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BFA Award Longlist and Facebook SillinessWhy is it that the cheaper hotels like Holiday Inn here offer free in-room wireless, but the ones that cost more make you pay for it? Well, I’m just glad this hotel has it. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have been poking around online last night to discover that The Mermaid’s Madness [Amazon | B&N | Mysterious Galaxy] made the longlist for the British Fantasy Award. It is, as the name implies, a long list, but I’m quite pleased to be on it. So you want to know what my brain does on a six-hour drive? Here’s a taste.
Enjoying Millennicon so far. It’s a small con, but I got to hang out with Guest of Honor Stephen Leigh (and musical guest of honor S. L. Farrell) and Laura Resnick, did a reading that went over pretty well (even if it I had to rush), and my roomate Steve Saus bought me cookies. So far, so good! I’m off to start getting ready for my panel this morning. Have a great weekend, all! 8 comments to BFA Award Longlist and Facebook Silliness |
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Congratulations on making the list, Jim! How does an American book get on the Brit list?
I honestly have no idea how it’s done. My books don’t have a UK edition or anything like that, but I know I’m not the only U.S. author on the list. Laura Anne Gilman is there as well, and I’m sure there are a few others. (I saw my name, did the happy dance, and didn’t think to look any closer.)
I’m fully expecting a follow-up post on the excellent panel on workshops and the awesome moderator that made it all come together!
You moderated the crap out of that panel. Well done!
I had to miss that one to feed teh kiddo, unfortunately.
Glad you liked the cookies! (Again.)
S’okay. I read the first chapter of Red Hood, which is also on the web site if anyone wants to check it out.
Ah, cookies … the *real* reason I come back to Millennicon!
And it was quite good, too!
The chapter. Well, the cookies, too. But the chapter’s good.
It’s been years since I’ve stayed in a hotel, but the same used to be true of phone calls: at cheap hotels local calls were free, at expensive hotels they cost more than they did at pay phones.