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I share a table of contents with some amazing authors this week in Thoughtcrime Experiments, an online anthology created and edited by Sumana Harihareswara and Leonard Richardson.
(Direct links to my story The Last Christmas of Mrs. Claus and to the free PDF. Print-on-demand book version coming soon.)
Can't think of what else to say about this one that I haven't talked about before. I'm usually good with titles, but this was the initial working title and I've struggled unsuccessfully at least since 2006 (alone, with my Clarion classmates, and with the editors here) to figure out a better one. Best alternatives:
A Whistle of Wind and Snow
Betty Doesn't Glaze Here Anymore
North Pole, Half Mast
Mrs Claus and the Crystal Kissoff
The Things in the North Pole That Kick All Kinds of Ass
Blood and Eggnog
Mrs. Claus's Last Oorah
In the Snows of Far-off Northern Lands
Mrs. Fucking Claus
But nothing I loved and nothing I liked better than the original title.
I would like to talk about the ending when I'm feeling up to it, but I'll wait until a few people have a chance to read it before I make with the spoilers. For those interested in how these things sell, this one got nine rejections and a few more non-replies before selling to Thoughtcrime (after requested rewrites). The editors have been awesome to work with.
I almost didn't write "Mrs Claus" IIRC. I'd outlined it long before Clarion and it was only when another story fizzled that I dug up this outline in desperation and turned it into something. I only remember that abandoned story because it had such a great title. What a shame.
(Direct links to my story The Last Christmas of Mrs. Claus and to the free PDF. Print-on-demand book version coming soon.)
Can't think of what else to say about this one that I haven't talked about before. I'm usually good with titles, but this was the initial working title and I've struggled unsuccessfully at least since 2006 (alone, with my Clarion classmates, and with the editors here) to figure out a better one. Best alternatives:
A Whistle of Wind and Snow
Betty Doesn't Glaze Here Anymore
North Pole, Half Mast
Mrs Claus and the Crystal Kissoff
The Things in the North Pole That Kick All Kinds of Ass
Blood and Eggnog
Mrs. Claus's Last Oorah
In the Snows of Far-off Northern Lands
Mrs. Fucking Claus
But nothing I loved and nothing I liked better than the original title.
I would like to talk about the ending when I'm feeling up to it, but I'll wait until a few people have a chance to read it before I make with the spoilers. For those interested in how these things sell, this one got nine rejections and a few more non-replies before selling to Thoughtcrime (after requested rewrites). The editors have been awesome to work with.
I almost didn't write "Mrs Claus" IIRC. I'd outlined it long before Clarion and it was only when another story fizzled that I dug up this outline in desperation and turned it into something. I only remember that abandoned story because it had such a great title. What a shame.