H-3 (in this case, H meaning “holidays”, or the closest thing thereof). Arg. Will survive.
Currently reading: my back issues of Asimov’s (haven’t had time to open one all summer long). Really liked Nancy Fulda’s “Backlash”, a story of time-travel and fixing mistakes–a quick romp, but with all-too-believable depths about families, past mistakes (and a particularly nasty and realistic depiction...
...I mentioned way back in April? Looks like it’s gone public: my non-fiction piece, “The View from the Other Side”, about non-Western/non-Anglophone SF, will appear in the September issue of Asimov’s .
First time I have non-fiction in a major venue, on a fairly controversial topic. Should be fun…
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...starting to get the hang of this cooking thing.
Also worked on a Sekrit Project, which I should be allowed to make public soon.
Finally, look at this: the TOC for the July 2010 issue of Asimov’s , which includes my Xuya novelette “The Jaguar House, in Shadow”. I can haz pretty cover (with my name on it, w00t).
Cross-posted from Aliette de Bodard
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The Dam Is Broken - The Floodgates Are Open John Scalzi pointed out today that Asimov's is now accepting electronic submissions . Revised guidelines are here and the new E-sub web address is here . The system takes both .DOC and .RTF files. I've previously commented that Rich Text Files in my opinion are more polite -- it's much harder to send a virus laden RTF file than a Microsoft Please...
So I'm excited to share the news that I have a nice long new story in Asimov's and, surprise, I made the cover! Wow! Nobody tells me anything! I mean, the artwork must be for Nick Wolven's story, but look at that splashy little bit of love just above the bar code. Who is that guy?!?! Uh, I'm also told there's a full page ad for Plague Zone in this issue, which is pretty rockin'. It's...
