D RATHER BE RIGHT NOW:
1. London
2. St Petersburg
3. New Zealand
4. Venice