Ellen Datlow's Blog, page 85

A very good review by Charles Tan for Bibliophile

The event was a success and a lot of fun. We weren't sure if the contributors would be reading because of how the announcement from BOW was worded but everyone--Delia Sherman, Ellen Kushner, and Holly Black-- read (I read the brief intro and introduced the readers) for a few minutes. Then Ellen, Delia, and Holly talked about their stories and how they came to write them--other than being commissioned ;-)and then we answered questions and finally signed books.
Here are photos. I took most of them

Ditmar results 2009

From Talking Squid by Chris Lawson
Thanks to Cheryl Morgan for liveblogging the awards ceremony at Conjecture

A. Bertram Chandler Award
Rosaleen Love

William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism and Review
Kim Wilkins, “Popular genres and the Australian literary community: the case of fantasy fiction” in the Journal of Australian Studies

Best New Talent
Felicity Dowker

Best Professional Achievement
Angela Challis, for Black, the Australian Dark Culture Magazine

Best Fan Production
ASif!, edit

Bella and Dinah

more dolls and stuff from the apt

Some good photos of me by my friend Carol

June 12-14 is the Stoker weekend taking place in Burbank--I'll be there from Thursday late afternoon on (although only staying at the hotel Friday and Saturday nights)

June 11th Thursday 7-9pm: Dark Delicacies mass autographing

June 12th Friday 2-3 pm: I'm moderating the panel on "Editing an Anthology": Bill Breedlove, R. J. Cavender, Ellen Datlow, Chad Helder, Stephen Jones, Vince A. Liaguno

4-5pm Kaffeeklatsch

June 13th Saturday 11-12noon autographing (will be bringing some OP books if I can)

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Synchronicity strikes again. The three DVDs I have at home from netflix are two discs of The Singing Detective and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang." Double synchronicity I just realized. It's the UK mini-series of The Singing Detective. Robert Downey, Jr was in the the US version (which I've never seen). Downey also stars in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. Totally unplanned.

Ok. So within minutes of watching the first hour or TSD I realized I'd already seen the series--where and when I've not a clue. But it's great so

I've just finished up my summary of the year in horror for 2008 and gone over all the Honorable Mentions and sent off both files to Night Shade. I am finished!!!
It's possible that I've forgotten or missplaced items (in fact I know I have) that will show up...at some point in my life (maybe I should look under the couch). But now I can start reading for 2009 and finish up several other projects.

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I've just come across this phenomena lately, and it's obviously a result of social networking on the web.

It used to be that when a person was coming to town, she'd reach out and personally contact the people she wanted to see while here. That way we can make plans to see one another either one-on- one or in a small group. When I'm preparing for a trip, that's part of my preparation-- I reach out to the various people I want to see and email or phone them. Or, I have one well-connected, well-org

I wasn't sure I wanted to post about the assassination because I didn't know how to approach it, but Shannyn Moore says it best and calls it what it is, Christian Fundamentalist Terrorism

via Nathan Ballingrud's facebook page