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27/12/04
See you in the new year, people. May it
bring wonderful things for everyone.
24/12/04
The country is shut down and I’m writing.
This is a good thing. Excellent production over the last couple of days
and very nearly there. Off to the USA in a couple of days and I’m really looking
forward to the break. I was supposed to
have three weeks but I got bullied into cutting that back to two. Not very happy about that.
10/12/04
The year is drawing to a close and the cold is upon us. I’m currently sitting in a hotel in Cologne. Outside, it
is foggy and below 0 degrees. Inside,
I’m on a marathon to finish The Star Tablet. Jack’s in an interesting place right
now, so all is well. The workbeast
continues on Monday, so I need to get significant wordage finished. This morning brought a rewrite request from a
particular market, and it doesn’t feel like the request is too
arduous. It’s a market I’d
like to appear in too, so I expect I’ll have the work done as soon as I
can. The short fiction production, of
course, at the moment, is rather inhibited by the pressure from the novel, but
I should be able to address that in the new year. The readings went very well, and some stock
signing at Blackwell’s was also worthwhile. Meantime, both Metal Sky and Wyrmhole
keep bouncing up and down on the bestseller lists at www.ereader.com.
Any purchases gratefully appreciated.
Enjoy the cold, people. I do.
19/11/05
Having just had a quick back and forth with the editor, we have decided to
change the name of the story appearing in the forthcoming Superluminal 1
anthology. “I” is a much
better title. Thanks Nigel. Also, I’m to be reading from The
Thackery T. Lambshead Guide with several others before an invited
audience on 2nd December.
It’s in an old operating theatre, so it should be interestingly
fun.
16/11/04
I don’t know how long it will last, but Metal Sky has just been
released at www.ereader.com. Metal Sky, at least today, is the
number 3 bestseller in Science Fiction and number 4 in Mystery and
Detectives. The nice thing is that Wyrmhole
is number 5 in Science Fiction too.
13/11/04
It’s sad that these updates have only been occurring about monthly. Still, it’s an indication of the level
of bandwidth I have at the moment, what with the perpetual long hours in Germany and the continuing work on The Star Tablet. I am pleased to report, however, that the
Borders evening went well. Healthy
discussion, good questions, but a strangeness in not having any of the books
there. I’d been into Borders a
month earlier to prep them with details of the book, ISBN, etc., but not only
had they neglected to order any of my books, they had none of JCG’s most
recent either. Poor show, guys. There’s an upcoming launch party for
the British edition of The Thackery T. Lambshead Guide and
that will be a pleasure to attend, catch up, get out of my cave, all that
stuff. Meanwhile, back to the
book…!
05/10/04
And almost a full month again. Just
shows how the workbeast is sucking the time.
I’ll be back to Germany again this week.
I’ve had some good news on the writing front which I can’t
share for a couple of months yet, but also confirmation that my story
“Mandragon” will be appearing in Fusing Horizons #4. Metal Sky is out there and seems to
be doing okay, so that’s nice too.
16/09/04
Wow! A month has
passed and I’ve not updated. Back
from Boston and have had a stunning and productive Worldcon. Many, many panels and signings, and the books
sold out in the dealer’s room.
Hello to all I saw or met there for the first time. You know who you are. I visited New York after the event to meet with agent and editor and
also have some other publishing excursions.
Metal Sky seemed to be pretty well represented in the
bookstores in Manhattan and copies of Wyrmhole still available, so
that’s good too. Go and buy the
books, folks. Keep me writing.
And, a couple of reviews and
commentary out there. Check this out.
Back in Germany again and here for another week. Much writing to be had over the weekend in
the hotel room. I’ve done a lot of
work that way in the past, so hopefully my productivity will be high. I should be back in time zone by the end of
this week.
31/07/04
July. Pfah. Dreadful month really. And this is the end of
it. Back from Germany, and a slight respite for a few days. There's a
fantastic film festival the week after next in Koeln, so that might be a bit of
relief. I've had one bounce from Surreal Magazine at around
45 days last week but that's it on the return front. I did, however, get
contracts through for the French anthology. The workbeast gets no better
and there's been an interesting turn of events that's likely to expand my work
week from eighty hours or so to plus plus. Oh joy.
24/07/04
A veeerry long week in Germany culminates with the pleasing news that I have two hon
mentions in the 21st Annual Years Best Science Fiction. I'm
certain of one of the stories and have partial information on the other.
