some good news!

by on 05/07/2007 | 4

First, from Radclyffe, came this announcement:

The Independent Publisher Book Awards were conceived as a broad-based, unaffiliated awards program open to all members of the independent publishing industry. The awards are intended to bring increased recognition to the thousands of exemplary independent, university, and self-published titles produced each year, and reward those who exhibit the courage, innovation, and creativity to bring about change in the world of publishing. This year there were 65 categories with several thousand entries. I am very pleased to announce that Bold Stokes Books has two semifinalists in the Romance and Erotica categories (these are not specifically LGBTcategories):

Romance
Turn Back Time, by Radclyffe (Bold Strokes Books); The Devil’s Bastard, by Charlsie Russell (Loblolly Writers House); The Vengeance Trap, by A.L. Hansen (Ophir Publishing); Mistress in Training, by Edwina Columbia (Dorian Press); The Crossroads Cafe, by Deborah Smith (BelleBooks)

Erotica
Erotic Interludes 4: Extreme Passions, edited by Radclyffe and Stacia Seaman (Bold Strokes Books); Room with a View, by Lucy Fur (Feral House); The Smart Girl’s Guide to Porn, edited by Violet Blue (Cleis Press); Gay Art: A Historic Collection, by Felix Lance Falkon with Thomas Waugh (Arsenal Pulp Press); Best Women’s Erotica 07, edited by Violet Blue (Cleis Press)

Then I got the news that a book I edited is on the USA Today Top 150 list.

I’m still feeling a bit battered, but I’m much happier now than I was a few hours ago.

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awards redux

by on 04/04/2007 | 2

The same romance novel I mentioned earlier has picked up another nomination, and also won another award – a big one (Romantic Times). I’m really happy for this author; it’s a great book, it’s a great series, and I hope she continues to do well!

::dances around room::

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happiness

by on 03/29/2007 | 0

The awards season is in full swing, and one of the romances I worked on last year has already picked up an award. She’s a new author, so it’s especially exciting. Yay!

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what a great t-shirt!

by on 03/25/2007 | 1

This is just too funny. I don’t think they’re available anymore, though.

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3 things every writer and editor should know

by on 03/12/2007 | 2

aureole =/= areola

methodology =/= method (methodology is the study of methods)

suckle =/= suck (suckle is to give or draw milk from the breast or udder)

In other news, it finally rained here in Austin. Glorious thunderstorms and almost an inch of rain, and maybe more this evening. Yay!

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Should I send a resume?

by on 03/08/2007 | 9

Whenever I fly, I buy a book at the airport. I tend toward mysteries/thrillers/suspense novels. Something to keep me occupied at the gate, or when I have a bit of downtime during the trip. Generally these are books I wouldn’t otherwise read, so it’s sort of a guilty pleasure for me.

(I have to add here that The Book was in the best-seller racks in Austin, Houston, and DC. Cheap thrill moment for me!)

Anyway, I bought a novel published by Ballantine Books, which I believe is an imprint of Random House. One of the biggies. About ten pages in, I encountered the first lay/lie confusion. It surprised me, because that’s not the kind of mistake I associate with a publisher like Ballantine/Random House. However, as I continued to read, I realized that there was not one single instance of lie in its intransitive sense (“to assume a reclining position”). It would have been bad enough had the editor not even tried to make the distinction between lay (transitive: “to put in a horizontal position”) and lie, but this was far worse: the editor used the transitive lay in all instances, regardless of which verb was required.

I wonder who I should contact about offering my services?

:-)

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even more glee

by on 02/12/2007 | 2

I can’t believe it: I edited a book that’s on the New York Times best-seller list!

Again, my role was fairly minimal, but still!

*glees and glees some more*

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by on 02/09/2007 | 2

*is in a ridiculous state of glee*

A book I edited last year has debuted in the top 10 of the USA Today and Publishers Weekly bestseller lists.

Obviously my role was fairly minimal, but still!

*glees and glees some more*

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