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ladysprite ([personal profile] ladysprite) wrote2011-04-25 07:37 pm
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Speaking of Happiness

So once upon a time there was an awesome collection of urban fantasy stories and novellas and novels, called the Borderlands series. I fell in love with them when I was in high school, and I still go back and reread them on a semi-regular basis. The last one was written years and years ago.

Except it turns out that there's a new anthology coming out this summer. And one of my favorite writers, whom I discovered through said series, was holding a contest to give away an advance reading copy of the new book. All you had to do to enter was write an idea, or a scene, of how you would run away to Bordertown.

She just announced the winner today.

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okay. Maybe y'all are right, and I might have a knack for this words-thing.

I'd say more, but I'm too busy feeling rather like someone hit me in the back of the head with a two-by-four. In a good way, but still. Poleaxed.

Wow.

Edited to add - If you want to read my entry, she links to the contest in the above page; mine is on page 4 of the comments. I think it's #90.....

[identity profile] aries-walker.livejournal.com 2011-04-25 11:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Toldja!

[identity profile] liamstliam.livejournal.com 2011-04-25 11:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Fabulous!!!

[identity profile] dagibbs.livejournal.com 2011-04-26 12:01 am (UTC)(link)
You are teh awesome sauce!

[identity profile] edschweppe.livejournal.com 2011-04-26 12:05 am (UTC)(link)
Woo-hoo! Congratulations!

[identity profile] jdulac.livejournal.com 2011-04-26 12:05 am (UTC)(link)
fabulous!

btw, do you follow [livejournal.com profile] ellen_kushner's LJ? she's been talking about it quite a bit lately...

[identity profile] cyan-blue.livejournal.com 2011-04-26 12:19 am (UTC)(link)
Mazel tov!
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[personal profile] citabria 2011-04-26 12:23 am (UTC)(link)
Wooooooooo! I'm glad to see you being recognized by folks who aren't your friends -- believe us now? ;) Go you!!!!!

[identity profile] 98.livejournal.com 2011-04-26 12:23 am (UTC)(link)
Brava!

I am sure that everyone else is much less surprised than you are.

[identity profile] leanne-opaskar.livejournal.com 2011-04-26 12:39 am (UTC)(link)
Awesome! Congratulations!! <3

[identity profile] bbq-bill.livejournal.com 2011-04-26 12:50 am (UTC)(link)
Way to go! congrats!

[identity profile] kightp.livejournal.com 2011-04-26 01:12 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, good for you! And that's a fine little piece of writing!

[identity profile] metaphysick.livejournal.com 2011-04-26 02:07 am (UTC)(link)
Congratulations!

(It really is an awesome little snippet of fan-fiction.)

[identity profile] wcg.livejournal.com 2011-04-26 02:39 am (UTC)(link)
Yay!

[identity profile] braider.livejournal.com 2011-04-26 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
Congratulations! And very nice.

[identity profile] felis-sidus.livejournal.com 2011-04-26 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
Wow! Congratulations!
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[personal profile] siderea 2011-04-26 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
WOOT!

Congrats!

[identity profile] eldonhughes.livejournal.com 2011-04-26 05:06 am (UTC)(link)
Nice job, lovely. Congrats. I hate you. :) Ok, so maybe just a bit jealous instead.

Way to go!

[identity profile] anu3bis.livejournal.com 2011-04-26 05:27 am (UTC)(link)
Holy cow!

I had no idea this was going on! I knew about the book - I feel the same way about the series. They introduced me to the Scribblies in general, and therefore to my favorite book in the world, Brust's Sun, the Moon, and the Stars.

I even ran a Bureau 13 game set during the event that started the most recent Bordertown - I took out a swath of Washington from Seattle to Redmond.

So, that's so freakin' cool! Congrats!

Just to be sure..you have read Last Hot Time, yes?

[identity profile] deguspice.livejournal.com 2011-04-26 06:35 am (UTC)(link)
Good intro. Now you have to write the rest of the story. :)

[identity profile] mamatiger.livejournal.com 2011-04-26 10:25 am (UTC)(link)
Holy freaking crap. This is, like, SO AWESOME. I am so thrilled for you!!!

[identity profile] ladysprite.livejournal.com 2011-04-26 11:35 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you! And no, I didn't follow her until now - thank you for the pointer!

Re: Congrats!

[identity profile] ladysprite.livejournal.com 2011-04-26 11:36 am (UTC)(link)
If it helps, I honestly and truly had you pegged as the winner as soon as I read yours - it was far and away my favorite. :)

[identity profile] ladysprite.livejournal.com 2011-04-26 11:37 am (UTC)(link)
...I hadn't even heard of it. Looking it up on Amazon, I clearly need to hunt it down ASAP - thank you for the heads-up!

(And so awesome to find someone else who's read the Bordertown books - they are one of the most underappreciated series I've ever seen....)

[identity profile] anu3bis.livejournal.com 2011-04-26 11:47 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, yes. John Ford's last novel, took Bordertown to the 1920's, jazz instead of thrash. If you have trouble finding it, I'll loan you my copy - you'll want to own it, though .

Have you read the Liavek series? It's another shared universe done by the same set of people.

[identity profile] joannahurley.livejournal.com 2011-04-26 11:58 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, that's awesome. Congrats!

[identity profile] gmkieran.livejournal.com 2011-04-26 12:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Wheeeeee!!! Congrats! Matt's been working on their web-site, too. worth a look if you haven't found it, already: http://bordertownseries.com/

:D

[identity profile] browngirl.livejournal.com 2011-04-26 12:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Hey, congratulations and well done!

[identity profile] gyzki.livejournal.com 2011-04-26 03:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Congrats, that is so cool!

[identity profile] evcelt.livejournal.com 2011-04-26 06:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Congratulations!

And a great entry, too! Yes, you do have "a knack for this words-thing."

[identity profile] bess.livejournal.com 2011-04-26 07:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Congratulations!

[identity profile] fractalgeek.livejournal.com 2011-04-26 09:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Congratulations!

[identity profile] crash-mccormick.livejournal.com 2011-04-26 10:18 pm (UTC)(link)
You actually do rock.

[identity profile] leiacat.livejournal.com 2011-04-27 12:28 am (UTC)(link)
Congrats!

[identity profile] vettecat.livejournal.com 2011-04-27 04:49 am (UTC)(link)
Wicked awesome cool!
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[identity profile] alexx-kay.livejournal.com 2011-04-27 03:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Cool beans!

[identity profile] moiramisu.livejournal.com 2011-04-28 08:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Wow - that's awesome! Congrats!

[identity profile] starcat-jewel.livejournal.com 2011-04-28 08:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Seconded. And Congratulations!
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[personal profile] jducoeur 2011-04-29 08:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Excellent! And great entry -- even not having read the series (yet), that's a really fine bit of writing, managing to be more evocative in a screenful than some writers manage in a novel. Well done...