Kelly McCullough's Blog, page 130

Coffee on Me (and Tate...)

So not only do I need to buy the Wyrdsmiths a round of coffee for Tate's German deal, but I came home last night to an e-mail informing me that "SHE NAILED THE STAKE THROUGH HIS HEAD: TALES OF BIBLICAL HORROR," which is being published by Dybbuk Press (editor Tim Lieder) seems to have accepted my short story "Jawbone of an Ass."

I'm only not entirely sure because when Lieder sent the acceptance e-mail, the editor asked if the story was a reprint or not. I gave him my same information I had when

German Sale (My First European Foreign-Language Deal!)

Notwithstanding a Japanese translation of my alter-ego's Archangel Protocol, a British edition of the first three books, and all the various translations of the anthology my short story appeared in (which shouldn't count because I never saw advances for those), this is a first for me:

My agent just informed me that the German publisher VGS publishers want my first four books (Tall, Dark & Dead, Dead Sexy, Romancing the Dead and Dead if I Do) for a paperback original publication under their imprin

Smart Things

Laura Anne Gilman righteously mocks someone trying to profit from beginning writer naivety. it starts about five paragraphs down the page. Very nice takedown of a nasty scam.[image error]

Friday Cat Blogging on Sunday

Belatedly...

Wha...oh, you.



I'm ready for my closeup.



It's snowing and I blame you



Why yes, I did walk on your breakfast. Why do you ask?



I knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men...me!

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Guest Blog: Creative Commons

I'm a big fan of technology. Like, a “way over-the-top into geek land” fan. I think it all started at the theater when I was six, going on seven. There I was, my jaw on the floor while an Imperial Star Destroyer bore down on Princess Leia's Rebel Blockade Runner. It wasn't exactly a unique moment in the universe, but it was formative!

For me, technology has always been linked with my writing. Back in the day I used to keep all my Dungeons & Dragons character files, all my world-building campaigns

Best April Fool's Joke EVER

This made me laugh OUT LOUD (from Tor.com):

Science Fiction World Rocked as Woman Claims No Sexual Attraction to Neil Gaiman.

Clearly a joke, as I can't think of ANYONE not attracted to Neil. (This from a lesbian who has had a boy-crush on him for years.)[image error]

Speaking of the Book of Your Enemy...

I just got 4 Stars from Romantic Times Bookreviews!!

Here's what Jill M. Smith has to say about DEAD IF I DO:

"Nothing in the life of Hallaway's heroine every goes exactly as planned, which generally leads to madcap mayhem. This chapter in the first-person series is packed with humor, wackiness and a touch of pathos. It's a genuinely heartwarming treat for fans!"

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The Book of my Enemy

I find the post linked here interesting and funny but also horribly wrong on a number of levels "The Book of my Enemy Has Been Remaindered." I came to it via a comment from Pat Wrede elsewhere. I love the execution and the bitter truth that this represents, while at the same time deploring that truth. I don't like the idea of rejoicing in another's woes, and I know that it diminishes me when I do it but...damn it feels really good once in a while. :-/[image error]

Ufda

This "humorous"* publishing glossary has been making the rounds and I thought I'd park it here so I can find it again.

*For values of humor=painfully close to the truth.[image error]

Words...Maybe I Do Care

Okay so a while back I talked about not getting hung up on the words. Today I got a writing question that made me think about how I use words and at what I do care about specifics. The question from a fan who is also a writer went roughly like this: You always seem to have the right word, adverb, adjective, to capture the scene. Is that natural? How did you develop it?

Now, I don't know that I would agree that I always have the right word, and I'm sure the Wyrdsmiths could point to any number of