Shameless bragging...

[deborahjross]

Some years ago, I began editing anthologies, "sitting on the other side" of the editorial desk, as it were. I had a wonderful time, made a ton of mistakes, did a lot of things right, made some splendid friends, and had even more fun inviting writers I'd long admired. But the publishing world is bumpy and unpredictable, and I found myself with a completed anthology and no publisher -- and a climate in which I got told over and over, "no one is buying anthologies."

But I did not give up. For one thing, this one was so splendid, so delicious -- funny, heart-breaking, romantic, derring-do-ish, action-packed stories from amazing writers -- that I could not simply walk away from it. dancinghorse, one of the contributors, called it, "lovely lush fantasy." So I got stubborn. And kept trying. And...

Voila!

Brand new from Sky Warrior Books!

Here's the TOC:
FEATHERWEIGHT by la_marquise_de_
THE ART OF MASKS by sartorias
CULVERELLE by Sean McMullen
FORTUNE'S STEPCHILD by lingster1
THE WOMAN WHO FELL IN LOVE WITH THE HORNED KING by dancinghorse
A WREATH OF LUCK by madrobins
EMBERS by calendula_witch & jaylake
QUESTION A STONE by Tanith Lee
A SWAIN OF KNEADED MOONLIGHT by Dave Smeds
FIRE AND FROST AND BURNING ROSE by Rosemary Hawley Jarman
THE GARDEN OF SWORDS by kdwenthworth
BLUE VELVET by Diana E. Paxson
OUTLANDER by samhenderson

You can buy it from Barnes & Noble or amazon.com (although for some algorithmic reason, amazon picked the name of one of the contributors as the author).

Comments

[auriaephiala.livejournal.com]

When will it be out in paper?

[deborahjross.livejournal.com]

Publisher says Feb. 7.

Happy grin!

[rose-lemberg.livejournal.com]

Awesome, I'll wait for the paper version then :) :) So happy you could publish the book!

[oneminutemonkey.livejournal.com]

Many congratulations on successfully getting your anthology out after so much time and effort. As an editor in the exact same predicament as you for the exact same reasons, it always gives me a little more hope to see one of these projects make it to the shelves. :)

[deborahjross.livejournal.com]

May you have equally good fortune in your quest for a publisher!

[calendula-witch.livejournal.com]

"Embers" is also by me. :-)

[deborahjross.livejournal.com]

Sorry, my bad. I failed to notice the underscore and so put a space, so LJ didn't recognize the user name.

Should be all fixed now.

[calendula-witch.livejournal.com]

Awesome, thanks! :-)

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

*excellent**!

[tcastleb.livejournal.com]

Hooray! I'm glad the stories finally found a home.