On the final ballot!

Feb. 22nd, 2008 | 10:44 am

I am on the 2007 Nebulas final ballot!

Congratulations to everyone (me included) and a special congrats to [info]deliasherman, whose story, "The Fiddler of Bayou Teche," from the same anthology, Coyote Road, is also on the ballot.

I need a new dress....
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kr

from: [info]pxcampbell
date: Feb. 22nd, 2008 06:52 pm (UTC)
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Yay you!!! That's awesome!

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Dr Monopoly Pumpernickel

from: [info]howland
date: Feb. 22nd, 2008 06:57 pm (UTC)
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Congratulations!

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Margaret

from: [info]gwyneira
date: Feb. 22nd, 2008 06:58 pm (UTC)
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I saw that this morning -- congratulations!

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Marissa Lingen

from: [info]mrissa
date: Feb. 22nd, 2008 07:00 pm (UTC)
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Congrats! And good luck dress shopping!

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Adam Israel

from: [info]stonetable
date: Feb. 22nd, 2008 07:06 pm (UTC)
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Congrats!

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Aliette de Bodard

from: [info]aliettedb
date: Feb. 22nd, 2008 07:06 pm (UTC)
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Yay!
Congrats!!

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from: [info]dsgood
date: Feb. 22nd, 2008 07:14 pm (UTC)
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Congratulations!

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Copperwise

from: [info]copperwise
date: Feb. 22nd, 2008 07:19 pm (UTC)
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I saw, and I bounced! *hugs*

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the one and Owenly

Good luck!

from: [info]tiggerbone
date: Feb. 22nd, 2008 07:20 pm (UTC)
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It's funny, I just finished reading "The Evolution of Trickster Stories Among the Dogs Of North Park After the Change" this morning. I have to say, the nomination is definitely deserved.

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Sovay

from: [info]sovay
date: Feb. 22nd, 2008 07:24 pm (UTC)
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I am on the 2007 Nebulas final ballot!

Long live trickster stories! Mazel tov!

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ravenclaw_eric

from: [info]ravenclaw_eric
date: Feb. 22nd, 2008 07:28 pm (UTC)
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Good luck!

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kalimeg -- TB

from: [info]kalimeg
date: Feb. 22nd, 2008 07:32 pm (UTC)
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I noticed -- congratulations. A writer from KC is also on the final ballot, and so the list was posted in the discussion group today.

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Marie-Catherine d'Aulnoy, Redux

from: [info]d_aulnoy
date: Feb. 22nd, 2008 07:32 pm (UTC)
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This may be the best ballot EVAH.

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Lavender Ana

from: [info]amemiko
date: Feb. 22nd, 2008 07:38 pm (UTC)
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Congratulations :D

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Mel

from: [info]stuology
date: Feb. 22nd, 2008 07:45 pm (UTC)
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Congrats! You deserve it!

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J. Kathleen Cheney

from: [info]j_cheney
date: Feb. 22nd, 2008 07:57 pm (UTC)
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It's a great story. You definitely deserve the nom!

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merimask

from: [info]merimask
date: Feb. 22nd, 2008 08:03 pm (UTC)
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Wow!! Good luck! That's incredibly cool. ^__^

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Sherwood Smith

from: [info]sartorias
date: Feb. 22nd, 2008 08:21 pm (UTC)
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YIP YAIYYYEEE!

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Richard Parks

from: [info]ogre_san
date: Feb. 22nd, 2008 08:44 pm (UTC)
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Congratulations!

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Peev

from: [info]stroppy_baggage
date: Feb. 22nd, 2008 08:46 pm (UTC)
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Most excellent duuuuude.

or...

Congratulations, pip-pip.

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Kij

from: [info]kijjohnson
date: Feb. 22nd, 2008 08:48 pm (UTC)
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::is either reeling or swooning, she can't tell which, at the thought of you saying "duuuuude" in your cute accent::

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Peev

from: [info]stroppy_baggage
date: Feb. 22nd, 2008 08:53 pm (UTC)
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I would advise both.

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Kij

from: [info]kijjohnson
date: Feb. 22nd, 2008 08:55 pm (UTC)
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Sweeling and rooning it is.

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Arian

from: [info]arian1
date: Feb. 22nd, 2008 09:01 pm (UTC)
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Time to start knocking off the competition.

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Katherine

from: [info]kittenscribble
date: Feb. 22nd, 2008 09:04 pm (UTC)
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Excellent. Congratulations, and have fun dress-shopping!

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charles

from: [info]charlesatan
date: Feb. 22nd, 2008 09:45 pm (UTC)
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Congrats!

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wema_way

from: [info]wema_way
date: Feb. 22nd, 2008 10:05 pm (UTC)
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Wow. Congratulations! That's Awesome.

