As visitors may have noticed, it had been a long time since the site had been updated. There were good reasons for that, but events have transpired that have enabled those of us who can to resume updates. Updates across the board will take some time, but we'll have a bit every week.

Huzzah!

I'm pleased to congratulate Nancy Kress (and, well, everyone else, of course, but I don't know them) who's just been awarded the Nebula for her novella "Fountain of Age." Michael Chabon (who actually showed up) took home the award for Best Novel (for The Yiddish Policeman's Union).

Gawkermedia's io9 has a rundown on the awards with links to some upcoming work and related matter (including a brief account of dinner with Michael Moorcock, who was not wearing a cape at the time). Read more...

Dana Paxson and Pat Rapp joined us for a discussion of hyperlinked fictional universes and virtual online communities, with special attention to what those mean to us as writers.