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Exciting Developments

Not only did my story "The Jacaranda Smile" get nominated for a Shirley Jackson Award in the Best Short Story category, but the anthology it appeared in--Apparitions, edited by Michael Kelly--was nominated for Best Anthology, and "each thing I show you is a piece of my death" was nominated for Best Novelette. And yes, this means both Steve and I will be going to Readercon this year. One way or

Ad Astra 2010

Perhaps you have been wondering where I will be, and what I will be doing, during next week's Ad Astra Convention, in Toronto, Canada. Well, wonder no more!Friday April 9: NOTHING SCHEDULED.Saturday April 10, 11:00 AM: ChiZine Publications Panel, Ballroom Centre. Attending: Brett Alexander Savory, Sandra Kasturi, Matt Moore Gemma Files, David Nickle, Claude Lalumiere, Douglas Smith, Helen

WHC, et al

In slightly more personal news, I'm just back from World Horror Con in Brighton, England. Here's my affable and discreet traveling companion, David Nickle, with a far better run-down of what occurred than I could possibly manage (http://tiny.cc/ldndr). It has pictures! Some of/including me!Plus, it sub-showcases my first official review for A Book of Tongues, here (http://tiny.cc/s25mi).

A Book of Tongues Cast of Characters (III): Pinkerton, the Pinks, Ed Morrow

Allan Pinkeron and his "Pinks"Since we've spent a fair deal of time on the opposite (considering that my two great fictional loves are the motivations and internal lives of villains and antiheroes), it only makes sense that we should perhaps take a brief moment to talk about "good guys". But then again, in A Book of Tongues, the forces of law and order are mainly represented by Allan Pinkerton's

A Book of Tongues Characters: Pinkerton, the Pinks, Ed Morrow

Allan Pinkeron and his "Pinks"Since we've spent a fair deal of time on the opposite (considering that my two great fictional loves are the motivations and internal lives of villains and antiheroes), it only makes sense that we should perhaps take a brief moment to talk about "good guys". But then again, in A Book of Tongues, the forces of law and order are mainly represented by Allan Pinkerton's

For All Your Media Outlet Needs:

"The Gemma Files" (ha, ha), a combination FAQ and Media Kit, can now be found here:http://sites.google.com/site/thegemma... bene: Though I had hoped to have the rest of the Book of Tongues pre-release material up before I leave for World Horror Con, things are moving pretty fast, so maybe not. Apologies in advance. I'll see y'all when I come back...

A Book of Tongues Interstitial: Magic, a Beginner's Guide

You may have already noticed I'm not much of a classic world-builder—resonance interests me far more than consistency, for which I rely on back-up from my RPG-designing husband Stephen J. Barringer (with whom I co-wrote the story "each thing I show you is a piece of my death", first published in Clockwork Phoenix 2, from Norilana Books; it will be republished later this year in Best Horror of the

A Book of Tongues Cast of Characters (II)

Today, we'll talk about two men of faith. Let's start with..."Reverend" Asher Elijah Rook There's just something about a bad man who knows his Bible. Much like with Chess and Ben Foster, it all began with Russell Crowe's Ben Wade in 3:10 to Yuma—but Ben's a happy hypocrite in many ways, an atheist autodidact who uses the Good Book as just another way to work his will on idiots. I wanted Reverend

A Book of Tongues Cast of Characters (I)

Predictably, we begin with:Chess PargeterThis pretty little Satan of a man wears his preferences the way he wears his guns—outside his pants, for all the honest world to feel. An unrepentant man-killer in both senses of the phrase, he's both known since damn early on that ladies ain't his meat and he ain't theirs, and consistently sneered at the dangers of living life the way he chooses to.

A Book of Tongues Apologia

Due to space and time constraints, CZP Publications were unable to allow me to include my original Apologia at the back of A Book of Tongues. So I thought I'd start my pre-release series of related promotional materials there--by proving I did actually do some research, though not a lot, and explaining a little bit about my "process" (ha ha). Enjoy.A BOOK OF TONGUES: Apologia, References, Etc.I