…Angry Robot Books are offering the ebooks of their Ditmar-eligible titles for half price!
That includes Debris, but also Kaaron Warren’s Mistification, and Trent Jamieson’s Roil.
Just head over to their webstore, here, grab a bargain, and enjoy!
Mar 21
On nominations (was om nom nominations…)
This post shouldn’t be so hard to write. I’ve already written and deleted half a dozen poor attempts at humour, all because I find it a bit uncomfortable. So I’m going to be straight about it. Deep breath.
“It’s Ditmar time again and I have some eligible work and if you liked that work maybe you could nominate or vote for it?”
Phew.
The Ditmars are fan-voted Aussie spec fic awards, any active fan or member of Continuum can nominate. There’s a massive list of eligible work here (wow, we’re a pretty amazing and prolific bunch, aren’t we!) and the nomination form and rules and such are here.
Sooo… my eligible works are:
Best Novel
Debris, Angry Robot Books
Best Short Story
“Flowers in the Shadow of the Garden”, in Hope, Kayelle Press
“From the Dry Heart to the Sea”, in After the Rain, FableCroft Publishing
“Out Hunting For Teeth”, in Midnight Echo 6, AHWA
“The Sea at Night”, in Dead Red Heart, Ticonderoga Publications.
And… err… I’m eligible for Best New Talent.
So, there we go. That wasn’t so hard after all! You know what I’m going to do now? Nominate my favourite books and short stories from 2011! Now THAT’s fun. I encourage you to do the same 🙂
Mar 03
Two shots of short stories, stat!
The mail-person delivered two nice packages this week: ASIM #53 with my story High Density in it, and Tales of the Talisman Vol VIII, Issue 3 with my story Tied to the Waste in it. Hooray, proof that I exist!
Unfortunately Navi refused to pose with them this time. What’s up with that?
So I tried to convince Chess, who had no idea what was going on.
I call this one “Short stories, with cat foot”.
Feb 19
ASIM #53 launched!
Andromdea Spaceways Inflight Magazine #53 has launched, and my story High Density is on board. Actually, I’m kinda taking over the ship a bit, because there’s also an interview with me in there. I’m sure I say some very deep and meaningful things… 😉
High Density is exactly what’s happening in my street. Well, maybe not exactly (there’s no army of old folks battling the Density here, as far as I’m aware…) but close enough. It’s about coping with change when it all happens too fast, and the magical artifacts we hold onto, the ones with the strength of our memories and past. It’s absolutely about the giant monolith of a terribly ugly house that’s just been built two doors up from me. The one that looks like a massive white lego block with a swimming pool, a garage big enough to swallow the street, and no backyard. There used to be a cute 1950s brick house there, and a huge garden. Did I mention it now looks like a lego block??
… sorry. *breathes*
Anyway, ASIM #53, edited by Patty Jansen, taking off!
