Forty-four today
Which seems like a nice round number.

I went out for dinner with rysmiel on Saturday, we went to Kashima and had some nice sushi and a delicious grilled hamachi neck. Last night I went out with zorinth and his girlfriend to Stash Cafe an awesome Polish restaurant in the Old Port, perhaps five minutes walk from where next year's Worldcon is going to be held. We had a vodka sampler -- three vodkas between the three of us, the winner was definitely Chopin for all of us, but the others were also complex and interesting and went with the food very well. Then we had awesome borsht with sour cream, salad (OK, Z's girlfriend ate my salad) and I had wild boar in a rich sauce with sour cream, Z had the platter of assorted Polish delicacies, which is what I would have another time, and his girlfriend had cabbage rolls. We finished up with apple and peach strudels. And Z, as he had offered, and entirely uncomplainingly, paid half. It's lovely having a grown-up son.

I opened my presents when we came home, because today is complicated and I wouldn't have been able to open them with everyone until very late. My best present is still definitely the comfy chair.



Novels

Half a Crown, Tor, October.

Ha'Penny in mass market paperback, Tor, August.

Short Stories

Remember the Allosaur, Lone Star Stories, August.

Poetry

Sibyl, Lone Star Stories, June.

Translations

Farthing in Spanish, Hungarian and Japanese.

Also finished and sold this year but not yet published

Still Untitled ILE, coming from Tor sometime...

"Escape to Other Worlds With Science Fiction", going to be at Tor.com in January 2009.

Poetry collection Sibyls and Spaceships coming from NESFA in February.

Pending From Previous Years

"Three Twilight Tales" in Firebirds Soaring which is now due out in 2009.

Lifelode, coming from NESFA in February 2009.

In Progress

Our Sea

Serenissima

Annoying SF thing.

Awards

Prometheus Award, Ha'Penny.

Award Nominations

Ha'Penny

Shortlisted: Sidewise Award, Lambda Award.

Honourable Mention: Sunburst Award.

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	slashfairy 2008-12-01 12:12 pm UTC (link)
	happy birthday. 4 elevens. a good number. (Reply to this)

	lethargic_man 2008-12-01 12:14 pm UTC (link)
	Happy birthday! I should be very pleased with that progress, if I were you. (Reply to this)

	Happy Birthday! nanne 2008-12-01 12:22 pm UTC (link)
	And, of course, the blessings of the season! (Reply to this)

	mrissa 2008-12-01 12:22 pm UTC (link)
	Very happiest of birthdays! (Reply to this)

	ffutures 2008-12-01 12:23 pm UTC (link)
	That's a busy year! Congrats and Happy Birthday! (Reply to this)

	pegkerr 2008-12-01 12:28 pm UTC (link)
	Happy birthday, Jo, dear! (Reply to this)

	lauriemann 2008-12-01 12:33 pm UTC (link)
	Happy Birthday! (Reply to this)

	therck 2008-12-01 12:34 pm UTC (link)
	Happy birthday! (Reply to this)

	redbird 2008-12-01 12:37 pm UTC (link)
	Happy birthday! Those sound like excellent celebrations. (Reply to this)

	txanne 2008-12-01 12:41 pm UTC (link)
	Many happy returns of the day! (Reply to this)

	bohemiancoast 2008-12-01 12:41 pm UTC (link)
	Happy birthday! (Reply to this)

	zingerella 2008-12-01 12:43 pm UTC (link)
	Many happy returns! A comfy chair is definitely a good present. (Reply to this)

	desayunoencama 2008-12-01 12:57 pm UTC (link)
	Happy birthday! and a nicely productive year it's been! (Reply to this)

	casacorona 2008-12-01 12:59 pm UTC (link)
	And a Very Happy Birthday to you! (Reply to this)

	elmwood 2008-12-01 01:09 pm UTC (link)
	Have a wonderful birthday (Reply to this)

	owlfish 2008-12-01 01:09 pm UTC (link)
	A very happy birthday to you! (Reply to this)

	heleninwales 2008-12-01 01:18 pm UTC (link)
	Happy birthday! It looks like it's been an excellent year for the writing. Oh, and thanks for reminding me about next year's Worldcon. I am very tempted... (Reply to this)

	sam_t 2008-12-01 01:30 pm UTC (link)
	Happy Birthday! (Reply to this)

	re: Forty-four today betonica 2008-12-01 01:40 pm UTC (link)
	Happy birthday! I liked 44, myself. And I've always thought it was a great number. (Reply to this)

	rolanni 2008-12-01 01:44 pm UTC (link)
	Happy birthday, and many more -- years and publications! (Reply to this)

	apis_mellifera 2008-12-01 01:59 pm UTC (link)
	Happy birthday! (Reply to this)

	sraun 2008-12-01 02:01 pm UTC (link)
	Happy Birthday! (Reply to this)

kalmn 2008-12-01 02:07 pm UTC (link)

happy birthday! for prepping for surgery, i went to uncle edgar's here and bought an entire grocery bag full of used books to read. i bought a bunch of dalziel/pascoe books. i was very confused for several chapters when i read them and had this strange recollection that one of them was supposed to be gay and also weren't there nazis in these books. my last question about them was why were they so damned tedious. all of these questions were answered once i realized i was remembering books i actually *liked*, those being yours. :) (Reply to this)

	kaffyr 2008-12-01 02:13 pm UTC (link)
	Many happy returns of the day! (Reply to this)

	sartorias 2008-12-01 02:18 pm UTC (link)
	Happy birthday, and here's wishing you another year of creative joy, and success. (Reply to this)

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