The promised reviews and Cool Announcement.

[leahbobet]

Now that we're mostly all in the land of the living here (sorry, Australians), it's time for for the reviews and Cool Announcement. Yes, more reviews. I've got to put them somewhere or they clog up the vents.

First off, Blog of the Fallen says some very nice things about Clockwork Phoenix 2, calling it the best original genre anthology they read this year. Which is nifty.

Moving into the main course, Hannah Strom-Martin, in the Strange Horizons 2009 in Review article, gives a shoutout to Realms of Fantasy and "Mister Oak":

In the last issue Harlan Ellison’s effortlessly brilliant "How Interesting: A Tiny Man" and Leah Bobet’s touching "Mister Oak" reminded me of the fabulous literary lights we possess. May they continue to burn into 2010 and beyond.

This is especially nice because I opened it up and ironically did a little search on my name, so I could find nothing and get on with my life. And then I found something. And felt bad for being such a terrible cynic like I am, but was crazy flattered that it turned out this way.

Next rock! The Twitter saying something nice about "Mister Oak" the other day has been located, mostly because he expanded it into a blog post: Pete Tzinski says some further nice things about that story, and likes the stats page as well. Which I need to do a little redesign on to handle those freaking tables. They are ugly.

There. That's reviews.

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The Fun Cool Announcement of Import is that I, along with a bunch of the other Shadow Unit authors, will be appearing at the Tucson Festival of Books in Tucson, AZ on March 13 and 14. We'll be doing a panel and signing, and otherwise just roaming the festival in a pack formation, being festive.

There are a lot of authors already signed up for this thing -- I'm sort of personally boggled at the hugeness when I'm not doing little fangirl dances about various attendees -- so I'm really looking forward to this trip. If you're in the area, hope to see you there!

Comments

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

Those are lovely reviews.

[leahbobet.livejournal.com]

They are. :) I am feeling myself lucky today.

[casacorona.livejournal.com]

Yay. Looking forward to seeing you in my native environment.

[leahbobet.livejournal.com]

Likewise! Desert! Horsies!

[tchernabyelo.livejournal.com]

I wasn't aware of this event, but since I am a mere three hours away (which I have begun to think of as "close") I shall make an effort to drop by.

There are a good few names I recognise on the list so it should be fun.

[leahbobet.livejournal.com]

Yay! Look forward to meeting you, if you can make it.

And I'm sort of croggled by how big some of those names are too. I might have to go fangirl Elmore Leonard and make a fool out of myself before I go.

[jennygadget.livejournal.com]

yay! Clearly I must get out to AZ in March. SU authors and brand new cousin once removed (or is it second cousin?) all in one visit!