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1. Address your questions to me @RichelleMead and be sure to tag them #askMead. Then, if you want to follow along with other questions and answers, just keep clicking #askMead to see the whole conversation!
2. I don't start answering questions posted before then, so don't sweat if you think you need to get them in now. Hold off until the start time, and use this time zone converter if you need to figure it out for where you live.
3. I usually get slammed with hundreds of questions and can't always get to all of them. If I see the same question asked a lot, I may start skipping them (once it's been answered) in order to get to some new and different questions out there. Also, if I've already answered a few questions for the same person, I may skip some of that person's others in order to give someone new a chance to be answered. Believe me, I'll type as fast as I can, but don't take offense if I don't get to yours.
4. If you post too many tweets on Twitter, they block you from tweeting for a while. It's called "Twitter Jail," and I usually end up in it before the time limit of a chat. So, if I abruptly stop answering questions and don't say goodbye, that's what happened to me. Follow @MalachiWolfe, and I'll tell him if I get put in Twitter Jail. Then, he'll tell you. Actually, just follow him anyway because he's awesome.
5. We're really excited about the release of Gameboard of the Gods, so if you've got those questions, bring 'em! But I'll happily answer about other books, the movie, etc. too. We'll post a transcript of it all for you to see afterward.
Talk to you guys tomorrow!
The other thing that had me so conflicted was I couldn't decide which short story to work on next. I have so many that I'm "in the middle" of and I want to complete all of them. The idea of having to settle on working on ONE was daunting to me, and a little disappointing. One day I'd have ideas on how to tweak one piece, and the next day my brain would be focusing on something completely different. That's usually how my brain goes, too. It's really hard for me to work on just one thing at a time.
To make things even more complicated, I'm going through a very emotional time right now with a huge move and adjustment coming up in 35 days. (Yes, I have a countdown going. :P) So to say "okay, I can definitely work on a piece every single day" puts a little too much pressure on me and isn't a realistic goal.
However, I'm come up with a solution!
I've split up all my short stories that I have into two different anthologies. One that's simply Gay YA, the other that is Gay YA Paranormal. I have thoughts of compliling it into one big anthology, but I'm not sure I want to do that yet. I like the idea of them being separate. Each anthology right now has three stories, and I have another in the works for the Gay YA one. So that one will have four.
So my next release is going to be an anthology--a collection of 3 or 4 short stories into one book. Which anthology I'll release is yet to be seen. I'm trying to just let my brain work on what it wants to without forcing it down one avenue or another.
The other thing that got changed was my release date. Midsummer is TOTALLY not feasible right now. That would give me exactly a month to edit all of these stories and come up with a cover for them. Yeah, I'm not putting that much pressure on myself. I'm not even going to attempt all that with everything I have going on right now. But Lughnassadh is a feasible date.
So for right now, that's tentatively what's happening with my writing. Anthology is a definite thing, release date and which anthology are still things that are changeable :P
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Congrats to all the Finalists!
Awards will be given in seven categories. Finalists are announced today for all categories except Bisexual Book Publisher of the Year, which will be kept secret until the awards ceremony. The awards are open to people of all orientations, except the Bi Writer Award, which goes to the best bi author of the year, from all the categories combined.
Books were nominated by the Bi Writers Association and allowed to be nominated to any category they fit. No limits were set on number of finalists, but were narrowed down to the best in each category by the judges. Bisexual Fiction had the most nominees, and therefore, the most finalists. The judges are a combination of award-winning writers, respected bi writers and passionate bi book readers.
Bisexual Book Awards Finalists List:
Bisexual Fiction
1. Beyond Binary: Genderqueer and Sexually Fluid Speculative Fiction, Edited by Brit Mandelo, Lethe Press
2. History of a Pleasure Seeker, Richard Mason, Random House / Knopf
3. In One Person, John Irving, Simon & Schuster
4. The Last Nude, Ellis Avery, Riverhead Books
5. Mount Royal, There’s nothing harder than love, Basil Papademos, Tightrope Books
6. Silver Moon, Catherine Lundoff, Lethe Press
7. Whitetail Shooting Gallery, Annette Lapointe, Anvil Press Publishers
Bisexual Non-fiction
1. Girlfag: A Life Told In Sex and Musicals, Janet W. Hardy, Beyond Binary Books
2. My Awesome Place: The Autobiography of Cheryl B, Cheryl Burke, Topside Signature
Bisexual Poetry
1. Fireflies at Absolute Zero, Erynn Rowan Laurie, Hiraeth Press
2. Love Without Limits: The Bi-Laws of Love, Yazmin Monet Watkins, Red Journal Publications
3. Shine, Donnelle McGee, Sibling Rivalry Press
Bisexual Erotic Fiction/Erotica
1. Mount Royal, There’s nothing harder than love, Basil Papademos,
2. The Poet and the Prophecy: Magic University Book Four, Cecilia Tan, Ravenous Romance
3. Times Square Queer: Tales of Bad Boys in the Big Apple, Mykola Dementiuk, Renaissance eBooks
Bisexual Speculative Fiction [Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror]
1. Beyond Binary: Genderqueer and Sexually Fluid Speculative Fiction, Brit Mandelo, Lethe Press
2. Gleams of a Remoter World, Fiona Glass, Riptide Publishing
3. The Poet and the Prophecy: Magic University Book Four, Cecilia Tan, Ravenous Romance
4. Silver Moon, Catherine Lundoff, Lethe Press
Bi Writer Award
1. Beyond Binary: Genderqueer and Sexually Fluid Speculative Fiction, Brit Mandelo, Lethe Press
2. Fireflies at Absolute Zero, Erynn Rowan Laurie, Hiraeth Press
3. Girlfag: A Life Told In Sex and Musicals, Janet W. Hardy, Beyond Binary Books
4. My Awesome Place: The Autobiography of Cheryl B, Cheryl Burke, Topside Signature
5. Mount Royal, There’s nothing harder than love, Basil Papademos, Tightrope Books Inc.
6. The Poet and the Prophecy: Magic University Book Four, Cecilia Tan, Ravenous Romance
7. Silver Moon, Catherine Lundoff, Lethe Press
8. Times Square Queer: Tales of Bad Boys in the Big Apple, Mykola Dementiuk, Renaissance eBooks
9. Whitetail Shooting Gallery, Annette Lapointe, Anvil Press Publishers
Bi Book Publisher of the Year -Winner will be announced at the Bisexual Book Awards, June 2nd in New York City.
Bi Lines VI: A Multi-Arts Celebration of Bisexual Writing & Bisexual Book Awards June 2nd NYC!
Advance Tickets: Nuyorican Poets Cafe website
Thus ended the latest job rejection. Nolan hung up the phone with numb fingers. "I didn't want that job anyway," he said.
"Oh, honey, I know just how you feel," the fox said, flopping a foppish paw at him. "Like this one time, I saw these grapes way up high. But I could tell at a glance they were sour."
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