On the Writing Side of Town

A couple of writing-related things of possible interest:

Meisha Merlin is in the midst of a Major Website Redesign. Cool new splash pages, lotsa art -- all very spiff and well worth a look. As part of that redesign, we were asked to provide a teaser and an excerpt for Crystal Dragon. We've done that, and they ought to be up soon, along with the new cover art. Ya'll are gonna really like this cover art...

The Golden Duck Awards has bestowed upon Balance of Trade by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller, published by Meisha Merlin, the Hal Clement Award for Best Young Adult Science Fiction Novel of 2004. Presentation of the award -- which includes a cash prize and a scroll -- to be made at WorldCon and at NASFiC. While it's always nice to see one's work recognized, we're especially pleased that Balance took the Clement Award. Not only was Hal a nice man and a part of the social geography for all of our fannish lives, but his work forms a solid section of our genre underpinnings. Sorta makes us feel like we got it right...

Crystal Dragon Excerpt Online

For those who are in to torturing themselves, I note that Meisha Merlin has today posted cover art, excerpt, and teaser for Crystal Dragon.

The excerpt is about 1500 words -- that's around 4.5 double-spaced pages.

Don't say I didn't warn you.

Use it or lose it

So, I spent the entire day trying to build a webpage. Not a website, mind you -- a webpage. I think all I've actually managed to do is mess with the demo page that came with, though not to the extent of doing anything useful, like, y'know, removing the words "demo page". Can't figure out how to change the title. Can't figure out how to add links where I want them. Can't figure out a whole buncha stuff that ought to be easy -- and used to be easy, back when I was writing HTML in a text editor.

Feel like I been hit with the Stupid Stick, that's what...

Gah.