there aren’t many things i dislike about the freelance editing thing. the brainstorming is great, the proposal stage is all good, the getting the stories is the best part, and even getting the final book is a huge kick. the one thing i don’t like is waiting for contracts and such. right now i’m waiting for the go-ahead on a set of projects and its stressful and not happy making. i’m eager to get on with things, but don’t feel like i can start without the publisher’s go ahead. sigh. this is not made better by being woken at 3am and not getting back to sleep.

I’m very happy to announce that Gary Wolfe and I will be co-editing an anthology of the year’s best non-fiction writing about science fiction, fantasy and horror for Chris Roberson at Monkeybrain Books. Tentatively titled Best New SF Writings: 2005, it’s a book I’m really excited to be doing. I love the idea, and I really like the books Chris has been publishing. If you have anything you’ve read that you’d like to recommend, we’d love to hear from you.