{"id":224,"date":"2009-02-02T18:48:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-02T18:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johnpicacio.com\/onthefront\/2009\/02\/02\/shoutouts-news-notes\/"},"modified":"2014-12-14T18:46:41","modified_gmt":"2014-12-14T18:46:41","slug":"shoutouts-news-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/johnpicacio.com\/onthefront\/2009\/02\/02\/shoutouts-news-notes\/","title":{"rendered":"Shoutouts, News + Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p> $\"\"$ <\/a>Good stuff to share, while I continue cranking away on lots of new work:\n

* Congrats to FAST FORWARD 2<\/a> which was just selected as one of 2008\u2019s best anthologies by LOCUS<\/a>\u2018 latest Recommended Reading List. Several FF2 stories were also cited amongst the year\u2019s best including Nancy Kress\u2019 \u201cThe Kindness of Strangers\u201d; Paul Cornell\u2019s \u201cCatherine Drewe\u201d; Ian McDonald\u2019s \u201cAn Eligible Boy\u201d; Paolo Bacigalupi\u2019s \u201cThe Gambler\u201d; and Benjamin Rosenbaum & Cory Doctorow\u2019s \u201cTrue Names\u201d.<\/p>\n

One very important clarification: to anyone considering Paul Cornell\u2019s story \u201cCatherine Drewe\u201d<\/a> for Hugo Award consideration, LOCUS has the story listed as a novelette but by Hugo Award word-count standards, Cornell\u2019s story (6,674 words) is best considered a SHORT STORY. So if you\u2019re nominating \u201cCatherine Drewe\u201d for a Hugo, please slot it as a short story (thanks to Mr. Cornell himself for the clarification). However, when LOCUS conducts its online Locus Award Poll, they\u2019ll likely slot the story as a novelette because their word-count standards may have suddenly changed from what they used to be. Whew \u2014 \u2018make sense? Hope so. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

* Subterranean Press<\/a> recently unveiled the finished front cover layout for their limited edition of Dan Simmons\u2019 DROOD<\/a>. I did the cover illustration, but I\u2019m not sure who did the typography. Probably Desert Isle Design, but I won\u2019t know until I receive comp copies and see the credits. At any rate, this book is getting rave reviews including starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Booklist, and Library Journal. Congrats to Dan and to Sub Press! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

* I just registered as a member of the ConceptArt.org<\/a> community. It\u2019s looking like I\u2019m going to attend their March workshop. More on this soon.<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"