Locus Awards 2008 Announced
The winners are: SF Novel: The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon (HarperCollins) Fantasy Novel: Making Money by Terry Pratchett (Doubleday UK; HarperCollins) Young Adult Book: Un Lun Dun by China Miéville (Ballantine Del Rey; Macmillan UK) First Novel: Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill (Morrow; Gollancz) Novella: “After the Siege” by Cory Doctorow (The Infinite […]
Tall Writing Order
Today is going to be intense and it’s entirely possible that I will explode. Here’s what’s going down: At 10 PM I have to be showered, fed, and mentally prepared to write. Shortly after that point I need to be online. Why? I’ve arranged to do a 2 hour word war with a friend from […]
My Trip: Part Three (The Last Bits and Tearful Goodbyes)
My apologies for the lateness of this post. I have pictures left to put up and the last chunk of the story to tell. School just killed me and I forgot to get this up. So here it is. Last time I talked about the first two castles I’ve ever seen up close (Conisborough and […]
Stories Finish: Now What?
I’ve been working on two short stories as of late: Dreams of Priory and Nobody Gives a Crap About Compsagnathus (working title, I think). Both clock in around 8,000 words (the latter a little shorter, if memory serves me correctly). Both stories are drastically different too. The first story is a bizarre take on life, […]