The one I know about is "Nature's Way" from Electric Velocipede.
The other I suspect is "Harvest Rain" from Interzone. If
the latter's wrong, I will correct that as soon as I know for sure. In
the last week I've had three bounces. Lenox Avenue at 1 day, Oceans of the Mind at 93 days
and Surreal Magazine at 23. All complimentary, but each
with the dread word "but" in them.
18/07//04
It's official. I am on the listed works for a British Fantasy
Award. The showcase event occurred on Friday night. A cosy little
affair. I did make the comment in the discussions, that it was unlikely
that many people would have read the piece, as it appeared on a
subscription-only website. Steve Jones made the crack about having a
proper publisher... Hmmm. But then again, that's Steve. Fellow
nominees (though in the novel, rather than the short story category) include
fellow Aussie K.J. Bishop and Liz Williams. Three bounces in the
interim: One came in with complementary notes from NFG at 2
days, and I've had two back from Lenox Avenue, both at 8
days. Another week of Germany coming up as I head out tomorrow.
10/07/04
The requisite tardy update..... Back from Germany for another weekend. A couple of fixtures this
week. Tuesday night sees Borders and on Friday is the BFS showcase.
My story "Window Across the Street" has been recommended for a BFS
award, not that I'm holding out hope. In the last week, there've been
returns from Amazing, Argosy, Fortean Bureau. Typically,
July is a very slow market month. Oh, did I mention that I also had a
bounce on a strangely lit novel from a house in the US. Anyway, not to dwell on that. I've also
been chipping away at another project that's working in the background.
It's a real departure, or no, maybe a progression for my work. It is,
however, coming very slowly. Quite uncharacteristic.
15/05/04
Halfway through May already, and yet the workbeast is full upon me. Full
running around in crisis mode on that front at the moment, so it's sucking up
my capacity to think. The last couple of days have seen a bounce from Ellen at
around 80 days and one from NFG at 1 day only. Still, I
have a fairly full complement of short stories out doing the rounds at the
moment, so my focus isn't exactly there. ARCs for Metal Sky
also arrived yesterday, so that's nice. Okay, now is the time for a
couple of rants--one writing related and one not. The first: I
updated some details on Metal Sky on Amazon UK
and a couple of days later, they appeared. However, it changed the status
of the book from pre-release, pre-order to "not currently in stock, order
it used." About six emails later, having explained to them that the
book had not yet been released and one couldn't order it used I am still no
further ahead. With all the other international sites, you can pre-order
this item now. I tried to explain that, and they just haven't got
it. Most annoying, most frustrating.
The Second: And this one is far more disturbing. The night
before last, at about 12:40, I had a
ring on my doorbell. Slightly suspicious, I went dowstairs, answered it
and found a young woman there in tears, saying "Sorry, sorry, sorry.
I'm not a burglar. I've just been robbed." I took her inside
and called the police. The police took the details and said they'd send
someone around. Well, about twenty-five minutes later, and no one had
arrived. Meanwhile, the woman--and by this stage I had realised she was a
little under-the-weather alcohol wise--had disappeared into the night and was
apparently randomly knocking on doors up and down the next street. By
this time, it's 1:00. I called
the police back. "I thought you were going to send somebody.
This woman has been robbed and she's now taken off, she's drunk, she's alone,
and she's clearly at risk."
"Oh, well. You know, these things take time. She's an
adult, isn't she? It's not as if she's really at risk."
I was floored. "Excuse me? She's a young woman, alone in
the night. Don't you people attend robberies? Besides, she's
clearly at risk."
"Well, it's a matter of priority. It would be a different matter
if she was underage. Anyway, I'll pass the details on to the local
controller and they can decide what they're going to do. You know,
though, she's an adult, and it's not as if they're going to come round there in
their blues and twos."
A bit more back and forth and then I hung up, saying it's not good
enough. Spent some time looking out the window, seeing if I could locate
her. Anyway, about five minutes after, I received a call from the
Wandsworth controller, asking for description and more details. Five
minutes after that, a van arrived, they found her and took her off.
Elapsed time? Over an hour. I was furious, and really folks, it
just ain't good enough.
Anyway, enough of the rant. I've dropped about twelve pounds now, so
progress is being made. Perhaps that's making me grumpy. It's funny
though, I can remember my mother telling me well before any of this stuff
started, over twenty years ago, that if I ate only steak, I'd lose lots of
weight. Look at the Masai.
