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End of February-Various notes

This was titled “End of January Notes” and, uh, it was still in the draft folder. So I’m not sure what happened there.

I’m currently at a writing retreat, writing my butt off, but not doing much else. Right now I’m cleaning up the site a bit as a break from writing. So blog stuff!

  • I was recently on the Story Men podcast for a fun interview.
  • Lori Puma listed the 33 best podcasts for publishing your first novel in 2018, and ISBW made the cut!
  • We are offering transcription for both podcasts now! It’s up for Patreon supporters as soon as it’s done, and up for the rest of the world a week later. It’s definitely not a free service I’m using, so Patreon support now is more appreciated than ever!
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Philip K. Dick Award Nominees Announced!

Last Thursday, after a pretty crappy day, I got an all caps text from my agent telling me that Six Wakes is on the ballot for the Philip K. Dick Award!

HOLY SHIT.

So now my years’ plans include attending NorWesCon March 30-April 1! Can’t wait to see the west coast people!

Here’s the whole nominee list:

The Book of Etta by Meg Elison (47North)
Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty (Orbit)
After the Flare by Deji Bryce Olukotun (The Unnamed Press)
The Wrong Stars by Tim Pratt (Angry Robot)
Revenger by Alastair Reynolds (Orbit)
Bannerless by Carrie Vaughn (Mariner/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
All Systems Red by Martha Wells (Tor.com)

The Philip K. Dick Award is presented annually with the support of the Philip K. Dick Trust for distinguished science fiction published in paperback original form in the United States during the previous calendar year.  The award is sponsored by the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society and the Philip K. Dick Trust and the award ceremony is sponsored by the Northwest Science Fiction Society.

The award will be announced on Friday, March 30, 2018 at Norwescon 41 in SeaTac, Washington. For more information, you can go to their website.

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Awardy Eligible Things!

It’s HEY I AM ELIGIBLE FOR AWARDS time again! So hang up your Hugo stocking and start singing those Nebula carols and cook the Locus beast! Here’s what I accomplished in 2017:

  • Eligible for Science Fiction novel categories: Six Wakes
  • Eligible for Nonfiction/Related Works categories: I Should Be Writing
  • Eligible for Podcast/Fancast categories: Ditch Diggers and I Should Be Writing
  • Eligible for Semi-Prozine categories: Escape Pod
  • Eligible for Best Editor (Short form): Mur Lafferty, Divya Breed, Norm Sherman (Escape Pod editorial team of 2017 – please include each name if you’re inclined to nominate one of us) 
  • Eligible for Best Short Story: “Not for Nothing” (From a Certain Point of View)

Did I forget something? Probably. I’m bad with the “what hat am I wearing at this point in time?” problem.

Not-Me Work That’s Awesome Too

I don’t like to promote too much of other people’s stuff for awards time, partly because I feel so bummed when others post their favorite stuff and my work doesn’t make the cut. I’m a softie. But I would like to put forth a few things I enjoyed, namely:

  • “An Unexpected Honor” for Best Related Work — although B&N published it as a flash story so maybe it’s eligible for best short story: this was Ursula Vernon’s wildly popular and completely absurd Hugo acceptance speech about whalefall.
  • clipping’s The Deep for Best Short Dramatic Work: (they continue to push the envelope with SF storytelling in hiphop.)
  • Horizon Zero Dawn for Best Long Dramatic Work: (This one was amazing, because I felt I had the whole thing figured out, but no, it still blew my mind.)
  • The Good Place Season 1 for Best Long Dramatic Work: (If you want to go Short Dramatic work and choose one episode that aired last year, I’d vote for “Chapter 14: Everything is Great!” with “Ch. 10: Chidi’s Choice” and “Ch. 12: Mindy St. Claire” as close, tied seconds)
  • Alasdair Stuart for Fan Writer, one of the hardest working and least self promoting people I know.
  • The other podcast magazines from Escape Artists: Podcastle, Pseudopod, and Cast of Wonders for Semipro Zine and Best Short Fiction Editor(s).  (All four podcasts have been releasing free short fiction for years, with little recognition.)
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I Should Be Writing is out in two weeks!

I Should Be Writing coverIt’s hard to believe, but my book based on the show, I Should Be Writing, will be out in two short weeks! You can preorder through most any seller, and preordering is a happy, happy thing for authors to have. If you want to wait till you hold it in your hands, that’s awesome too, because hey, sales are cool.

It has a lot of content from the shows, but it also has writing prompts and comments from your angel and devil shoulder citizens, or as I like to call them, the muse and the bully. I hope you check it out!

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Bookburners Season Three!

I know I’m a few weeks late, but Bookburners Season Three is out at Serial Box! If you’re a fan of the first two seasons, the wait is over and you can start to read (or listen) to our highest-stake season yet! You won’t know who to trust and who to count on, and you really won’t believe what we have in store.

You can read the news at the Barnes and Noble Blog, and learn more about subscribing at Serial Box.

If you’re not a Bookburners listener/reader, then you can start with Season One in book form!

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