So I was at Anthrocon and was in fact at the after party run by the Dorsai Irregulars when an online friend, Ultragotha, congratulated me for my World Fantasy nomination.
Now, the ballot’s been out for awhile, and I wasn’t on it, so I thought it was just an awkward misunderstanding…and then Cassie, my most faithful of minions, called me and explained (three times–there had been rum) that the ballot had been revised and a short story was moved to novella and thus a slot opened and I was now on the ballot for “Jackalope Wives.”
So…uh…whoa.
I am still a little befuddled (there was rum! I’ve been at a con!) but it appears this is really happening.
Whoa.
So, is Mur gonna remind you to write an acceptance speech, or shall I?