08/05/04
Guess where I've been? Yes, Germany.
Now there's a surprise. Anyway, moving ahead with The Star Tablet,
all existing books are out in one way or another, and I have a couple of
projects I now need to tie down. In the interim, a bounce from the new Interzone
at 15 days, another from Abyss & Apex at 35 and another from Permutations
at 98. Apart from that, I've currently just gone on to full-blown
low carbohydrate intake. It's quite easy to do in Germany
as Germany is,
in fact, the land of meat. The hardest part is not snacking and the
almost non-existence of readily available low-carb snack foods. Anyway,
in the first week, I lost about six, seven pounds. For some reason, now,
I seem to have hit a wall. I wonder if this may be due to the fact that
normally I sustain a pretty low carb diet because of my range of
allergies. My body is saying oh, okay, we've just cut out a few of those
annoying other things. Hmmm.
30/04/04
Back from Germany and no bounces, but, at last Metal Sky is up on
Amazon in the US,
the UK, Japan, Germany, Canada and France.. Also
I quote below some text from an upcoming review of TTA. Gosh.
The Third Alternative is pushing the boundaries further than any other
sci-fi magazine in the UK,
it is akin to the great sci-fi magazines of the fifties that came out of the United
States. The names that appear on
their pages are the sci-fi giants of the near distant future, Caselberg, Ashley
and Lees. The magazine has this distinct feeling that we are moving forward but
looking backwards, it does feel like a copy of Amazing Stories, it has this
unshakeable American feel about it but has coupled it together with some of the
darker aspects of UK
writing. It combines fantastic artwork, exploring the sub-cultures of science-fiction
in a fresh, hard but strangely comforting way. Readers will be torn between the
content and the way the magazine feels in their hands.
Also just found out that Powers
of Detection comes out in October, rather than next year.
24/04/04
Quite a few bounces over the past couple of days. I do need to write some
more short fiction to get the numbers up again, but at the moment, still
sitting at about thirty out there. The books take precedence at the
moment though. It's interesting, doing what we all do and browsing around
the web looking for signs of life. I've found out that Metal Sky
is up and available for pre-order on Amazon
Japan, but on none of the other Amazon sites yet. Wyrmhole
actually seems to be doing quite well on that site. Next week is Germany
all week and then a potential world tour including France,
Spain and Germany
for the three weeks after that. So, the bounces for those who are
interested in such things: 34 days from Amazing, 24 days
from ASIM, 218 days from Black Gate after a query,
2 days from NFG, 21 days from Strange Horizons, and
that's enough. It's about time to break that trend. And news that
page proofs are now on their way for Metal Sky. Looks like
some work on the plane is called for if they arrive in time.
18/04/04
Yesterday I received a bounce from On Spec at a very quick (for
them) 58 days, but I also received my contracts from Azbooka for the Russian
rights to Wyrmhole. They look pretty good and they specifiy
a minimum print run as well, which is nice. I look forward to seeing
where all this leads. Still no sign of Metal Sky on the
various distributors, but I'm sure it will appear soon. I also received
my ITIN from the IRS yesterday. Very strange. The only letter they
sent me was in Spanish. I have enough Spanish to be able to read what it
was saying to me, but I wonder that they sent no English version. Is it
because I live outside the US
that I'm a Spanish speaker?
15/04/04
I've somewhat recovered from Blackpool, somewhat caught
up on the work I needed to do. In the meantime, the VanderMeer and Ford
event at Borders went well, as did the Pan Mac party last night for the pair of
them. Wonderful to see Mike Moorcock and get things signed.
Lovely. True fanboy moment. I have a couple of rewrites to do an
send off in the next couple of days, and then, on 19th April I start in on The
Star Tablet, book 3 in the Jack Stein series, or, as some people are
starting to call it, The Billie Chronicles. Still no sign of Metal
Sky up on Amazon, but I'm waiting...
12/04/04
Or Blackpool and then some.
Worst organised convention ever. Most of the con has bailed
already. I'm home a day early and exhausted. The entire place was
full of
sleeveless t-shirted yobs pissing in doorways and spewing on the street and
beating each other up. Little short-skirted girlies pissed off their
faces falling out of their clothing and beating each other up. And when I
say the entire place, I mean the entire place. VanderMeer remarked that
it was one step removed from A Clockwork Orange. At the hotel, in my
glorious single bed and paper-thin window, next to the stairwell, with the
central heating groaning and tapping all night, the whole experience was
enhanced by the thumping up and down stairs all night and outside the window,
the thumping of other people all night, and then the people who returned from
somewhere and had forgotten their keys. They decided to lean on the front
doorbell for about half an hour in the small hours of the morning.
