How to actually get the Aurora nomination.

Now that my brain is functioning a little better (despite having been to the gym at 5:30am, gone to school at 8, then work day job nonsense from 12:30 until 9), I’ll explain a bit about what it actually will take to get a shot at that Aurora award.

To get Blightcross shortlisted, people need to vote. Anyone can vote. The only catch is that you have to sign up as a member of the CSFFA.

And you’re going to want to go here http://www.prixaurorawards.ca/Membership// to do that and vote.

This is really important–if you liked the book and want to see it go against bigshots and other cocky upstarts, don’t assume other people will do it. The reality is that I have so very little exposure that every single vote is worth a thousand batches of cat-shaped ravioli. And cat-shaped ravioli is damn near priceless.

Now is the time to get dieselpunk fantasy out there for real! Just having it stand out in the nominations will be huge for it.

When I wrote this novel years ago, nobody was talking about dieselpunk. Now a few people are talking about it and there are a handful of novels. This is what needs to happen to get it out there.