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lauraanne_gilman) wrote2009-01-16 07:51 am
lauraanne_gilman) wrote2009-01-16 07:51 am
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another small but satisfying sale, and off she goes...
In addition to "Blow Job Red," Podcaster SFZine has also made an offer for "Exposure." I love this story, so am pleased it will get yet another outing [to date, it's appeared in BLOOD MUSE (Donald I Fine), BLOOD THIRST (Oxford), and STREETS OF BLOOD (Cumberland House)].
Yeah, it's a vampire story. *grin* Michael J Westin, Vampire-as-photographer. It's also the story that got me irate e-mails from people protesting that I "didn't understand vampires" and "was getting it all wrong." Um, if you say so....
The follow-up story, "His Essential Nature," (Dreams of Decadence, and reprinted in their Best of anthology) had Westin and his vampire-killing buddy hunting down a rogue vampire in the streets of Manhattan, while Westin's also balancing The Suburban Dream, and impending parenthood. Yeah, I got vampires all wrong. But the stories seem to have done all right for themselves....
I should check in and see what he's up to these days. I know there's at least one more story in the old boy yet....
It's 9 degrees outside. I'm just mentioning that in passing.
Meanwhile, I am off to DC, for a weekend House Party/Working Vacation at Holly House with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
neadods, while 0eris0 minds the cats. It's a commentary of some sort when your luggage for five days consists of three days worth of clothing, two manuscripts, a laptop, a box of DVDs and two bottles of wine...
Expect frequent but possibly incoherent road-trip blogging.
Yeah, it's a vampire story. *grin* Michael J Westin, Vampire-as-photographer. It's also the story that got me irate e-mails from people protesting that I "didn't understand vampires" and "was getting it all wrong." Um, if you say so....
The follow-up story, "His Essential Nature," (Dreams of Decadence, and reprinted in their Best of anthology) had Westin and his vampire-killing buddy hunting down a rogue vampire in the streets of Manhattan, while Westin's also balancing The Suburban Dream, and impending parenthood. Yeah, I got vampires all wrong. But the stories seem to have done all right for themselves....
I should check in and see what he's up to these days. I know there's at least one more story in the old boy yet....
It's 9 degrees outside. I'm just mentioning that in passing.
Meanwhile, I am off to DC, for a weekend House Party/Working Vacation at Holly House with
neadods, while 0eris0 minds the cats. It's a commentary of some sort when your luggage for five days consists of three days worth of clothing, two manuscripts, a laptop, a box of DVDs and two bottles of wine... Expect frequent but possibly incoherent road-trip blogging.