Daily Archives: June 10, 2008
BFS Recommended
Posted on June 10, 2008 13 Comments
Well, this is cool, and unexpected: The British Fantasy Society has placed Whatever on its recommendation list for one of its annual awards, in the “Best Non-Fiction” category. Neat! It’s nice to be appreciated. I have absolutely no idea whether I’ll win, but I’m happy enough to have Whatever recommended. Between this and the fan […]
How to Save Your State Economy
Posted on June 10, 2008 40 Comments
Bring on the same-sex marriages! A study issued this week by UCLA’s Williams Institute for Sexual Orientation and the Law projected that gay men and lesbians will spend $684 million on cakes, photographers and other services over the next three years unless voters reverse the high court’s ruling in the fall. The researchers found that […]
The Book Haul, 6/10/08
Posted on June 10, 2008 59 Comments
At the doorstep today, a lot of stuff from Ace, and a couple of things from Del Rey: First, I’m happy to say that this is the first week in a long time in which all the book covers which feature women actually bother to show the whole woman — i.e., that thing where they […]
A Book A Year
Posted on June 10, 2008 40 Comments
There’s some grumbling out there in the writerverse about this article, in which some bestselling novelists bitch and moan about their publisher’s hope that they’ll bang out a book year. Publishers want a book year because it works really well with the publishing cycle: An author’s new hardcover book will come out just as his […]
Whatever Everyone Else is Saying