Science fiction

Each year at the beginning of the awards season the question comes around about promoting your own work/nominating your own work for awards.  With Nebula and Hugo nominations now open, below is a list of eligible works by category. Novellas (Nebulas/Hugos) Martian Chronicles, Cory Doctorow (Life on Mars) Novelettes (Nebulas/Hugos) Dying Young, Peter M Ball … Continue reading »

I edit THE BEST SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY OF THE YEAR anthology series for Night Shade Books. The sixth volume in the series will be published in March 2012, and the seventh should appear in March 2013. I am currently reading for the 2012 volume, which will cover stories first published between 1 January and … Continue reading »

My good friends at Night Shade Books have unveiled the cover to the best of the year, and I love it!

I feel like I’ve been working on either Under My Hat or the Best of the Year since I stepped off the plane from Sydney two weeks ago. Happily, both books are progressing well. All other things being equal, I should have both books delivered before the end of this week. I have, I believe, … Continue reading »

Having returned from my lengthy travels, it occurs to me that I may not have officially released the full table of contents for my young adult fantasy anthology, Under My Hat: Tales from the Cauldron, and given that I’m fully occupied with copyedits and other things for the book, now seems like a good time.   … Continue reading »