And the Winners are . . .

bunyip and wyvernfriend! They've won a copy of one of S.C. Butler's paperbacks!





Whoever responds first will get his first book in the Stoneways Trilogy, Reiffen's Choice, and the other will get the second book, Queen Ferris. Congratulations! I'll let everyone know once they've read the books and posted a review. We should also be seeing a review of the third novel in the trilogy, The Magicians' Daughter sometime soon, since I was informed that the ARC I gave away earlier this month had arrived in the mail. Everyone should start looking for that to hit the shelves at the end of April.





In other news, I started contacting Borders in Seattle to see if they're willing to get any of my books in so I could swing by and sign them while I was there for Norwescon . . . and it was a bust. Apparently, no one is allowed to order books in, even for an author stopping by. I sort of knew this was true, since I have an in with the local Waldenbooks and was told that the home office had initiated this policy, but I'd hoped that it would have been loosened a little since then. But no. So I'll be stopping by some B&Ns and signing what they get in for me, and I'll try to hit the Elliot Bay bookstore and the University bookstore while I'm there for the con. I'll post what stores had copies once I've signed them all.





And for those disappointed with the contest, I'll be giving away two new book in April, so keep watch for more contests.

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What Writers IM About

Here is a conversation between me and pbray tonight (with some slight editing to preserve dignity and to keep all of the secret writer's code . . . well, secret).

pbray [9:59 P.M.]: tasty brain snacks?
jpsorrow [10:00 P.M.]: Bah. Not for the dieting Josh. Although I did just finish watching "I Am Legend". George is off for a meeting.
jpsorrow [10:00 P.M.]: Well, he just returned.
pbray [10:00 P.M.]: ah. i haven't seen that movie yet.
pbray [10:00 P.M.]: well now you have a brain.... go SNACK!
jpsorrow [10:00 P.M.]: It's an OK movie. Not what I was expecting.
pbray [10:01 P.M.]: i'm brain fried.
jpsorrow [10:01 P.M.]: I think there's an alternative ending, which would be interesting, because it ended like it should have.
pbray [10:01 P.M.]: well i might see it, so don't tell mehow it ends
jpsorrow [10:02 P.M.]: I'm brain fried as well. Tired from the con weekend. I shouldn't have stayed up so late on Saturday.
pbray [10:02 P.M.]: un-supervised joshua
jpsorrow [10:02 P.M.]: How was your weekend? Get everything for the bike trip figured out?
jpsorrow [10:02 P.M.]: Yes. Sam wasn't all that good as a supervisor. *grin*
pbray [10:02 P.M.]: :-D
pbray [10:03 P.M.]: weekend was great, bike trip narrowed down to two choices (idaho or south dakota) and then i was slammed at work.
pbray [10:03 P.M.]: got work stuff accomplished by 6 today, but it left me with no brain cells
jpsorrow [10:06 P.M.]: We should have gone to dinner or something. I didn't remember that George had this meeting until he reminded me today.
pbray [10:07 P.M.]: huh i was thinking i could use dinner out tonight but instead came home and ate leftovers...
jpsorrow [10:07 P.M.]: I had leftovers as well. And Triscuits. With hummus.
jpsorrow [10:08 P.M.]: I invited Amy to Friday's soiree, and possible movies this weekend.
pbray [10:08 P.M.]: hmmmm
jpsorrow [10:08 P.M.]: Sam did make certain I'd eaten something on Saturday.
pbray [10:09 P.M.]: good sam!
jpsorrow [10:10 P.M.]: So, how shall I season the fried brains? Salt and pepper? Some lemon zest?
pbray [10:10 P.M.]: balsamic vinegar
jpsorrow [10:10 P.M.]: Mmmm . . . perhaps some Italian dressing.
jpsorrow [10:11 P.M.]: Of course that should have been added before it was fried.
pbray [10:12 P.M.]: true. if they're already fried, you're best off with cheese or a dipping sauce
jpsorrow [10:14 P.M.]: I've heard Hollandaise is good with brains.
pbray [10:15 P.M.]: poached brains, yes. with fried brains i tend to go for a marinara sauce, like zucchini sticks
pbray [10:16 P.M.]: :-P
pbray [10:19 P.M.]: why am i now hungry for imaginary brains? i blame you
jpsorrow [10:20 P.M.]: I'm always at fault. Because I am EEEEEEEvil.
pbray [10:20 P.M.]: eeevilllllllll.
jpsorrow [10:22 P.M.]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wio728lLOh0
pbray [10:24 P.M.]: okay, that's raelly freaky and somewhat painful on the ears
jpsorrow [10:26 P.M.]: One of my students told me to check it out. It's pretty cool. But then, I'm a mathematician.
jpsorrow [10:26 P.M.]: But yes, I turned the sound off eventually.
pbray [10:26 P.M.]: we could hook it up to jennifer_dunne...
jpsorrow [10:27 P.M.]: It would create the image of a porpoise.
jpsorrow [10:27 P.M.]: Or an Escher painting.
pbray [10:27 P.M.]: or an escher painting of a porpoise .. all flippers interconnected
jpsorrow [10:29 P.M.]: Many porpi all entangled together in some kind of tesselation.
pbray [10:29 P.M.]: kinky!
jpsorrow [10:30 P.M.]: I'm going to blog this conversation. *grin*
pbray [10:30 P.M.]: hee!