It’s weirdly easy for me to pinpoint the moment I became a science fiction fan: it was when I discovered the paperback spinner rack in the library. I was in elementary school still, but I was allowed to check out these grown-up books! I remember “I, Robot” catching my eye Read more…
Big news: I have made the long list for the British Science Fiction Association Awards – for both Novel and Short Story. Because hey, it wouldn’t hurt if people who vote for awards could actually read things, I have made some uploads! First, in consideration for the BSFA Short Story Read more…
A friend tweeted that they had complicated feelings about writing awards (like the Hugos which just happened last weekend) but that they deleted their thread about it because they didn’t want to be judged for not being 100% happy. And I thought, “I’ll take this bullet.” Someone you don’t like Read more…
My novelette “We Built This City” was chosen as one of six finalists for the 2022 Novelette Nebula. (For works between 7,500 and 20,000 words long.) (Full list of nominees here.) My first thought is of all the years I watched the big award announcements with covetous envy. I personally Read more…
This poem originally appeared in Star*Line in 2022 and is a finalist for the Rhysling Award for best short poem! I thought it would be nice to put it here so you can all read it. 🙂 This is my fourth Rhysling nomination. The poem was rejected ten times before Read more…
Well, first off, it isn’t losing. It’s not. It’s more… not-winning, but that doesn’t make a catchy blog post title. We Americans tend to reduce things like literary awards (and -ugh- political elections) to the binary lens of sports, with “winners” and “losers” and even making it to the Superbowl Read more…