No coffee bars. No internet cafes. No restaurants. No
facilities. It was dire. And you can imagine how I was doing
without any decent
coffee.The whole thing was on in a place called the Winter Gardens. This
was a big Victorian sort of hall. Cheeky chappy Freddy Starr was on there
one night, a record and cd fair another day. And as Blackpool
was and probably is the hen night and stag night capital of Britain,
you can imagine the walk throughs we were getting. Oh, and they had a
band in the bar. One of those with an auto-programmed organ and a guy
with his guitar and a woman with a spangly top. I was sorely tempted to
cut my hair very short, put on a tight white shirt and plaster the front of my
hair down on to my forehead in little spikes.
There was no organisation at the convention. None. Everything
was a shambles. I participated in a reading in which the back of the room
was used as a main thoroughfare. Generally, however, things just did not
happen. Panel after panel was cancelled. Reading
after reading was cancelled.
Blackpool just sucks the life out of you. If
you are ever tempted to go there, spend seven hours or so on trains to do so,
think again. I think I missed about five birthdays this weekend...all of
them my own.
Well, I also missed out on the Campbell
ballot, and I did not win the Aurealis. Such is life. I am very
pleased to see both The Disease
Guide and TTA with Hugo nominations though.
08/04/04
I have cover flats. I have an ISBN. Metal Sky ISBN
0-451-45999-7. On sale September 7. You can start attempting to pre-order
any time you want, folks.
Off to Blackpool!
07/04/04
I've had a couple of returns and one rewrite request over the last few days,
but, the big thing is the news I've been holding off on for a few days. The
Virginia Kidd Agency has approved the sale of Jay Caselberg's WYRMHOLE
to Russian publisher Azbooka....
02/04/04
I love Solingen steel. Okay,
I was in Dusseldorf at a meeting
during a side trip from Cologne and
lo, there was a knife shop, right in the middle of the Old
Town where we'd gone to eat.
Walls and walls of Wusthof and other brands, and hunting knives and, and, but
it was the Wusthof that had me. I bought a mezzaluna, because I've been
wanting one for ages, and a small hand cleaver, just because it was beautiful,
just to have it. Heavy, it fits perfectly into the hand, and it
gleams. Germany
is definitely the place for knives. They were, of course, reasonably
priced as well. While I was away, a flash piece came back from Flash
Me at around 45 days, and another came back from F&SF
at 17 days. Today, I'm off to Cambridge
for a couple of hours for TTA con. See, I do have a life outside Germany.
27/03/04
Okay, the big news. Roc Books are taking two more books in the Jack Stein
series. It's a wonderful feeling. The four books will run the
complete story arc and I'm more than happy this has been agreed. There's
a bit more news about Wyrmhole but
that will keep till the paperwork's through.
26/03/04
There are things stirring in the wings--things that I'm very excited about but
can't say anything about yet. Meanwhile, to act as an aperitif, the
following lovely, lovely review.
Whilst in Germany,
I've garnered three bounces, from Gardner
at 46 days, TTA at about 26 and from ASIM failing
the second round at about 51. Ah well. More news soon, soon, I
hope.
20/03/04
Saturday and I'm gearing up to do some real work this weekend, for next week is
Germany. There's a BSFA do here in London
today, and I'll drop in for a couple of hours but don't plan a lengthy
stay. Too much, too much to do. Yesterday saw a couple of
bounces: One back from RoF at 25 days on the yellow form
with some commentary written on it and Albedo One at around 51
days. So, nice that there are three separate pieces of mine out at the
moment--TTA, Flashquake, and Ticonderoga.
You can get to any of them (except for the TTA piece) via the links
above. I also received contrib copy and payment yesterday for the Flashquake
piece. Prompt and professional, that's what I like to see.
17/03/04
So, a couple of bounces...one from Argosy at 51 days with very
complimentary explanations. It does leave me with a dilemma though.
This story has seen a number of iterations, starting at about 21,000 words and
in its current form, is down to around 14,800. That's the problem.
