Happy stuff

So, no rants today!

For the shapenote fans who follow me, the recent Young People's Singing was webcast, and you can watch the recordings! They seem to have recorded basically everything, which means even people standing around chatting and walking back and forth to get coffee during breaks. Slide the thingy forward to get to the singing. And the sound isn't exactly high fidelity (shapenote has a way of...overwhelming small mics and handheld recording devices). Still. There it is! Now I've got to stop singing along and get to my other work today.

Also, I am going to Worldcon! I'll have SFWA stuff to do, and other than that I'll be hanging with folks, and I have a feeling it will be freaking awesome.

Happy stuff

So, no rants today!

For the shapenote fans who follow me, the recent Young People's Singing was webcast, and you can watch the recordings! They seem to have recorded basically everything, which means even people standing around chatting and walking back and forth to get coffee during breaks. Slide the thingy forward to get to the singing. And the sound isn't exactly high fidelity (shapenote has a way of...overwhelming small mics and handheld recording devices). Still. There it is! Now I've got to stop singing along and get to my other work today.

Also, I am going to Worldcon! I'll have SFWA stuff to do, and other than that I'll be hanging with folks, and I have a feeling it will be freaking awesome.

August Fiction

This month at GigaNotoSaurus, Deus Absconditus, by J.M. Sidorova.

When I was a kid, any wizard could put a spell on me. I mean, there was always an occasion. We were either too noisy, or there was too many of us, and so there was always an old bitchy wizard who did not appreciate it when kids screamed, or a middle-aged impatient wizard who hired us to clip his hedge and wanted it done just right, or just a teenage curious wizard who sneaked in a little practice and–boink!–I was mushy in the knees, or my voice was gone, or my clippers seemed to lead me along the hedge in the most neat, level line.

Read! Enjoy!

August Fiction

This month at GigaNotoSaurus, Deus Absconditus, by J.M. Sidorova.

When I was a kid, any wizard could put a spell on me. I mean, there was always an occasion. We were either too noisy, or there was too many of us, and so there was always an old bitchy wizard who did not appreciate it when kids screamed, or a middle-aged impatient wizard who hired us to clip his hedge and wanted it done just right, or just a teenage curious wizard who sneaked in a little practice and–boink!–I was mushy in the knees, or my voice was gone, or my clippers seemed to lead me along the hedge in the most neat, level line.

Read! Enjoy!

I knew I forgot something!

I made that "happy things" post and said, "Gosh, Ann, I'm sure there was something else you were planning to put there." And there was!

Beneath Ceaseless Skies, which is an awesome zine (and has a spiffy new website) is planning on putting together another anthology of stories that have appeared there. This one is going to be called, appropriately enough, Best of BCS, Year Three.

And there's a poll! Yes, you can vote for the stories you think ought to be in the antho!

Now, since you're no doubt intimately familiar with my bibliography, you may be saying to yourself, "Hmm, I know Ann had a story in BCS that year but it's not in the list of stories I can vote for." There's a reason for that. Editor Scott Andrews tells me he already intends to include it. I am super chuffed about that.

BCS ran lots of excellent stories that year, as always. Go let Scott know which your favorites were!

I knew I forgot something!

I made that "happy things" post and said, "Gosh, Ann, I'm sure there was something else you were planning to put there." And there was!

Beneath Ceaseless Skies, which is an awesome zine (and has a spiffy new website) is planning on putting together another anthology of stories that have appeared there. This one is going to be called, appropriately enough, Best of BCS, Year Three.

And there's a poll! Yes, you can vote for the stories you think ought to be in the antho!

Now, since you're no doubt intimately familiar with my bibliography, you may be saying to yourself, "Hmm, I know Ann had a story in BCS that year but it's not in the list of stories I can vote for." There's a reason for that. Editor Scott Andrews tells me he already intends to include it. I am super chuffed about that.

BCS ran lots of excellent stories that year, as always. Go let Scott know which your favorites were!