![]() ![]() However… this is also offset by the fact that I’ve sold two short stories–one sale I think I can’t announce yet, and the other… Sheila Williams let me know she was taking “Starsong” for Asimov’s. to doing Vietnamese early in the morning, which always makes me feel inadequate as a language learner (but offset by the fact that I think I’m getting somewhere with the latest short story brainstorming, yay!). With my favourite secondary characters ever, the cabal of aunts who know what is good for you (even if you don’t!). ![]() Set in the postcolonial corner of Xuya (except no mindships this time around!). She does what she’s told to, an obedient daughter beholden to her elders, never raising a fuss or complaining– the shining example of filial piety extolled in the tales her girlfriend Thuy so painstakingly reconstitutes in her spare hours. By now, she doesn’t question the aunts’ knowledge or how they came by it. This one took a lot of work whipping into shape, so many thanks to Ken Liu, Bo Balder, Joe Crow, Pam Wallace–and special ones to Tricia Sullivan, Rochita Loenen-Ruiz and Benjanun Sriduangkaew for keeping up my faith in the story.Ĭam finds Pham Thi Thanh Ha in her house, as she expected. Also quite pleased to announce I sold my novelette “Memorials” to Asimov’s. Haven’t seen a TOC yet, but I know the volume contains at least “The Waves” from Ken Liu–nice company to be in :p Hartwell’s Year’s Best Science Fiction, out from Tor sometime this year. “Two Sisters In Exile” will be reprinted in David G. ![]()
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