Contemplation, at the end of a season
It’s the end of awards season in SFFdom. The Killing Moon was published in May of 2012, and I meant to address this in May of 2013, after it had been on the market for a year — but when the book got...
View ArticleNot the affirmative action you meant, not the history you’re making
So many people have said so many good things about the Hugo Awards debacle in the past few days. I haven’t said much myself because a) I’ve got a book to write, and b) I don’t really care. I mean, I do...
View ArticleAn open letter to the WSFS about unintended consequences
ETA: I missed that there’s been a new development since I started writing this; the folks putting forward the proposal are dropping the novelette clause. Still not liking the “saga” portion of the...
View ArticleWhew.
That’s a sigh of relief. One less thing to feel conflicted about. One more thing I can celebrate freely, easily, and without reservation. I’m talking about the World Fantasy Award, which will now no...
View ArticleMy 2015 Awards Post, For Those of You Who Keep Asking Me What Eligible Works...
…Well, that was easy. The post My 2015 Awards Post, For Those of You Who Keep Asking Me What Eligible Works I Wrote in That Year appeared first on Epiphany 2.0.
View ArticleSo, this happened
Yeah, so. Cool. This makes Hugo nom number three. Going to be an interesting year. But all things considered, I’m pleased; I’m actually going to have a hard time voting in my category because I like...
View ArticleHOLY FUCKING SHIT I WON A HUGO
In realtime, I am speechless. Fortunately, I wrote a speech ahead of time, which was read beautifully by Campbell nominee Alyssa Wong in my stead at the ceremony. Here’s the text: My apologies for not...
View ArticleScattered Post-Hugo Thoughts
These will be scattered because I’m in the middle of today’s wordcount, and therefore I don’t have time to make them clear or organized in any way. Book 3 proceeds! I’ve had time to process the Hugo...
View ArticleWithdrawing from the Dragon Awards
So, amid the furor of preparing for a book launch, I’ve had to divert time to another matter. I found out belatedly that The Obelisk Gate had been nominated for the Dragon Awards, basically when I...
View ArticleHugo Nomination Rumination
As I’ve mentioned on social media, I only have two works eligible for awards nomination from 2017: The Stone Sky, and my Uncanny short story Henosis. Last year was tough, so I didn’t get much writing...
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