A quick apology to all of the people who sent their stories in for Eclipse Two and are still waiting for a response. I had intended to respond to everyone by the end of March, which was the official end of the reading period.  A few things have delayed me, though, and I’m still pushing forward.  Of the 450 submissions I receive, I still have 27 to decide on. I should do that this week, and everyone should have heard back from me by this coming weekend. I am sorry for the delay, though.

…it’d be easier.  Marianne’s away this weekend, having her respite which she deserves. I’m with the girls, which is great.  Saturday we had to be up early to get Jessica to her Unigym physio on the other side of the city, we then grabbed a dim sum lunch and went to SciTech.  All of which was swell, except Jess woke me at 1am and I couldn’t get back to sleep. We got home at 4pm, having gone out at 8.15am, and Sophie then proceeded to have a near hour-long crying fit over dinner and the DVD we were going to watch.  Stephen popped over and left around 11pm, just in time to have Jess up with a sore ear.  She was up till about 1.30am, at which point I got to sleep. Sophie was in at 6.30am for a snuggle.  Today we have swimming, then the Autumn River Festival. It would all be great, were it not for the fact that I’ve had no sleep and am exhausted.

SF stuff is on hold for 24hrs.  Will write to you then. Oh, and columns to edit. Tonight.

Up too late, and playing with WordPress templates. There will be some fluidity over the come week as I try to freshen this up a bit.  Content remains the same. Oh, and the Hornbook liked The Starry Rift. Nice people.

Over at Strange Horizons Farah Mendlesohn reviews Cory Doctorow’s absolutely terrific Little Brother. I read it last month, and I loved it. It’s smart, it’s savy, it’s a fantastic read, and it’s the best thing Cory has turned his hand to yet.  Every now and then a writer produces something and you know this is the moment – the moment when they go from being good to being something very special indeed.  The book goes on sale on 29 April. Knowing Cory, I’m sure you’ll be able to download and read it from his website around then. Do it. Check it out and then run out and buy a dead-tree copy.  It’s a book you’re going to want to read and re-read.

The good folk over at SF Signal have posted their latest Mind Meld feature, and it’s all about space opera.  They ask Kage Baker, Paul McAuley, Tobias Buckell, Gwyneth Jones, Mary Rosenblum, and I what we thought it would take to keep space opera relavant.  Check it out.