First, I've had several people tell me today that they heard the anthology mentioned on NPR. Sweet! I knew this was going to happen, but had no idea when. I will admit that I am not a regular NPR listener, but I always enjoy the station when I tune in. I should probably listen more often.
Second, I got an e-mail from Nupur Lala the other day. Name sound familiar? Yes? No? Well, Ms. Lala was in a little movie some of you may have seen called Spellbound. In this movie, you saw Ms. Lala win the Scripps National Spelling Bee with the word: logorrhea. I did not see the documentary until after I was already editing the anthology, so it was a neat moment of serendipidity to have the winning word featured in the film also be the name of the anthology. To quote Ms. Lala's e-mail (with her permission):
Your book pays a beautiful tribute to the beauty, potential, versatility and history that lie within so many words and the English language as a whole. In other words, it encapsulates what it was that drove my competition in spelling bees and what drives my passion for language today.
How cool is that?
Third, I was interviewed by the inestimable John Joseph Adams (ne the Slushgod) for SCI FI Wire. I'll post here when the interview appears online.
Fourth, this upcoming weekend I have two signings/discussion events for Logorrhea. I'll be at 3pm at the Davenport Borders on Saturday May 19 and I'll be doing another one at 1pm at the North Park Mall Barnes & Noble on Sunday May 20. I'm both excited and terrified about these events. If you live anywhere within 500 miles of the stores, please come so that I'm not alone.
Fifth, I'm rapidly becoming frantic about getting issue #12 ready for Wiscon. It's aout a week away. This is cutting it close. I should be able to get it done, but still! God speed young Klima.
What's up with you folks? (answer in the comments)
1 comments:
Got my copy of Logorrhea from Amazon the other day. It looks terrific, and I'm looking forward to reading the stories inside!
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