September 11

HarperCollins to start SF Imprint

From Publisher’s Lunch, September 11, 2008:
“Harper UK is starting a new science fiction imprint, Angry Robot, launching in July 2009. Former publisher of Games Workshop’s Solaris and Black Library imprints Marc Gascoigne is running the new line, reporting to managing director Amanda Ridout. Taking a place alongside Harper’s Voyager imprint, the new label “will be building the next wave of authors,” Gascoigne says. They plan to sell print and digital versions directly from their website in addition to standard retail channels.”

It is so fantastic to see SF getting the nod it deserves.

Also, does anyone know where I might get this bookshelf?

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September 2

August Reader Project

Month: August
What books/magazines did you buy this month? Why did you buy them?
-American Gothic by Robert Bloch, book sale, it’s an ARC!!
-The Wolfen by Whitley Strieber, book sale, it’s werewolves and it’s a first edition
-Dirk Gently’s holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams, book sale, because it’s Douglas Adams
-Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison, book sale, urban fantasy=auto buy
-Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz, book sale, recommended to me
-All Hell Breaking Loose, book sale, looks interesting
-Grave Peril by Jim Butcher, book sale, love the series
-White Night by Jim Butcher, book sale, love the series
-Conspiracy in Death by JD Robb, book sale, research
-The Conquests of Napoleon by George A. Golson, book sale, research
-Shocks by Burton Goodman, book sale, in home education (a book of short stories and exercises for reading comprehension)
-Fascinating Experiments in Chemistry, book sale, in home education
-Win, Place and Show by Betsy Berns, book sale, kid’s choice
-Little Book of Fairy Crafts, book sale, something to do with my daughter
*The Oxford Illustrated Literary Guide to Great Britain & Ireland, gift from my husband, writing yanno?
-Personal Darkness by Tanith Lee, book sale, I like the author
-Ming Ling by Stephen Cosgrove, book sale, love the Cosgrove books
-The Vampire Files: Bloodlist by P.N. Elrod, book sale, recommended
-Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman, book sale, loved the movie
-The Thirteen Nights of Halloween, book sale, kid’s choice
-Mona Lisa Craving by Sunny, book sale, for the lulz
-U.S. Census by Ruth Kassinger, book sale, research
-Chicago by Jory Graham, book sale, research
-Three in Death by JD Robb (a 3-in-1), book sale, research
-Soul Obsession by Amy Wolff Sorter, book sale, it was an ARC
-The Scream by John Skipp and Craig Spector, book sale, liked other books by the authors
-Going Postal by Terry Pratchett, book sale, it’s Terry-freakin’-Pratchett!
-The Burning by Bentley Little, book sale, interested in trying the author
-The Vanishing by Bentley Little, book sale, interested in trying the author
Did you download any free books this month? Why did you chose to download them and where did you download them from (author web site, publisher web site, bit torrent site)?
*Books/ARCs I received for possible review this month:
-Murky Depths #5
-The Vampire Tapestry by Suzy McKee Charnas
-The Sacred Book of the Werewolf by Victor Pelevin
-Ghost in the Mirror by Leslie Rule
-Serpent’s Quest by Janrae Frank
-Sheep and Wolves by Jeremy Shipp
-Polluto # 2 & #3
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September 1

Dear Agents and Editors I’ve submitted to,

While I’m glad you’re finally getting back to me, I’d like to humbly point out that Wednesday is my birthday. Could we please break this crushing wave of rejection for just one day (specifically that day)?

Kthanxbai,

Michele

(who is on hour 29 of a bad day)

P.S.- Acceptances are okay though.

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August 30

Shelfari…

Is it just me, or does Shelfari completely suck when it comes to adding books? My searches always are way, way off target… well, like Shelfari is owned by someone and trying to sell books other than the ones I’m reading. Even searches for bigger writers, like Ilona Andrews and Brian Keene leave me quite frustrated (and in both cases the authors weren’t even on the first three pages).

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