I’ve now seen the full ratings list (PDF) for the February issue. My book got the only “Gold” rating in the whole issue.
::dies again::
While I’m on the subject of RT, they interviewed me! It will show up in their March issue, paired with the interview of another Brooklyn-based author; RT is giving the [...]
Archive for December 2009
More on Romantic Times
Power and Privilege in Fantasy over at Orbit Blog
Posted some general thoughts on power and privilege in fantasy over at Orbit, though framing it with the discussion of science fiction and horror film trailers. Which is not as much of a contradiction as it sounds like! Go lookee. (Closing comments here; if you want to say something, say it there. [...]
ROMANTIC TIMES WHOA YEAH BABY
Have heard about two phenomenal reviews from major outlets in the last few days, which have constituted the BEST CHRISTMAS GIFTS EVAR. One of them I can’t tell you about until it’s official. The other, though, my agent sent to me tonight (yes, on a Saturday, day after Christmas, is she amazing or [...]
Cold-Blooded Necessity
I haven’t previously weighed in on the Great Pay Rate Debate triggered by this post by John Scalzi* because a) I’m busy, and b) I don’t care. Which is not to say that the pay issue is irrelevant — it’s definitely relevant, and important. I just don’t care about it. It’s not [...]
Rebooting
Apologies for the silence here lately — but there’s been a good reason for it. I haven’t talked a lot about Book 3 of the Inheritance Trilogy here much because it’s been oddly fragile in my head. See, in the days before book deals and deadlines and whatnot, I was like most writers [...]
So much to say
…about Book 3 and the writing process and so on, but that’ll have to wait because I’m writing like a madwoman right now. But resting my carpal tunnels by reading other people’s blogs, so saw this incident mentioned in several places, and all over every mailing list I’m on. Basically, SF author Peter [...]
Guest post at Jeff VanderMeer’s blog
…in which I return to a favorite subject, whether the new urban fantasy is all that different from the old urban fantasy. Go check it.
Don’t Say I Never Gave Ya’ll Nothin’
To ring in the holiday season with something a little less painful than shopping insanity and family drama, sample chapter 1 of The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms is now live for your viewing pleasure. Chapter 2 will be released in January, and chapter 3 at the beginning of February, all as part of the countdown [...]
