Another Irritating Vampire

[ellenkushner]

The Datlow/Windling teen vampires that are profound & have literary value & can be genuinely scary YA anthology TEETH is coming this March - and already advance reviews are popping up and torturing me.  Because I hate spoilers, that's why:  I want to come all brain-virginal & pristine to new work by personal heroes like Suzy Charnas & Jeff Ford & Tanith Lee & Kathe Koja and and and..... Which is why when ellen_datlow  sends us links to rave reviews like this one, I have to just skim it to see if my story's  mentioned (me! me! me!) - and deliasherman's, too, as of course I've already read hers (through aherm several drafts).  So far, so good.

Teeth has been selected already for the Junior Library Guild.  Who knows what honors may follow?

For those who hate Amazon,  pre-order from your nearest indy bookseller.  And for those who don't, save $ by pre-ordering at the crazy lowlow price currently on offer there pre-publication. (The same advice goes for Welcome to Bordertown, coming in May - Amazon seems to think the full cover price is $19.99, but I happen to know it's now $22.99.... so do take advantage of Am's pre-pub price of $13.49 if you can.) 

Comments

[taraljc.livejournal.com]

*makes flappy hands of glee*

*pre-orders EVERYTHING*

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

Hey, it really worked: Yesterday when I wrote this, WELCOME TO BORDERTOWN's Amazon ranking was, like, #730,000, and just now it's #35,600! This stuff goes up and down like a yo yo on a string - but clearly several people just took my advice. Smart folks.

[taraljc.livejournal.com]

It is MAGICAL and EXCITING. I still have a screencap I made to commemorate the exact moment when Chicks Dig Time Lords was the #1 ranked Doctor Who category book. Possibly I sent it to my co-editor's husband, so we could make squeaky noises about it outranking RTD's A Writer's tale (even if it didn't stay #1 for more than half a day).

[badverb.livejournal.com]

I am crazy excited. I meant to come back and write that I had taken your advice the other day. It's real! And it will arrive at my desk in May! And I will read it. And then I will read it again.

*happy sigh*

[toctoc.livejournal.com]

Exciting!

[msss.livejournal.com]

Ordered. For overseas people, try Book Depository (http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/book/9780375867057/Welcome-to-Bordertown) for free shipping!

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[phoenix64.livejournal.com]

I am SO EXCITED about Welcome to Bordertown.

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

Hurray!

[lynn-maudlin.livejournal.com]

I like the honesty of the (me! me! me!) - it's so very human. And it doesn't mean you think you're all that (well, maybe you do, and you wouldn't be far off!), just means you're doing appropriate social animal checking-in stuff. And *thank you* for the links and tips! :D

You're so sweet

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

"(me! me! me!)" is meant more to replicate the way I still jump up & down at any mention of my work anywhere by anyone . . . . what can I say? I'm aged but immature - like bad cheese. ;)

Re: You're so sweet

[lynn-maudlin.livejournal.com]

I don't know that it is "immaturity" - my sense of it is that anyone who doesn't have a little thrill of "wow, they mentioned me/my work" is a little jaded or cynical or both. So what I see is the honesty of sharing your reaction. You're a good cheese! ;D