The anthology Polaris, has won a 2007 Canadian Science Writer’s Association’s Awards for Science Book for Youth.

I have now published a story in an award winning anthology. Yeehaw!

Polaris did not win an Aurora. This is not surprising: another anthology by the same editor, and put out by a bigger publishing company, was on the same ballot — and it won instead.

I would like to congratulate my editor, Julie E. Czerneda, on both wins.
(And congrats to all the other winners as well, of course — it’s just that Julie is the only winner of either award that I actually know.)

Apparently, not only is Polaris (the anthology that contains my story “Frozen Witness”) on the ballot for an Aurora, it has also been short listed for the Canadian Science Writers’ Association Awards.

I remember being rather nervous about the fact that my story had to be vetted by a team of scientists before it could published in this anthology. I guess this is what makes that extra bit of fingernail chewing worth it.

According to SFScope the anthology Polaris: A Celebration of Polar Science edited by Julie E. Czerneda (Star Ink), which contains my story “Frozen Witness” has been nominated for an Prix Aurora Award.

Isn't that cool?
Go Julie!

If you are a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident of Canada, and you read sf, please don't forget to support the Auroras!

I got my copy of the Polaris Anthology today!
Yay! A real book, by a real publisher.

I also finished the tricky bit in Eyes where I had to make the story go from where it originally went, to where I decided three chapters later I should have made it to go. I had to rewrite that bit three times before I actually managed to get the story headed in the right direction.

AND…

… I completed Page 3 of Flag in Flames

It took me longer than I expected: It was a six panel page. the renders take a long time, and I ended up re-rendering every single one of them in full size at least twice. :sigh:

I've started setting up my renders and getting them going *before* doing my writing, so that I have a hope of finishing two on the same day.

Thank you very much for all the congrats and woohoos everyone.

I am always very happy to get to the end of a book, firstly for the joy of completion (yes, I know there are still revisions to be done, that's beside the point, there are always revisions to be done), and secondly because it means I'm allowed to switch to a different project. >:)

So long, elegant-and-witty-court-intrigue! Hello again action-oriented-space-opera-pastiche starring Bambi Wysorickovitz the barbie-doll-blonde investigator with purple eyes.

Kind of cool that I'll be back to working on this one just when the anthology with the related short story comes out. (So that no one coming in late will get confused, I am referring to “Frozen Witness” which will appear in stores as part of the POLARIS anthology shortly. The story is published as hard science fiction, and is not intended to be humorous, but nonetheless makes reference to a Dr. Wysorickovitz…)