Jim C. Hines

Campbell Interview: E. Lily Yu

Welcome to the third of my interviews with the finalists for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. You can read all of the interviews by clicking the Campbell Award tag. Today’s author is E. Lily Yu, who is also on the Hugo ballot for Best Short Story.
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1) In exactly 21 words, who [...]

Fundraiser Results

My thanks to everyone who participated in the Rape Crisis Center Fundraiser. We raised a total of $3573, more than double what we raised last year. That’s wonderful and amazing. Thank you so much!!!
Thanks also to everyone who donated prizes. I’m in the process of drawing names and contacting winners, and will be working with [...]

Campbell Interview: Mur Lafferty

Welcome to the second of my interviews with this year’s finalists for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. You can read them all by clicking the Campbell Award tag. For now, meet Mur Lafferty: author, podcaster, and owner of a very cool hat.
1) In exactly 25 words, who is Mur Lafferty?
A [...]

Who vs. Who vs. Who

Of the five items on the Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form) category for the Hugo awards, there are three episodes of Doctor Who. I recently received season six on DVD for my birthday, which means I’ve been able to watch and rank all three.
Spoilers ahead…
Third Place: A Good Man Goes to War
I feel like this [...]

Campbell Interview: Brad Torgersen

The John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer is an annual award for, well, the best new SF/F author. (Meaning someone whose SF/F was first professionally published within the past two years.) I’ll be interviewing all five of this year’s nominees, beginning with Brad Torgersen, who was selected to go first by the highly [...]

Posing Like a Man

Earlier this year, I did what turned out to be my most popular blog post ever, in which I posed like women in various urban fantasy covers to try to point out some of the problematic aspects of said covers.
I’m certainly not the only one to talk about these issues. Tor.com did a post just [...]

Hugo Lessons Thus Far

Hugo voting just opened and runs through the end of July, which makes today a good day for this particular post.
I’ve picked the brains of some friends, trying to figure out how to handle the whole Hugo nomination thing. What follows is a combination of my own thoughts, along with the wisdom and guidance I’ve [...]

Wednesday Stuff

Thank you all for the supportive comments and stories on my depression post Monday, and I’m sorry I haven’t been able to respond to them all individually. It’s very much appreciated. On a related note, I think four of the most powerful words in English are “You are not alone.”
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Rape Crisis Center Fundraiser Update: We’ve [...]

Well This Sucks (Depression)

A week ago, I went in for a doctor appointment, the end result of which was that I’ve started taking Zoloft for depression.
I feel like there should be a punchline here. “This is what I get for reading about Arizona politics” or “I blame the mess that is my current first draft.”
This hasn’t been a [...]

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