Stoker Nomination Addendum

Per apexdigest : "You’ll want to mention your wonderful publisher will send copies of B&D to interested HWA Actives (or PDFs if they prefer)." If you are a voting member of the HWA and would like a review copy of Beauty & Dynamite, please email my wonderful publisher: jasonapexdigest.com. Apex also celebrates fellow nominees Maurice Broaddus, Wrath James White, and…

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An Honor to be Nominated

Hooray! Beauty and Dynamite has officially made the preliminary ballot (aka "the long list") for the Bram Stoker Award. (Greg Lamberson has the whole kit & Kaboodle here.) So…um…vote for me. And then go read The Dude Who Collected Lovecraft, by Nick Mamatas and Tim Pratt.

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Six Degree of Exasperation

This is all the fault of Mark Rainey He tagged me to do one of those “six random things about you” posts. I’m only doing it because six is brief. And I love Mark. Go buy one of his books. 1. My favorite tea is Red Rose Tea. It’s what my Greek grandmother drinks.2. One of my goals in…

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Six Degrees of Exasperation

This is all the fault of damnedrodan . He tagged me to do one of those "six random things about you" posts. I’m only doing it because six is brief. And I love Mark. Go buy one of his books. 1. My favorite tea is Red Rose Tea. It’s what my Greek grandmother drinks.2. One of my goals in life…

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Princess Alethea’s Reviews

New book reviews are live at Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show! This month, Princess Alethea discusses Full Cast Audio’s performance of Gail Carson Levine’s Fairest, and Christopher Moore’s fantastically funny Fool.

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…speaking of Ice Capades

Local boy Scott Hamilton came to visit Ingram today and talk about his book, The Great Eight: How to Be Happy (Even When You Have Every Reason to Be Miserable). My favorite bullet point? "Think Positive, Laugh, and Smile like Kristi Yamaguchi."

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Happy Early Birthday, Mr. Poe

January 19th is Edgar Allan Poe’s 200th birthday. And today, the Mystery Writers of America, just announced the short list for the 2009 Edgar Awards. Mystery Writers of America is proud to announce, as we celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Edgar Allan Poe, its Nominees for the 2009 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, honoring the best in…

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Sk8er Girl: Ice Capades

Okay…I lied about it being cold outside and warm in the rink. It was SO incredibly frigid at the Skate Center last night, that one of the girls wore her hat and scarf the whole time. I still broke a sweat while skating, but all our timeouts were shortened considerably, because if you stayed still for too long, your…

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