Daily Archives: December 26, 2007
“The ‘It’ Couple of Young-Adult Lit”
Posted on December 26, 2007 6 Comments
Look at this: The Village Voice has a big, gushy article about my pals Justine Larbalestier and Scott Westerfeld, talking about how cool they are and how everyone loves them and how they smell nice and everything. Well, it’s all true. Remember, kids: Scott and Justine are the Guests of Honor at this year’s ConFusion […]
The Pity Stuffer
Posted on December 26, 2007 11 Comments
Today I went out and partook in my tradition of picking up the latest edition of the Writer’s Market and carrying its phonebook-sized mass home with me and parking it on my desk. I’ve been doing this more or less every year since I became a full-time freelancer, in 1998; in no time since then […]
The Final Ficlets Big Idea, Plus ’07 Big Idea/Author Interview Index
Posted on December 26, 2007 2 Comments
Today I posted the final “Big Idea” entry I’ll have over at Ficlets, and it’s from Nathalie Mallet, the author whom Night Shade Books had debut its mass market paperback line with the fantasy/mystery novel, The Princes of the Golden Cage. Kind of cool to debut an entire new line of books, I’d say. Well […]
A Month of Writers, Day Twenty: Chris Roberson
Posted on December 26, 2007 2 Comments
Chris Roberson is a triple threat: He’s a writer, he’s an editor and he’s a publisher — and he’s good enough at each that he’s been nominated for a World Fantasy Award for each of these talent. He’s also been nominated for the Campbell and Sidewise awards, twice each, and won the latter in 2004. […]
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