May 2010

Taboo 3 Reading at Wiscon

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I’m not here right now. At the sound of the beep, I will probably be flying over the flyover states, only to stop and land in one of them: Wisconsin, where there will be Wisconnage. Wiscon is probably my favorite SFF convention, with its mix of Deep Social Issues conversation and sheer aesthetically-pleasing silliness: Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab perfume samples, the Dessert Salon’s gustatory glory, the chance to wear shiny things. I only hate that writing work has forced me to withdraw from the Concom; for a con as dynamic as this, I’m happy to roll up my sleeves and […]

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Altered Fluid Reads at NYRSF

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And now for something completely different… From the New York Review of Science Fiction‘s press release: NYRSF presents An Evening with Altered Fluid’s N. K. Jemisin E.C. Myers Devin Poore Tuesday, June 1st — Doors open 6:30 PM SoHo Gallery for Digital Art 138 Sullivan Street  $5 suggested donation  In which I will get to read with the folks from my kickass writing group! This is a bit last-minute so I haven’t decided yet what I’m going to read — probably not from The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, as the attendees at NYRSF events overlap heavily with those who heard me read

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Don’t Put My Book in the African American Section.

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Very few things could lure me out of the fugue-state of finishing a novel, but a note that I received yesterday from a reader sent me into full-on rant mode: I just finished reading The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, and I enjoyed it a lot. I was confused, though, to see that my library had chosen to shelve it under “African-American Fiction,” a separate section of the library. If this were standard policy for how the library handles African-American authors, I wouldn’t blink, but Butler, Delany, Hopkinson, and Durham are all shelved under “General Fiction” with the rest of the library’s

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Last Minute Promo is Last Minute

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Gah! Been so obsessed with book 3 that I’ve missed a few things. Quick update: First, I’m going to be phone interviewed tonight, at the blog Other Worlds of Romance. You can tune in on BlogTalk Radio (see the widget on her site). Next! I’ll be at Wiscon starting on Thursday. I did mention that, at least. More! NYC-area folks, my writing group Altered Fluid will be the gala — which is New Yorkian for “last minute” — guests at the NYRSF reading this coming Tuesday. I and three of my AF peeps will be reading short pieces, so come

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It’s official…

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I don’t like to announce deals until they’re set in stone — i.e., I’ve signed the contract or otherwise have everything in writing. So I’ve actually been sitting on this news for over a month, because that’s how long contracts take in the publishing world (usually longer, especially internationally). But anyway — Polish rights for The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms have sold to — apologies if I leave out some accents and agraves, don’t have time to look up the HTML, and there are a lot of them — Wydawnictwo Papierowy Ksiezyc S. C., R. Szymanski, A. Wroblewski. (I think that’s

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The Million Voting Readers

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(Hmm. Was going for the same rhythm as “The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms”, but I think the post title needs more syllables for that.) I didn’t win a Nebula, but good things are still happening re my short stories. This time it’s the Million Writers Award, for which my story “Non-Zero Probabilities” is now one of the top ten picks for 2009! But wait, there’s more — one of my fellow Altered Fluidians is competing with me again! (Last time was Saladin Ahmed, for the Nebula.) This time it’s Alaya Dawn Johnson, who besides trying to steal my thunder has also

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And in the ‘Better Luck Next Time’ category…

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…may it please those of you attending Worldcon this year to remember that “Non-Zero Probabilities” has also been nominated for a Hugo? Speaking of which, the Hugo Voter Packet is now available for download, including my little story. And in other news, am waiting for the contracts so that I can announce the sale of some additional foreign-language and audio rights to The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, etc. I prefer not to say something’s a done deal ’til I’ve signed on the bottom line. But I will happily hint all over the place!

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Nebulas

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Didn’t win. (The NYC Simulcast was fun, though.) But I’m honestly not put out about that, because — as I’d been telling people for the past few days — I know and like something like 5 of the 7 nominees in the short story category personally, and I thought most of the stories up for award were phenomenal (haven’t read two of them yet, though), so I don’t mind losing in this situation. Some great writers did win, like Kij Johnson (my category) and Paolo Bacigalupi and Eugie Foster, and I just can’t feel bad about that. Besides… next year,

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Commence Breath Holding in T-Minus 26:00…

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So, there’s this little award in the science fiction/fantasy realm called the Nebula. It’s big stuff. And see, there’s this author named N. K. Jemisin, who’s up for one of these nice awards for a short story that she wrote. And, well, tomorrow night she’ll find out if she won it. ::ulp:: Cross your fingers for me, folks. Gonna be a bit of a basket case for the next day or so. Granted, either way I’ll be okay. I never expected to be on the Neb ballot this early in my career; if I don’t win, there will be other

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