Monthly Archives: November 2009
Staring down deadlines, not flinching
I know I only slept five hours, but I jumped (well staggered) out of bed on Saturday morning and headed direct for the ‘to do’ list. I needed to read, review or write twenty-nine bio notes for the stories in the year’s best, write the introduction, compile my first ever recommended reading list, assemble the … Continue reading
A quick note on next year, or I knew I was busy
Well, for reasons I can’t quite put a finger on, I’ve just spent a little while looking at my commitments and it rather looks like I’m going to have a lot of books out in 2010. Fourteen in fact, which sort of staggers me. Should all go to plan – and quite often things don’t … Continue reading
Where have I been, and on editing
Well, dear blog, I continue to be at best an unreliable correspondent, for which I apologise, as I always do. In truth, I doubt that this will change in the foreseeable future. We’re racing into the Christmas season and, as I’ve detailed before, I’m busy enough that anything that can slip by unnoticed probably shall. … Continue reading
CALL FOR STORIES: THE BEST SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY: VOLUME FIVE
I edit THE BEST SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY OF THE YEAR anthology series for Night Shade Books. The fourth volume in the series will be published in March 2010, and the fifth should appear in March 2011. I am currently reading for the 2010 volume of THE BEST SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY: VOLUME FIVE, and … Continue reading