The number of markets that accept something at that length is severely
limited. Don't know what to do except hope for another market that
accepts SF/noir tales at around that length. The other bounce came from Indy
at around 48 days. Fair enough, but I think they've probably lost another
story I had there and has been there for much longer. Next week sees four
days in Germany,
and that means long, long days, normally. Hopefully try and get some work
done in the evenings, but we shall see.
13/03/04
It's been a long and heavy week, workbeast-wise, and a birthday came and went,
marked by the atrocity in Madrid.
The world is indeed a place of madness. Meanwhile, there are some things
of mine out right now that I hope folks enjoy. My story is up at Flashquake.Another
will be up on Monday at Ticonderoga
Online. And this morning I received my copy of The
Third Alternative #37 which, of course, is as beautiful as ever.
Made even more beautiful by the lead story. Heh. Heartfelt thanks
to all who called or mailed on Thursday. Sometimes it really is nice to
know that you're only a hermit because you choose to be so. A couple of
days ago I received a completely needless bounce from Scrybe Press. So,
you don't like the story. No need to bang on about expectation and
disappointment. It goes without saying that they won't be seeing anything
from me again.
06/03/04
I love my cover! I love it. It's funny, I never thought I'd be in a
position where I felt like this, but I'm really very, very pleased. I was
impressed with what they'd done for Wyrmhole but I think they've
even surpassed themselves. All thanks to Jen Heddle for getting me to
this point. Now, however, I am starting to work with my new editor, Liz
Scheier who has taken over at Roc and things are very pleasant. Looking forward
to the relationship growing and maturing. Meanwhile, the workbeast
continues consuming my life. I'm working today, working tomorrow and
getting on a flight to Cologne
tomorrow evening. I was back from Cologne
the night before last. At least I had the chance to pop into the BFS do
at the Princess Louise last night where Mark Roberts gave me contrib copies of The
Thackery T. Lambshead Guide. A lovely book it is too. Now
that the UK
rights have been acquired by Pan Mac, it will soon be readily available on British
Shores as well, and I would be
surprised if it didn't do as well over here as it's doing in the US.
28/02/04
TTA #37 is out this weekend, and I'm really pleased. An interesting cover, but you can judge
for yourself. The Third Alternative is such a gorgeous
magazine and I've wanted to have my work appear in its pages for some
time. Very pleased. I'm also proud of this novelette. In
other news, the usual rejectogram from Glimmer Train at around 49
days, one from Ideomancer at 24 days and one from Writers
Publishers at 5 days. Oh yes, almost forgot. Also another
back from Story House at 149 days. But, as you can see from
above, I have quite a bit coming out next month.
25/02/04
Just back from Cologne again and
lots to report. I have just taken on Rich Henshaw from the Richard Henshaw Group to represent
me. I'm very pleased with this and think we'll work well together.
I've also had another acceptance. My story "Tasting Time" will
be appearing in the new Australian publication Ticonderoga Online next
month. There's also another sale in the wings, but I will talk about it
once it's done and dusted.
22/02/04
Maybe I'm superstitious, but it always seems to go that little good can come
from querying a market. Only once has it turned out postively. So,
I made the mistake of querying Polyphony 4 today as everything
had gone a little quiet. Yep, the response was a bounce at 143
days. Maybe they weren't going to buy the tale. But maybe, just
maybe, if I hadn't sent the email... You see the games writers play with
themselves? And on another note, yet another bounce from NFG
at 3 days.
21/02/04
Three bounces today. One for ASIM at 19 days with a
possible rewrite request, one from F&SF at 13 days --
apparently Gordon doesn't like angel stories -- and one from Futurismic
at 44 days. Gearing up to do a rework on Binary at the
moment. It's already about 120k words. I can see it getting up to
about 150 by the time I'm done. We shall
see...
18/02/04
Some nice news to wake to this morning. My mainstream short-short
"Breath" will be appearing in FlashQuake as one of the
editors' picks next month. Very nice.
15/02/04
More Germany, more long, long days, and more workbeast sucking up the available
space. I did finish the story I was working on and sent it off. Now
to see if it finds a home. And the Locus review wan't too
bad at all.. "Surprisingly polished for a first novel" among
other things. My copyedit on Metal Sky is done and sent
off. So that's another task to cross off the list. In the last
couple of days I've had returns from Borderlands Australia
at 79 days, Cemetery Dance at 15 days, but I'm still waiting on
some quite significant submissions. Waiting, waiting, that's what this is
all about, continually. I should be used to it by now.
