CW 2008 Classmate Kristin Janz made the recommended reading list for the Nebula 2008 pre-ballot for her short story "Veritas Nos Liberabit".

It's a great story, I adore Kristin, and I am so incredibly proud of her, and her fabulous story.

See this? I'm beaming. Totally beaming.

is currently involved in the voting process. I would like to encourage anyone who has had the opportunity to read Peter V. Brett's The Painted Man (or The Warded Man in the U.S.) and enjoyed it to go to the Gemmell award site and vote. (For Peat, of course ;).)

is now being pimped at BoingBoing by Cory Doctorow. Did I not tell you this was good stuff? I'm telling you, CM3 writes rocking stories! AND he's an amazing live performer.

We all know that Kelly Link's Stranger Things Happen is up on-line under a Creative Commons license, right?

Well, it gets better. She's now put Magic for Beginners up under the same license in celebration of the publication of her first YA collection, Pretty Monsters.

More about Pretty Monsters to follow.

Need a web page? Need an already existing one spruced up? How about uniquely designed business cards? Check out Caren Gussoff Sumption and Chris Sumption's 4Emphasis. They do all this and more. You will not be sorry.

The gorgeous and extremely talented Theresa DeLucci writes about Heroes over at the new Tor.com.

She may turn me into a TV watcher yet. ;)

Avast, maties!

To celebrate Talk Like a Pirate Day, Shimmerzine has posted their pirate issue on-line.

It's wonderful reading. I strongly encourage you to specifically check out Rajan Khanna's "The Furies". It's a powerful story and he's a fantastic writer.