Audrey's Door

Summer Update!

Thanks to everybody who keeps signing up.

A few things: AUDREY’S DOOR got a great review from Black Static Magazine. Check it out if you can.

I’m going to be a guest of honor at two conventions next year (along with some other very cool people it’ll be a pleasure to join):

World Horror Convention, April 28- May 1 in Austin, Texas. If you’re interested, you can register here: http://whc2011.org/registration/

Northeastern Writers’ Conference (NECon), July 21-24, Bristol, RI. Registration is currently for people who’ve attended in the past, but will open up shortly.

Stories, stories, stories:

My story “Independence Day” is available from PS Publishing. It’s one of my favorites.

Thrillers: 100 Must Reads, edited by David Morrell and Hank Wagner, is now out. The thriller genre’s biggest authors all contributed essays, and I’ve got one in there about Robert Louis Stevenson.

Glass Eye Pix will be producing a radio play I wrote entitled, “Is This Seat Taken?” As well as dircting his own short play, JT Petty, happily, has agreed to direct “Is This Seat Taken.”

My story “Are You Trying to Tell Me This is Heaven?” is due out in John Joseph Adams’ anthology THE LIVING DEAD 2 is due out from Nightshade books in September. You can preorder it here. Other contributers include: Kelly Armstrong, Max Brooks, Cherie Priest, and David Wellington.

I wrote my first hard science fiction story, and it’s slated for publication in October. More news on that to come.

Finally, my husband JT Petty’s terrifying classic, S&Man, is finally available on DVD. You can preorder it from Amazon.com, complete with director’s commentary, and a cameo from yours truly.

That’s it for now. Hope all is great!

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Congrats to all the SJA Winners, Nominees, and Jurors. Great job.

Congrats also to smart, deserving writer Tom Piccirilli for winning an ITW for best mmpb 2009.

I’m sad I missed so many conventions this year. Been spending time with family, but family should be mobile next year.

Also, I’ve been getting a lot of letters now that my spam filter is off. So, if you sent something in the last year, don’t take it personally. I didn’t get it. Send again!

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I just noticed that a lot of e-mail from fans or unregistered contacts has been going directly to my spam folder, then deleted after a month. Sorry, guys! If you’ve tried to contact me, the message was likely deleted. I changed my filters, so send away, and I’ll get back to you. That goes for anybody who hasn’t heard back from me. It might take a while, but I always reply!

Sincerely,
Sarah Langan

I’ll be speaking about the publishing business at NYU tonight. For more info, go here:
http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=1dd11c1ca7&view=att&th=12927753d59cbd0b&attid=0.1&disp=vah&zw

Everybody!

New guys: thanks for signing up.

The rest of you: more thanks!

The news:

*My review of “Splice” is up at the Tor Books Blog.

*Radio play! I’ll be writing one for Glass Eye Pix. Stay tuned. Bad pun intended.

*I’ve got an essay about Robert Louis Stevenson in Thrillers: 100 Must Reads. I put a lot of thought into it, and discovered that Stevenson lived an heroic life. So if you get it, tell me what you think.

*My story, “Born to Run” in DARKNESS ON THE EDGE: stories inspired by Bruce Springsteen is available from PS Publishing. It’s one of my strongest to date.

*My story “The Agathas” from Dark Scribe’s UNSPEAKABLE HORROR is in hardcover. I have no idea where, though, so I’ll keep you all posted. For now, the trade paperback.

I’ve got a review of “Donnie Darko” coming out in CINEMA FUTURA from PS Publishing in September, 2010, edited by Mark Morris.

*Work on book four, the young adult series, and an all-lady collaboration of awesomeness continues. More news on those fronts to come.

*Finally, my husband, director JT Petty filmed the trailers for Justin Cronin’s THE PASSAGE. They are awesome, obviously. But don’t take my word for it:

Hope you’re all great. Don’t get none on ya.

Sincerely,

Sarah Langan

Good news! AD made the long list for the British Fantasy Award.

Spring is looking up. Also, the Bram Stoker Awards are next weekend in Brighton, England at the World Horror Convention. I can’t go, but wish everybody good luck.

Because you were totally holding your breaths!

Appearances:

I’ll be reading at Bookcourt in Brooklyn Heights on Tuesday, March 11th, along with MARIAN FONTANA, NINA HERZOG, and STACY MORRISON. Audience choice– I’ll bring all three books, as well as a back-up short story, and I’ll read whatever you’re in the mood for.

Bookcourt is about five blocks from the main, Borough Hall subway hub.

I’ll be on a panel and teaching a workshop at the Liberty States Fiction Writers Conference at the Woodbridge Hotel and Conference Center in Iselin, NJ on March 13, 2010. The two-hour workshop starts at 9:30am, and its subject is: “Where Plot, Character, and Voice Collide: Painting Yourself into Corners, and Writing Yourself Out.”

Description: Writing novels is all about juggling plot, character, and voice. When one weighs too heavily, the whole thing falls apart. Using examples from Elmore Leonard, Stephen King, Toni Morrison, and Walter Tevis, this workshop will be about finding ways to edit first drafts in ways that serve story.

For more information or to register, go here

It’s not too early to register for the World Horror Convention, 2011 in Austin, where I’ll be one of the guests of honor.

News:

AUDREY’S DOOR is a Bram Stoker nominee for outstanding novel. Hooray. Click here for the full list, and good luck to all.

A very cool new review of AD is up at Strange Horizons. It’s not all positive, and makes some valid points about potential homophobia, but it’s well researched and very insightful– my favorite type of review. Contains spoilers, though. So only read the first couple of paragraphs if you haven’t yet read the book.

Have a great couple of weeks, and watch out for the ides of March!

Yours,

Sarah Langan

A critic named Richard Larson gave Audrey’s Door a smart, thoughtful review. These aren’t so common, but very valuable, because they’re helpful to the writer, and inform the work. So thanks, Larson and Strange Horizons!

Everybody!

AUDREY’S DOOR made the HWA‘s final ballot for the Bram Stoker Award in outstanding novel. Hooray! Congrats and good luck to all the nominees. Deadlines and motherhood have sadly limited my time, so I haven’t read the other contenders, but intend to remedy that shortly. In other categories, I’ve read:

Damnable by Hank Schwaeble (Jove)

The Little Sleep by Paul Tremblay (Henry Holt)

In the Closet, Under the Bed by Lee Thomas (Dark Scribe Press)

The Stephen King Illustrated Companion by Bev Vincent (Fall River Press)

Happily, I can recommend every one of them, because they are fantastic!

In other news, I’ve got an interview up at Fatally Yours.

Hope you all are good.

It’s women in horror month. Aptly, the shortest, coldest, and bloodiest month all year. In honor, Fatally Yours went live with my interview today. Read it!