Hey, wow!! Found out this morning that I’m a Locus Award finalist in the Artist category! Hurray! Full list of nominees here. Fellow nominees in the category include Stephan Martiniere, Shaun Tan, Charles Vess, and Michael Whelan. I’m honored to be in their company. Congrats to all nominees in all categories, and a quick shoutout…
It’s Nebula Awards Weekend, up in Austin this weekend. I’ll be signing at Friday’s Mass Autographing and I’ll be one of the speakers at Saturday’s awards banquet when Mike Moorcock is presented as the 2008 Grandmaster by the Science Fiction Writers of America. Other than that, I’ll mostly be hanging out at the Omni’s bar…
Emru Townsend is fighting for his life, and here’s how we can help him. Emru’s been diagnosed with leukemia and a condition known as monosomy 7. What this means is he needs a bone-marrow transplant in order to live. He and his family are actively seeking a donor match and their website is smart, with…