The Asimov’s SF 2008 Reader’s Awards ballot is up. If you’ve read the magazine for the year, you can vote for which Novella, Novelette, Short Story, Poem, and Cover you liked best. I’m not saying you should necessarily vote for either of my pieces that appear on the list — there’s lots of good stuff to choose from — but if you did read all year, or read something in 2008 that really grabbed you and didn’t let go, then you should vote. You can even email it in until February 2nd!
Month: January 2009
Various Bitlets
I’m subscribed to a couple of hundred feeds over at Newsgator, but I have been seriously, seriously behind on nearly all of them — including the feeds of some close friends. I was just overwhelmed over the past year or so, and fell behind on everything. Anyway, in the past few days I chopped the items in the feeds from over 10,000 to just about 800 at present. That’s not bad, and I’m sure I’ll have to cull some more feeds and drop things I’m not reading, but if I can get it to 200-300 items a day, I’ll be …
Year’s Best… Who? Huh?
Gardner Dozois has posted the TOC for The Year’s Best Science Fiction, Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection, and if you check the list, you find my name beside my story “Lester Young and the Jupiter’s Moons’ Blues” which appeared in Asimov’s in July 2008. I’ve known for a few days now, and it is news I’m extremely happy to hear. But I figured I’d wait until the full table of contents was public before mentioning it. Looking at the TOC, there are so many names of people whose writing I’ve admired or adored for years and years, which only makes it an …
Comments Fixed
Somehow, a plugin I hadn’t used in ages was still running and shut down readers’ ability to comment. I didn’t realize it until just now, because I’ve posted so little over the holiday, but if you tried to comment over the last week or so, and couldn’t, that’s why. By the way, I’ve posted more than it seems, but it’s not visible right now except on the Arr Ess Ess feed. For reasons which will be clear in a little while. Until then… stay warm, and enjoy your holidays if you have some!
Happy New Year!
I won’t be updating for a day or two more — I’ve been (and still am) ill enough to be taking medicine, though it’s nothing serious. But I do plan on posting year end stuff, just, er, late. For now, this is something to do if you’re feeling ill like me.