George R.R. Martin's Blog, page 218

The British Fantasy Society has released its Long List of nominees for its 2010 awards.

It is a very long list, mind you, but I am pleased to say that SONGS OF THE DYING EARTH is among the nominees for Best Anthology, and three of the stories therein have been nominated as well -- Matthew Hughes and Walter Jon Williams in Best Novella, and Robert Silverberg in Best Short Story. (There is no "novelette" category in the BSFS awards. Not sure what the word limits are).



The full list can be see...

Strange days here in Santa Fe. One night we get a blizzard that dumps six inches of snow on us, the next day is so bright and warm that the snow is gone by noon. Many grey days, damp, overcast, chilly without being freezing. Winter is holding on.

I cannot seem to shake this crud. Taking vitamin D and C, taking various cold remedies and allergy meds, and all of them help, but I'm still congested and coughing. It's more annoying than anything else. The worst part is how tired it makes me f...

The great Suvudu cage match continues.

In round one, Jaime Lannister made short work of short stuff Hermione Granger, thanks in large part of all of you. Thanks!



In round two, however, Jaime faces somewhat larger opposition. The big green guy himself, Cthulhu of R'lyeh.



To read Suvudu's account of their clash, and register your vote, go to:

http://www.suvudu.com/2010/03/cage-match-2010-round-2-2-cthulhu-versus-15-jaime-lannister.html

As for my own version of how things might go, here 'tis:


"Books...

WARRIORS was officially released today, and should be available at your favorite local bookstore.

For the latest adventure of Dunk & Egg, a new Lord John story from Diana Gabaldon, an Emberverse tale from S.M. Stirling, and original stories by Joe Haldeman, Howard Waldrop, David Morrell, Tad William, Naomi Novik, Lawrence Block, James Rollins, Robin Hobb, and many many others, go ye forth and snag a copy.



Enjoy the read!

Been fighting the crud for the past week. Nothing major, just annoying. Started as a slight sore throat which crept down into my chest and now has me hacking up phlegm. The sore throat is gone now and I keep expecting the rest to be gone any day now, but the damn thing is lingering. Pisses me off. It is slowing me down at the time when I desperately need not to be slowed down. I'm running at maybe 75%, my sleep cycle is screwed to hell, and I am tiring much too easily.

Well, never mind. ...

Just a reminder: tomorrow is the last day to get in your Hugo nominations for works first published in 2009. There's an online nominating ballot on the Aussiecon 4 website at
http://www.aussiecon4.org.au/

If you were a member of Anticipation, last year's Montreal worldcon, you can nominate without being a member of Aussiecon 4. Of course, all members of Aussiecon 4 can nominate as well.

I know I sound like a broken record about this, since I say the same thing every year... but nominating is t...

I get emails all the time from fans who want to be part of the filming.

Well, now's your chance.

It would help if you live in Northern Ireland. Or at least the UK or the Republic of Ireland. Some actual experience in film or television production would be good as well. I'm sorry, it really doesn't matter how much you love my books if you live in South Dakota and have no experience.

Anyway, here's the skinny:

http://northernirelandscreen.co.uk/page.asp?id=239

If you want to apply, please note ...

The results are in for the first two brackets of the Suvudu cage matches.




Meanwhile, brackets three and four are still on-going, and Jaime Lannister is locked in his death struggle with that witch from Hogwart's. You can weigh in at:

http://www.suvudu.com/2010/03/cage-match-2010-round-1-15-jaime-lannister-versus-18-hermione-granger.html

One thing I'm really really bad at is writing trip reports. I always have good intentions, especially when headed overseas, but whenever I get back from a long trip I find myself buried in emails, bills, snail mail, deadlines, and other pressing matters, and by the time I dig myself out from under it's time to get back to work.

I was sorting through some of my photos this evening, however, and I came across some pictures from our visit to Spain in 2008 that brought back some wonderful memorie...

Now it can be told. I'll be headed back to Chicago (my old stomping grounds, in my younger days) next month, April 16-18, as a guest of Avatar Press at C2E2, the Chicago Comics and Entertainment Expo. For more details check out

http://www.avatarpress.com/conventions/c2e2

and the rest of the C2E2 website.

Avatar is bringing me in to help promote the debut of their adaptation of my historical horror novel FEVRE DREAM, due out that month. They're doing the novel as a ten-issue miniseries, script...