Things you don't see coming.

[greygirlbeast]

Terrible, terrible insomnia last night. The sun was up before I finally lay down, covered up my head, and fell asleep.

Spooky woke me at about 11:30 a.m. to tell me that The Red Tree has been nominated for the World Fantasy Award. Which left me speechless, and happy, and confused, and lots of other things. My thanks to everyone who emailed me the news this morning, and to all the people who have bought and read and loved the book. This genuinely does mean a lot to me. Does this mean I'm doing something right?

Yesterday, I wrote 853 words, for Y and Z, and finished "The Yellow Alphabet" for Sirenia Digest #57. The whole work, divided between #56 and #57 comes to 10,348 words.

I read a National Geographic article about eels.

Anyway, stuff to do. A long day ahead. Again, my thanks to everyone who's shown their support for The Red Tree.

Comments

[juushika.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on the nomination. The Red Tree certainly deserves it.

[mizliz13.livejournal.com]

Congrats! And my thanks to you for writing The Red Tree (and all your other work).

[pwtucker.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on the nomination, Caitlin! The Red Tree was a powerful, intelligent, emotionally complex and chilling piece of work--it definitely deserves the nomination.

[kaz-mahoney.livejournal.com]

Congratulations, that is an amazing and yet well deserved honour. I'm so happy for you - I loved The Red Tree immensely and believe it will become a classic of contemporary fantasy.

[wolven.livejournal.com]

Holy shit! Congratulations! It is extremely well-deserved.

[cucumberseed.livejournal.com]

The Red Tree has been nominated for the World Fantasy Award.
I think it's well deserved. Congratulations!

[corucia.livejournal.com]

Wonderful news! It's definitely deserving of a place in that list, and I'm hoping it will take top honors...

[andrian6.livejournal.com]

Congratulations and well deserved. The Red Tree is an amazing book.

Reading it on the heels of owning my own home, living alone for the first time in ages, and beginning a quasi-journal on my grandfather's old Royal typewriter, the book resonates for me on more levels than I can count. I do hope it wins.

[jplangan.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! It's a nomination well-deserved!

[xjenavivex.livejournal.com]

Congratulations. I hope sleep comes easy tonight.

[mojave-wolf.livejournal.com]

Congrats! A truly great novel that deserves the recognition!

[nihilistic-kid.livejournal.com]

Well-deserved!

[poesillchild.livejournal.com]

Well deserved nomination. Your peers and fans truly respect your writing.

[alvyarin.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! =) That is fantastic news.

I really look forward to the rest of the alphabet.

[michael-b-lee.livejournal.com]

Many congratulations on the nomination! It's very well deserved.

You were doing something right long before the nomination came along. This is just icing on the cake. :)

[whiskeychick.livejournal.com]

It completely means you are doing something right. And admirably so.

[nineweaving.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! Absolutely well-deserved.

Nine

[lady-theadora.livejournal.com]

The WFA nomination is very well-deserved! Congratulations!

Also, I really enjoyed part one of the "Yellow Alphabet." Have you considered offering prints of the texts for individual letters, possibly illustrated? Definitely something I would frame and hang on my walls, maybe other readers would as well.

[hans-the-bold.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! Great to see that The Red Tree is getting the positive attention it deserves!

[eredien]

Congratulations! You deserve a nomination, and a win.

[kathryn-aka-kat.livejournal.com]

You are "doing something right" if it's what you wanted to write and says what you wanted it to say.

But after so much toil, of course it feels good to get this wonderful mark of appreciation from others. Congratulations! Now celebrate!

[scotchegg.livejournal.com]

congratulations on your nomination - that is fantastic. I know I love the book.

[gargirl.livejournal.com]

That's wonderful, congrats on having your novel nominated. I really love it and I'm glad to see it recognized. I also saw the anthology; "Poe" was up for an award too and I enjoyed it very much as well. Good year for reading.

I miss National Geographic. I really need to walk out to the library and catch up with that old friend.

[matociquala.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on a well-deserved accolade.

[mb2u]

Congratulations on the nomination. I know, it's an honor just to be nominated...

No, frak that-go for the win, grind your enemies into fine semolina and make pasta out of them. Or something like that.

[blackestdarkness]

Does this mean I'm doing something right?

I think it means someone finally noticed. Congratulations.