Most excellent news

Posted on | 2 years, 10 months ago, in the evening | 4 Comments

Sorry to have been so intermittent lately, but the electricians are on the warpath in my apartment, and I have only sporadic access to the internet (and sometimes, to power at all); so things have been a little touch-and-go over here.

But while I’ve got a moment with a steady connection and no electricians swarming my premises (they’ve gone home for the day), I wanted pass along the following: As the inimitable George R. R. Martin reports on his Not-a-Blog, it’s going to be a Wild Cards Christmas! SUICIDE KINGS is slated for December, and that’s wonderful news for all and sundry.

It’s particularly thrilling news for me, personally, because I’ve recently been inducted into the wicked little consortium of folks who compose the WILD CARDS stories, and I’ve proposed a handful of characters who have been accepted for future use. (OMG1!!!1!!!!!eleventy!!!1!1!!)

So the fact that SUICIDE KINGS is safely in the can makes me very, very hopeful about the prospects for future projects, in which case I would be absolutely FRANTIC WITH SQUEE for the opportunity to write for this franchise. And if you think FRANTIC WITH SQUEE does not warrant its own all-caps in this instance, then clearly you don’t know me very well … because I’m tempted to festoon the letters with glitter and blinkies, give them red and purple stripes, and sent them scrolling merrily across the screen, followed by a train of booty-dancing exclamation points for emphasis. (NOT KIDDING.)

But in lieu of that vivid and baroque handling of the situation, I’d like to express my deep and abiding thanks to George for inviting me aboard — and to Bill, who (I am led to understand) recommended me for the gig in the first place.

[:: squishes them both in a ridiculous digital bear hug ::]

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4 Responses to “Most excellent news”

  1. Mary Robinette Kowal
    March 24th, 2009 @ 7:56 pm

    WOW! That’s going to be so much freakin’ fun!

  2. Cherie
    March 24th, 2009 @ 7:57 pm

    In the event that it actually comes to pass, yes. But for now, nothing’s set in stone. Still, fingers are crossed and hopes are high :)

  3. twilight2000
    March 24th, 2009 @ 8:03 pm

    SQUEEEEEE!!! Reason to read more Wild Cards!!!!

  4. David Anthony Durham
    April 16th, 2009 @ 3:31 pm

    Big grins.

    :D

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