This morning I woke up to an email from the publicist at Hot Key, telling me that "Stray" has been nominated for two Kitschies -- an award for "progressive, entertaining works that contain elements of the speculative or fantastic." And really, how can you not love an award whose mascot is an octopus, whose trophies are tentacles, and whose prizes are bottles of rum (also money)?
The other nominees in my categories (best debut novel and best cover art) are some of my favorite books from the year. I loved "Mr. Penumbra's 24-hour Bookstore" by Robin Sloan, and every time I turned around, another person was recommending "Ancillary Justice" by Ann Leckie.
In continuing the theme of excellent news week, on Tuesday I got a brand new baby nephew. I visited him at the hospital a few hours after he was born; he is officially the smallest and newest human being I had ever met. The way some people get about teeny-weeny baby clothes, I get about teeny-weeny baby books and have already gone on a spending spree. That kid is going to be chock full of Phantom Tollbooths, Chronicles of Narnia, and bears called Paddington and Corduroy. They're a little too big for him now, at all of two days old, but I figure he'll grow into them.
The other nominees in my categories (best debut novel and best cover art) are some of my favorite books from the year. I loved "Mr. Penumbra's 24-hour Bookstore" by Robin Sloan, and every time I turned around, another person was recommending "Ancillary Justice" by Ann Leckie.
In continuing the theme of excellent news week, on Tuesday I got a brand new baby nephew. I visited him at the hospital a few hours after he was born; he is officially the smallest and newest human being I had ever met. The way some people get about teeny-weeny baby clothes, I get about teeny-weeny baby books and have already gone on a spending spree. That kid is going to be chock full of Phantom Tollbooths, Chronicles of Narnia, and bears called Paddington and Corduroy. They're a little too big for him now, at all of two days old, but I figure he'll grow into them.