The Murverse Mothership

I am stunned, honored, and humbled (and proud- can I be proud and humble? The jury is out) to say that I have been nominated for three Hugo awards this year. Fancast (Ditch Diggers), Semiprozine (Escape Pod), and Novel (Six Wakes).

I got an email about Ditch Diggers getting the nod for Best Fancast early in the morning, and I was very happy. I waited impatiently for Matt to wake up on the west coast so we could exchange excited texts and Office quotes all morning.

WE ARE WARRIORS

I had lunch with friends, where Ursula Vernon and I quietly celebrated our nominations (she was nominated in Short Story and the new YA Not-A-Hugo – congrats, Ursula!). We went out for coffee afterwards, and then I got the email about Escape Pod being a finalist for Semiprozine. This is the first Hugo nomination for any Escape Artist podcast, and the first time a podcast magazine has been nominated in this category. I informed our publishers and then had a “holy crap!” call with my co-editor, SB Divya. I’m so proud of our team.

Two nominations. I was feeling pretty damn cool about right now.

It was dope.

That night I played Overwatch and drank a glass or two of wine. This was officially “holy crap I’m nominated for two Hugos” wine.

Mood right about now.

Then the third email, the BIG ONE, came in. I had to throw the controller at Fiona so she could take over playing Lucio for me, and then I read the email and tried very hard to parse the meaning. I’ve never had a major fiction nomination before, and now my novel has been nominated for the Philip K Dick, Nebula, AND HUGO.

I’ll be attending WorldCon in San Jose in August, decked out, dressed up, and no matter whether I win or lose, it’s going to be an awesome night.

Three nominations, man. I never ever expected this.

Congrats to all of the nominees! Full list here.

(Future posts will have the report from NorwesCon and commentary on the Hugo ballot as a whole. Spoiler- it is DOPE.)