Shoot the water, baby, I've been found

[sovay]

1. The plumber came and we have a working sink!

2. My forthcoming collection now has a formal cover, because it now has ARCs, because it is coming out in August:



Art by D.G. Smith, design by Alex Jeffers. The jacket photograph (not visible) was taken by Rob Noyes, the day we walked the bridges. If anyone has suggestions on where to send ARCs beyond the usual suspects, I will take them. I have not had a short story collection to promote in thirteen years.

Comments

[asakiyume]

Looking most excellent!

[sovay]

Looking most excellent!

Thank you!

(When the book comes to exist, would it be appropriate for me to ask if you are willing to review it?)

[asakiyume]

Absolutely!

[davidgillon]

Ooh, nice. Very ambivalent as to whether he's cradling the body, or preparing to dump it overboard!

[sovay]

Ooh, nice. Very ambivalent as to whether he's cradling the body, or preparing to dump it overboard!

Thank you! I really love it.

[gwynnega]

That cover is perfect!

[sovay]

That cover is perfect!

Thank you! The photograph spatch took of me turns out to use the exact same colors, all unplanned and matching.

[rachelmanija]

Wonderful cover!

[sovay]

Wonderful cover!

Thank you! It's the kind of art I would love even if it were not on my book.

[shewhomust]

Ooh! Shiny!

[sovay]

Ooh! Shiny!

Thank you!

[strange_complex]

Oh, brilliant news! And I understand better what you were saying about 'And Black Unfathomable Lakes' being reprinted now - I assumed Forget the Sleepless Shores was another magazine, but it's your own collection. Looks great, and on the strength of the two stories of yours I've now read, I might well be buying a copy. I'm sure we can trust you to let us know when it's available for purchase. :-)

Sinks may seem prosaic compared to forthcoming collections, but they are also important, so three cheers for that as well.

[sovay]

Looks great, and on the strength of the two stories of yours I've now read, I might well be buying a copy. I'm sure we can trust you to let us know when it's available for purchase.

I will very definitely tell everyone I know, possibly until they are tired of it. Thank you!

Sinks may seem prosaic compared to forthcoming collections, but they are also important, so three cheers for that as well.

Thank you also! I am actively enjoying having a not-broken sink!

[selkie]

You, the Tweeper, now.

[sovay]

You, the Tweeper, now.

I am working on a website. I don't think I can be on Twitter healthily. As far as I can tell, it is designed as a platform to do exactly the sort of thing I have spent years building structures against my brain doing on its own time. I wish it were not considered as normal and requisite as having a phone number.

[nineweaving]

Glorious cover! Eagerly awaiting your new book.

Nine

[sovay]

Glorious cover! Eagerly awaiting your new book.

Thank you! I am looking forward to it as well, and trying not to be irrationally nervous that critics will just hate it.

[chomiji]

\o/

[sovay]

\o/

Thank you!

[choco_frosh]

Yay, working sink! Also, congratulations!

[sovay]

Yay, working sink! Also, congratulations!

Thank you on both counts!

[lemon_badgeress]

Nosy people want to know what was wrong with the sink!

You should send me an ARC, my vast network of resources...doesn’t exist, don’t do that, it would get you nothing, terrible idea.

But maybe message the Lady Business blog right here on DW? They do spec short fiction reviews and have a big enough audience to get a Hugo nod for best fanzine last year?

https://ladybusiness.dreamwidth.org/profile

[sovay]

Nosy people want to know what was wrong with the sink!

We have no idea! It was not explained to us! The faucet was "no good."

You should send me an ARC, my vast network of resources...doesn’t exist, don’t do that, it would get you nothing, terrible idea.

I mean, I would still like to know what you think of the stories when they come out.

But maybe message the Lady Business blog right here on DW? They do spec short fiction reviews and have a big enough audience to get a Hugo nod for best fanzine last year?

Thank you! That is exactly the sort of thing I should know about and do not! I have written to them.

[lemon_badgeress]

Well drat, I was hoping that you’d been let in on the secret. I did a google in case I could dig up something faster than schrodingers plumber, and all anything said was “probably the faucet.”

Well, if they won’t tell me, I’ll just have to carry on assuming that faucets work because the tiny gnome civilization in them have bucket brigades, and all your gnomes died.

[thistleingrey]

Looks really great! I love the colors.

[sovay]

Looks really great! I love the colors.

Thank you! I love the art by itself, so having it on top of my words just makes me happy.

[handful_ofdust]

YES!!!! It looks amazing, man. Great stuff.

[sovay]

YES!!!! It looks amazing, man. Great stuff.

Thank you! It feels like a real thing!

[ashlyme]

That is. Gorgeous. *presses the fast-forward button for August*

[sovay]

That is. Gorgeous. *presses the fast-forward button for August*

Thank you!

(You can preorder a copy! It's almost as good!)