Villains & Tricksters

[ellenkushner]

Yippee!! Just sold that fairy tale villains story to Datlow & Windling for their middle-grade anthology! Had to rewrite it more times than I like to think til I got it right, but "The Shoes that were Danced to Pieces" finally made it. (Sorry, Holly - had to take this opportunity to sing the

I hate being the oldest princess. You always have to be responsible and watch the younger ones, and make sure they have their shoes on before we leave, and that Serena doesn’t forget her scarf so she doesn’t catch a chill, and Imelda took her asthma medicine so she doesn’t wheeze, and Larissa has eaten properly so she doesn’t she’ll faint, and keep the twins from fighting.

And that’s just at night. )

Also thrilled that D&W's teen-and-up collection of trickster tales, The Coyote Road, is finally coming out from Viking this summer, with my Jessica Campion story, "Honored Guest," in it - plus stories by an all-star cast including beloveds Elizabeth Wein, Caroline Stevermer, Pat McKillip, Ellen Klages, Dora Goss, and . . . well, here's the whole list. Kind of amazing. We're doing a reading/signing at Books of Wonder in NYC on June 9th - I'll keep you posted, or Ellen Datlow will.

Comments

[lutin.livejournal.com]

so excited! :D

[http://users.livejournal.com/_stranger_here/]

Great news all around! I'm excited about the Coyote Road book. And love the gorgeous Vess cover.

[shelly-rae.livejournal.com]

Congrats! I'm looking forward to a couple of new short story collections!
Anon

[blackholly.livejournal.com]

Hey, I was a big sister too! And I loooove the story!

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

Your comments really helped - I think you'll love the revisions even more.

[naamah-darling.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's great news all around! I'll put in a pre-order for that Coyote Road book once I get paid. I love Jessica so very much.

And where would little sisters like me be without our big sisters, I ask you? Nowhere good, that's where. Nowhere good.

She never could keep the shoes on me, though.

[mroctober.livejournal.com]

Awesome!

[penmage.livejournal.com]

Huzzah, another BOW event. Is everyone from the anthology slated to read/sign?

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

Just those who live close enough to make the trip easily, I suspect.

[bgliterary.livejournal.com]

Congrats! Can't wait to read it!

[yaoi-in-exile.livejournal.com]

X3! The Shoes That Were Danced to Pieces? I love that one! ...Although my fave has always been the story about the girl whose mother died and gave her a magic al doll. :3 Is there anything like that in there?

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

Ahh...We won't know that til all the stories are bought and the editors announce the Table of Contents (oh, and the title, that, too) - watch and wait!!