Monthly Archives: January 2007

It’s the awards silly season, or at least the beginning of it. The Australian National Science Fiction Convention has just released the nomination form for 2007 Ditmars. All seems pretty much as usual, with nominations closing 27 March 2007. And Nippon 2007, this year’s World Con, has released the nomination form for the 2007 Hugo … Continue reading »

Care package in the mail today. Five books from my San Francisco publisher: Al Reynolds’ Zima Blue; Jay Lake’s Trial of Flowers; Liz Williams’ Demon and the City; Matthew Hughes’ Majestrum; and Alex Irvine’s Pictures from an Expedition. Damn but these guys do pretty books, and good books. You need to go check out their … Continue reading »

Some time this year Peter Beagle turns sixty-eight. Even though he’s nowhere near the oldest guy out there writing science fiction or fantasy, he’s getting up there. And yet, somehow, even though he’s sixty-eight and has been publishing first rank work since before I was born, he’s still producing fiction that wins awards, gets critically … Continue reading »

What do you do when you have a series of deadlines looking you in the eye? Sensibly, you prioritise, deal with those things that are most important or urgent, and slowly get on top of your to do list. Unless, of course, you’re me. If you’re me, you start going “la, la, la, la”, dip … Continue reading »

Sophie came into this morning look all tousled and cute. I took her picture using the laptop camera. She says this photo is for her nanny (aka grandma), who she loves very much.