Okay, I know I said I wouldn’t be back for a few days. But I had to share this. Angry Robot Books is opening to unagented submissions for a very brief amount of time. March 2011. Which makes me go “March…I planned on having one of my stories edited/complete by then…”
So…yeah. Very cool news, IMHO.
On the not so happy front, I spent all weekend looking for Autobiography of Mark Twain, Vol. 1. And none of the local bookstores had it in stock and yesterday, Amazon.com didn’t either. So I went to BN.com. Their site said it was in stock, and that if I ordered it yesterday, I would get it in time for Christmas. Which is epic WOOT! because it’s one of those perfect gift things for that hard to shop for person.
So I ordered it. Two hours later, got an e-mail telling me it would ship January 11.
😛
I picked another book at the same time – not one I really needed but one that looked interesting – to put me in the ‘free shipping’ purchase range. And it did ship yesterday, so I can’t cancel the order. The site won’t let me. So now instead, I will be getting/giving Numb: A Novel (not the book I ordered. I still have to go pick this one up. But it is available locally). Because the premise sounds interesting, and the author is funny as hell on Twitter. And yes, that means that social media just made a book sale. But not in the way those spambots think. I don’t think I have ever once seen Sean Ferrell mention his book.
So with my three day weekend, I will be reading. And gaming. But probably not writing. That’s what work is for ^_^
Less than 4 days left. WOOT! ^_^