He grows old as the sea deep where the fishes are

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As greygirlbeast has announced, "The Woman Who Was Wife to the Husband of the Sea" will appear in this month's Sirenia Digest, with an illustration by Vince Locke. This makes me very happy. "The Woman . . ." is a folktale I encountered at a young age, one which made a huge impression on me and which I have told professionally at occasional points in my life. If you weren't at Readercon to hear it in person, the next best thing is to subscribe to Sirenia. And pick up a subscription even if you were—the more I hear about Caitlín's "Derma Sutra (1891)," the more I can't wait for the end of the month.

O you who know more than I do about Carla Speed McNeil: is Elaine Lee one of her influences? ericmvan lent me Starstruck: The Luckless, the Abandoned, and Forsaked (1984), and in its deadpan melange of futuristic strangeness with recognizable fragments of twentieth-century Americana, it reminded me of nothing so much as Finder. Starstruck is more absurdist, less aboriginal, but it does have a sort of cultural glossary at the back; their sensibilities seemed on similar wavelengths. Also I need to read more of both.

Under the cut: two photographs of me from Readercon, neither of them terrible. All praise to Anita Allen.



Readings from Not One of Us, Friday. I am probably listening to time_shark read from his chapbook Follow the Wounded One, sequel to The Hiker's Tale. Yes, that is a Stiff Kitten T-shirt I'm wearing.


The Rhysling Poetry Slan, Saturday. I am reading my quarter-year poem "Fasti," for which Ovid bears some of the responsibility. Then again, so do Susan Cooper and Carl Orff. The band on my T-shirt actually does exist.

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[cucumberseed.livejournal.com]

"The Woman Who Was Wife to the Husband of the Sea" will appear in this month's Sirenia Digest, with an illustration by Vince Locke.

In five minutes, I will be the only one left in the office, when that time comes I will also be cheering out loud. A lot.

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when that time comes I will also be cheering out loud. A lot.

It pretty much made my day.

[yendi]

The only comics I ever recall McNeil mentioning in interviews were Elfquest and Journey (the latter clearly more of an influence, both in terms of writing and art), but it certainly wouldn't surprise me if she were a fan of Lee's work, as well.

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Elfquest and Journey (the latter clearly more of an influence, both in terms of writing and art)

I've read Elfquest; never Journey. Another for the list!

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on the upcoming publications.

Both Finder and Starstruck sound fascinating. Sometimes I'm daunted by how many things there are that I clearly need to be reading and amn't.

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Congratulations on the upcoming publications.

Thank you!

Sometimes I'm daunted by how many things there are that I clearly need to be reading and amn't.

They're graphic novels—maybe that will leave you more time?

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

Most welcome!

They're graphic novels—maybe that will leave you more time?

Bhuel, I was mostly thinking in terms of the difficulty of finding them and the cost of them, but I suppose the increased speed of reading them would help. Although for me that's one of the most frustrating things about graphic novels, really, being finished with them so quickly.

[strange-selkie.livejournal.com]

I am very sorry it appears not to have survived my round of relocations, either. But I remember it in my head.

*hugs*

Visit?

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I am very sorry it appears not to have survived my round of relocations, either. But I remember it in my head.

Will totally send you a copy of this version.

*hugs*

[eredien]

If you want to borrow more of Finder from us, feel free. I don't know if that's one of her influences. You might email her.

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If you want to borrow more of Finder from us, feel free.

. . . yes. Thank you.

You might email her.

This is also true.