Laura Anne Gilman's Blog, page 55
September 27, 2014
Day One of RoberCon and a Coupon!
Originlly we were just going to share this with attendees, but then I figure what the hell...
for the duration of RoberCon (now through Sunday), using the code LAG-ROBERCON-2014 should get you 50% off all my novellas (and Practical Meerkat) at Book View Cafe! (www.bookviewcafe.com)
(The anthologies are not included, sorry...)
for the duration of RoberCon (now through Sunday), using the code LAG-ROBERCON-2014 should get you 50% off all my novellas (and Practical Meerkat) at Book View Cafe! (www.bookviewcafe.com)
(The anthologies are not included, sorry...)
September 25, 2014
CAT FANCY and DOGHOUSE!
This landed in the old in-box today, via my publicist at S&S....
With a magazine circulation of about 200,000, go Team Kornetsky!
B&N| Simon & Schuster |Indiebound |Book Depository | Indigo/Chapters|Mysterious Galaxy|Seattle Mystery Bookshop
September 23, 2014
such a tease(r)...
Started working on my Temporally Out of Order story this afternoon.
It's... kind of outside the usual, for me.
How unusual? Gotta get us funded to find out!
$3,200 more to go....
(when we get to 1K to go, I'll give you more of a hint...)
It's... kind of outside the usual, for me.
How unusual? Gotta get us funded to find out!
$3,200 more to go....
(when we get to 1K to go, I'll give you more of a hint...)
the meerkat watches tv...
I missed most of GOTHAM because I had dinner guests, but what I did see looked well-crafted and interesting, so I'll give it another shot next week.
Even knowing where they were going with that opening, SLEEPY HOLLOW still managed to pleased-surprise me, and the fast-paced storytelling kept me intently focused, so kudos to them for an excellent start to a second season! Now, if they can figure out how to use Katrina's character properly, and not drop her into also-ran status.... (I love Crane and Abby, but I don't ship them. Not yet, anyway. The Crane/Katrina story still has interesting legs and I want to see them stretched, so to speak)
AGENTS OF SHIELD's all-important second season starts tonight, so here's hoping they too can keep up the momentum, and not hit any reset buttons. I'm rooting for them, but also worried in a way I wasn't about SH.
Sleepy Hollow knows that it's a genre show that isn't going to appeal to everyone, but they trust their fans to be avid and devoted so long as they don't fuck up. So they've got more room to be smart and demand that we be smart and pay attention, too. AoS is trying to be mainstream, and that - to Hollywood - often means playing it dumb and not taking what could be seen as creative storytelling chances... and if it becomes too much about Ward, I will be annoyed. The Ward storyline was excellent, but it should not be the A line now.
And then there's Person of Interest, also back tonght. My worries about this show are legion for the exact opposite of my worries about AoS: they keep pushing the limits of what the story should be able to hold, twisting expectations and assumptions, and only my utter faith in the writers makes me believe that the newest twist to the structure is going to be amazing rather than a train wreck....
Even knowing where they were going with that opening, SLEEPY HOLLOW still managed to pleased-surprise me, and the fast-paced storytelling kept me intently focused, so kudos to them for an excellent start to a second season! Now, if they can figure out how to use Katrina's character properly, and not drop her into also-ran status.... (I love Crane and Abby, but I don't ship them. Not yet, anyway. The Crane/Katrina story still has interesting legs and I want to see them stretched, so to speak)
AGENTS OF SHIELD's all-important second season starts tonight, so here's hoping they too can keep up the momentum, and not hit any reset buttons. I'm rooting for them, but also worried in a way I wasn't about SH.
Sleepy Hollow knows that it's a genre show that isn't going to appeal to everyone, but they trust their fans to be avid and devoted so long as they don't fuck up. So they've got more room to be smart and demand that we be smart and pay attention, too. AoS is trying to be mainstream, and that - to Hollywood - often means playing it dumb and not taking what could be seen as creative storytelling chances... and if it becomes too much about Ward, I will be annoyed. The Ward storyline was excellent, but it should not be the A line now.
And then there's Person of Interest, also back tonght. My worries about this show are legion for the exact opposite of my worries about AoS: they keep pushing the limits of what the story should be able to hold, twisting expectations and assumptions, and only my utter faith in the writers makes me believe that the newest twist to the structure is going to be amazing rather than a train wreck....
September 22, 2014
And now for something MUCH nicer...
For those of you who haven't pledged yet - or suddenly came into a chunk of money and an urge to do something silly with it.... TEMPORALLY OUT OF ORDER is well on its way to funding.... but we're not there yet! So swing by and find a level of backing that suits you....
and be aware that one of the backer levels involves me doing TERRIBLE things to your name and/or likeness...
and be aware that one of the backer levels involves me doing TERRIBLE things to your name and/or likeness...
There are areas of the online world that are filled with muck and bile...