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hlmt

from: [info]hlmt
date: Feb. 22nd, 2008 10:13 pm (UTC)
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That is *just*so*awesome*, Kij! Congratulations!

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desperance

from: [info]desperance
date: Feb. 22nd, 2008 11:03 pm (UTC)
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Mm, I saw that. Congratulations...

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Keikaimalu

from: [info]keikaimalu
date: Feb. 23rd, 2008 12:18 am (UTC)
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Kij, that's great! Congratulations! Very well deserved.

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scarlettina

from: [info]scarlettina
date: Feb. 23rd, 2008 12:21 am (UTC)
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Congratulations!

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Don Glover, the younger

from: [info]corwynofamber
date: Feb. 23rd, 2008 02:33 am (UTC)
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was there any doubt? sheesh....

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Renee Babcock

from: [info]renegade500
date: Feb. 23rd, 2008 02:53 am (UTC)
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Awesomeness! Congrats! (Oh, and Austin in the Springtime is fabulous.)

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Kij

from: [info]kijjohnson
date: Feb. 23rd, 2008 03:04 am (UTC)
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I just made my reservations!

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Jeanine

from: [info]jeanineers
date: Feb. 23rd, 2008 02:59 am (UTC)
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That's terrific!
One more thing to celebrate tomorrow night.

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eyraud

from: [info]eyraud
date: Feb. 23rd, 2008 03:44 am (UTC)
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w00t!

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tanuki_green

from: [info]tanuki_green
date: Feb. 23rd, 2008 05:11 am (UTC)
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Much w00t and congrabulations are in order! :D

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steve98052

from: [info]steve98052
date: Feb. 23rd, 2008 09:57 am (UTC)
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That's totally cool. Congratulations!

I should read it so I can add another, "you deserve it" to the praise.

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mer-moon

from: [info]mer_moon
date: Feb. 23rd, 2008 10:40 am (UTC)
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Your story made me cry. In fact, I think I devoted an entire LJ post to it. I'm glad you're on the ballot. You deserve to be.

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Kij

from: [info]kijjohnson
date: Feb. 23rd, 2008 02:48 pm (UTC)
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I went back and read your comments. Thanks for your kind words. It is a disturbing story and it makes me cryand I'm even the one who write it. It brings up so many things for so many people. Another big question in the story, though I don't know how many people think about this: What happens when the "people" from abused or exploited or marginalized classes (immigrants, slaves, women) stand up and ask for equal rights? What are the implications?

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mer-moon

from: [info]mer_moon
date: Feb. 23rd, 2008 08:41 pm (UTC)
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Do you mean you sifted back until you found the entry? If so, sorry! I was going to find that for you when I was feeling a little less slothful.

Oh, I definitely think that those questions are evident in the story. The way people reacted to the dogs, the way the dogs congregated at certain parks and by being at those parks made them taboo for regular people to go. Augh, those poor dogs. I really wanted to know what was going to happen, the way you want to know what's going to happen when you read interesting history.

(Note: I'm from Southern California, so immigration is sort of a touchy subject. "We're in the problem we're in partly because there are so many people working under the table, so many illegals who don't and can't pay taxes," is an opinion I often hear.)

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Kij

from: [info]kijjohnson
date: Feb. 23rd, 2008 08:55 pm (UTC)
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Immigration is a touchy subject everywhere, though I'm sure you're right that it's hardest in the SW, and maybe NYC or something. Even in northern Wisconsin, where my folks live.

I feel so sorry for the dogs, too; though they still have packs in the Changed world, so they still have their fundamental social structure; the packs are likely to be dogs instead of people. I cry every time I read the story out loud. It's a challenge to get through the last three pages.

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ozarque

from: [info]ozarque
date: Feb. 23rd, 2008 03:16 pm (UTC)
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Congratulations! That's terrific...

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weezlgrrrl

from: [info]weezlgrrrl
date: Feb. 25th, 2008 12:18 am (UTC)
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YAY! You so totally rock!

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Kij

from: [info]kijjohnson
date: Feb. 25th, 2008 12:21 am (UTC)
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She lives! She breathes! I'm so happy to hear you're well enough to get online!

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weezlgrrrl

from: [info]weezlgrrrl
date: Feb. 25th, 2008 01:10 am (UTC)
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Me too! I'm catching up on almost two weeks of Livejournal friends' posts. That's about the extent of my ambition today, but hey, at least I'm doing something!

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I've Come to Say Exactly What I Mean

from: [info]tacithydra
date: Feb. 25th, 2008 07:10 pm (UTC)
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Hells yeah!

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Success! Good Fortune!

from: [info]karl_jones
date: Mar. 2nd, 2008 09:13 pm (UTC)
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Congratulations and best wishes. It's an interesting, thoughtful story.

I posted an excerpt to my blog:

http://www.karljones.com/index.php/2008/03/01/the-evolution-of-trickster-stories/

Cheers!
Karl

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