I'm a loser so why don't you kill me*

[ellenkushner]

Being married to a past WFC judge, I know how damn' hard they all work to come up with a really good ballot - so thank you, folks, for your time & eyeballs & horsetrading & hard work this year!

Kind of sad that "The Man with the Knives" didn't make the 2011 World Fantasy Nominees ballot - it's one of the pieces I'm most proud of having written, and I'd been hoping for a little notice, as Hugo & Nebs passed it by without a murmur - or hoping at least that Temporary Culture / Henry Wessells would get a "Special Award, Non-Pro" nomination for his body of work (including that and the Swanwick Mirlees & Cabell monographs, among others) . . . . but then I look at the list of nominees, all of which are just splendid, richly deserved, and think: There's only 5 slots for everything; what can ya do?

Congratulations, all, and I'll see you in San Diego!

*this is funny, but only if you know the song! 

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Here's what you can do about it : give it to an editor in France, ask him to pay me to translate it, then to send it to the Imaginales Jury which I'm part of, send me some flatteries and kitten pics, and you'll get the award. Easy as pie, right ? :D

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

Thank you, Annaig! I think I can manage everything but the kitten pics....

[llennhoff.livejournal.com]

I really liked it, but I'm not sure how appealing it would be to someone who didn't know who the characters 'really' were. I should give it one of my friends who isn't familiar with Riverside (if there are any left :>)) and see what they think.

I'm please to announce 'The Man With The Knives' has won the Larry Lennhoff award for most overlooked chapbook of 2010/11. Congratulations!

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

Wow - it worked! Thanks, Lenny; I feel great now! It is an award I will strive to be worthy of.

BTW, Andy Duncan reminded me yesterday that Jonathan Strahan did put it in his YEAR'S BEST antho for 2010, which is far from nothing - and Andy has assigned it to his class this year! and from his description of the story ("that one about the guy who comes to the woman's house..."), it's clear he didn't know any of the characters already.

So I should just shut up. ;)

[chanaleh.livejournal.com]

I always hear that song as "I'm a lizard, baby, so why don't you kill me," which leaves me imagining some wonderful classic sci-fi interplanetary battle scenario ;-)

[jay-of-lasgalen.livejournal.com]

I absolutely loved it, but I'm rather obsessed with Richard and Alec :>) Perhaps it doesn't have so much impact on someone who doesn't know their backstory.