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Publishing bits

2012-08-07T13:53:09Z

1. The latest Heyer post, about her contemporary novel, Helen, a book she later suppressed, is up at Tor.com. Come and speculate about why she suppressed it.

I believe we are switching to an every two weeks schedule for these posts.

2. Just got my author's copies of Shimmer, Issue 15, and whoa, is this is a lovely issue. Available in both print and ebook format.

3. Speaking of book copies, my mother and I popped into the local Barnes and Noble yesterday and found two copies of Future Lovecraft, which contains my poem "Do Not Imagine." Which means 1) only one copy is there now, 2) the publishing world has, astonishingly enough, convinced my mother to purchase something related to Cthulhu, and 3) you just might be able to find additional copies at other Barnes and Noble bookstores.

4. And if for some reason you missed it last week, my poem, Sisters popped up at Strange Horizons. (it does seem to be a sorta poetry filled week, doesn't it?)

5. And on the nothing to do with me stuff, the brilliant Booth at the End, the webseries that asks, what are you willing to do for what you want, that I was happily blathering about last year, is back. One episode in, and I'm completely enthralled and hooked and also realizing that I need to rewatch the first season again (which, since the entire first season only runs for two and a half hours, is easy enough.) And desperately needing the next four episodes. (I was going to be strong and brave and wait for Hulu to put up the whole series, but that didn't work out.) It's up for free at Hulu.com for U.S. viewers.

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A Cellar of Terrible Things

2012-07-27T15:07:54Z

Issue 15 of Shimmer, with my story, "A Cellar of Terrible Things," is now available in print or electronic form.

Shimmer is one of my favorite zines, focusing on really beautiful language and tales, and I'm very pleased to be part of this issue. I talked a little bit about the story came about here, probably not well, since I'm not very good at describing how I write a story, partly because each story is a little different. Some come a little faster than others, some need more planning, some need more revision or rework, and often, by the time I'm asked about the story, I don't remember the specifics.

Anyway, enjoy!

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This is why nobody ever asks me for writing advice

2012-07-25T23:51:08Z

Some time ago, Shimmer interviewed me regarding my story, "A Cellar of Terrible Things," which will be appearing in their upcoming issue 15. (Which not at all incidentally is available for preorder here and will be available for real order on Friday! So, upcoming soon!)

During the course of the interview, they made the mistake of asking me for writing advice.

....I think it's safe to say that after that no one will be asking me for writing advice again.

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