Meanwhile, I am still on the quest for a new agent, a publisher for three
separate books and some other things. The answer is just to keep on
going, look at the next project and do some other stuff. One of the three
novels, I'm looking at doing a major rework on anyway. It's funny how
your style and perception change through the process of writing without you
being aware of it, at least until you go back and look at some of your previous
work. Anyway, "Iridescence" will be out in The Third
Alternative in a couple of weeks, and I'll be quite interested to see
how it's received.
This week is not Germany.
Lots of meetings, but not Germany.
Maybe it'll be a chance to get some more work done and my house in order.
07/02/04
Some good news and some not so good news. Well, a couple of pieces of
good news really. I'm writing again. I've also just received and
acceptance from Irregular Quarterly for "The Bone
House." I particularly like this little tale and I'm glad it's found
a home. Also had a quick 12 days bounce from GVG saying some positive
things about the tale, but not positive enough to buy it, I guess. Meanwhile,
apparently Wyrmhole is reviewed in this month's Locus.
I'm a little nervous about this. Well, actually more than a little
nervous. I guess I'll see the review some time soon. Back to Germany
again this week for more long, long days. Hopefully I'll have finished the
current story before the weekend's out.
03/02/04
February is upon us and I will be off to Cologne
again on the morrow. News in this week that my editor is leaving
Roc. I am deeply saddened about this, as Jen and I have had a good
relationship through the course of the two novels. It remains to be seen
who will become my new editor and how that will work out. My copyedit is
due this week too, so how that affects the process, I do not know. I must
admit, I have some trepidation about the whole state of affairs. In the
last couple of days, I've had one back from ChiZine at about 8
days and one back also from Flesh & Blood at about 7
days. Also a very chatty rejection from Weird Tales at 140
days. I'm back up to 35 submissions out there, not counting the books
that are currently doing the rounds. I'm also kicking off on some writing
again and hope to have a new story done in the next couple of days. From
there, it will be back into the rework I want to do on another novel I'm
holding back at the moment until I'm happy with it.
26/01/04
It's been a long time between updates, I know, but the workbeast has been
consuming my life. Spending lots of time in Germany
and some in Brussels. The
rest of the time I've been locked in rooms preparing documents. We were
graced over here by a brief visit from Laura Anne and Esther in their whirlwind
tour of London and Brighton.
Lots of fun had by all, including the Unfeasibly Stupid Drinks with the usual
suspects. To be honest, my attention hasn't been on the returns run, but
I've had things back from Analog, Asimov's, Permutations
and Strange Horizons in the meantime. None of these
were outside the limits of acceptability. Of late, I seem to have
developed an obsession with Amazon's tracking numbers, checking what the
ranking of Wyrmhole is on a daily basis. Maybe that will
pass. I was pleased to see that Forbidden Planet over here has ordered in
more of the book (their third order) and that Murder One is nearly out of
copies. Of course I signed the stock that they had. I've also
learned that the copyedit for Metal Sky is due in early February.
07/01/04
Just back from Cologne, just about
to head off to Brussels and so it
goes on the work front. It looks like I'm going to be spending at least
two days a week in Germany
for the next few weeks. A very quick bounce from NFG at 1 day but little
else to report. I just realised I didn't do my usual annual summation of
the short fiction progress. Well, it went something like this: 156
genre submissions at an average turnaround of 56 days. 15 sales out of
that lot, but the difference last year was that a number of those were
commissioned. I also had 27 mainstream submissions with no joy at
all. It's interesting the difference, and it typically runs that way with
my mainstream subs. Only 37% of them were personal responses of some form
compared to about 85% for genre.
05/01/04
Welcome to the New Year, people. I flew in this morning from New
Jersey after spending just over a week with fine
company and friends and a healthy spate of indulgence. I could say rest,
but I think I've walked more in the last week than I have in a long time.
The period where everyone loses focus is finally over, and we're back into
things happening. The last few days have seen a fair proportion of
bounces: Argosy at around 40 days, Black October at
a ridiculous 715 days (I will not be sending there again ever), City Slab
at 100 days, Indy at 90 days, Fortean Bureau at
30 days, ChiZine at 12 days and ASIM at 24 days and
that's it.
A brief reminder for those eligible to nominate. Yours truly is
eligible for the John W. Campbell Award this year for the first
time. If you were a member of the last worldcon, or this next upcoming,
you can nominate. Details of this award can be found here.
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