So...somewhere online, a woman refuses to be a whimpering doorrmat to every presenting male, and 4chan creeps flip their shit and threaten violence? Do I have the cycle of events correct?
(most recently, Emma Watson)
Is there anyone on 4chan who is NOT a misogynistic, violent creep? Or is it the breeding ground for them, like swamps and malaria-carrying mosquitos?
(most recently, Emma Watson)
Is there anyone on 4chan who is NOT a misogynistic, violent creep? Or is it the breeding ground for them, like swamps and malaria-carrying mosquitos?
September 21, 2014
state of the meerkat, weekend edition
Saturday was...well, a basic Saturday. Went to the Greenmarket. Wrote some words. Wrote some more words. Hung out on the sofa with cats and a book someone else wrote. Generally counted and polished spoons, because Sunday....
Well, Sunday. Sunday was the People's Climate March. In NYC, in Amsterdam, in London, in Paris, in Istanbul, in Melbourne, in Bogota, in Rio, in Delhi...
In NYC, we were 310,000 strong, according to the official count. [I just saw an updated count of 400K!] Six hours and about six miles, start to finish, and they had to cut the march short by a mile, because otherwise we'd still be marching, there were THAT many people filling the streets.
I marched with the faith-based group section, joining my sister and her fellow Buddhists -and a lot of Jews, Quakers, Pagans, UUers, Episcopalians, Baha'i-ers, and other groups who weren't actually cheek-and-jowl with us. And there were drummers and bell-ringers, and at least one saxophone and two flutes, and maracas, and a lot of dancing...
And now, having refilled myself with water and protein and not-low-fat carbs, Imma gonna collapse until Monday knocks on the door.
(members of ALL the faith-based groups sharing space on the Ark)
(support along the way...)
(my favorite sign from our particular grouping - "Embody Fierce Compassion")
(my second-favorite sign)
(getting ready to march)
(two hours before the march started, our staging area was already crowded)
If you couldn’t take part in one of the People’s Climate Marches today, but want your voice to be heard…speak up now.
Well, Sunday. Sunday was the People's Climate March. In NYC, in Amsterdam, in London, in Paris, in Istanbul, in Melbourne, in Bogota, in Rio, in Delhi...
In NYC, we were 310,000 strong, according to the official count. [I just saw an updated count of 400K!] Six hours and about six miles, start to finish, and they had to cut the march short by a mile, because otherwise we'd still be marching, there were THAT many people filling the streets.
I marched with the faith-based group section, joining my sister and her fellow Buddhists -and a lot of Jews, Quakers, Pagans, UUers, Episcopalians, Baha'i-ers, and other groups who weren't actually cheek-and-jowl with us. And there were drummers and bell-ringers, and at least one saxophone and two flutes, and maracas, and a lot of dancing...
And now, having refilled myself with water and protein and not-low-fat carbs, Imma gonna collapse until Monday knocks on the door.
(members of ALL the faith-based groups sharing space on the Ark)
(support along the way...)
(my favorite sign from our particular grouping - "Embody Fierce Compassion")
(my second-favorite sign)
(getting ready to march)
(two hours before the march started, our staging area was already crowded)
If you couldn’t take part in one of the People’s Climate Marches today, but want your voice to be heard…speak up now.
September 19, 2014
Puppy (and kitten, and human) love!
A new review for L.A. Kornetsky’s DOGHOUSE!
(if you’re too busy to click through, I’ll give you the sum-up: “Explosions, bar brawls, and intelligent sleuths combine for a great read. I’d recommend it to fans of cozy mysteries.” - Krista McKeeth Woo!)
More info and buying links here
September 17, 2014
Wednesday Like Monday
*sigh* I KNEW today was going too well.
Anyone who got the newsletter today, apologies! We have no idea why the process that worked perfectly last quarter failed entirely to work this quarter, but we're looking into it...
*hits Dreamhost with a wrench, drinks straight from the gin bottle*
Anyone who got the newsletter today, apologies! We have no idea why the process that worked perfectly last quarter failed entirely to work this quarter, but we're looking into it...
*hits Dreamhost with a wrench, drinks straight from the gin bottle*
September 16, 2014
Hah!
It's true: no matter what else goes wrong in a day, having 2k brand new words now I didn't when I woke up makes it all awesome. :-)
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No, it wasn’t light. Not from a candle or a flashlight or any other emergency illumination system I’d ever seen. It was, lacking any other term, creepy as fuck, bog-orange and too dim to be useful, like one of those deep see fish you only ever see on deep water nature shows or something. Elongated, narrow, and then it flicked out of sight not like it had been turned off but like it’d…turned sideways and was too skinny to see?
I might ignore my non-human inheritance most of the time, but when it’s howling at me, I listen.
That wasn’t someone over there, that was some thing.
- from An Interrupted Cry, the 4th Sylvan Investigations novella
(and a link for those curious about the first two SI novellas)
