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I’m pleased to announce Creatures of Charm and Hunger has made the 2020 Locus Recommended Reading List! Please click through to see all the amazing novels, stories, editors, and artists in the various categories.

Anyone can vote in the Locus Poll! You don’t have to be a subscriber. So, if you’d like to help me out by voting for Creatures of Charm and Hunger (in the Fantasy Novel category), please click here. It’s ranked choice, so you can vote for a lot of the fantastic books you read last year.

Thanks, and hang in there everybody!

The Locus Poll and Survey is upon us, and Vermilion has made their Recommended Reading List in the First Novel category! This is super exciting, I’ve never made one of their lists before, for anything, so having my first novel in there is really wonderful. So yes, you can vote for Lou. (The link takes you right to the poll!) And if you did, well, I’d just really appreciate it.

Here are some interesting things about this, at least to my mind:

• Anyone can vote in the Locus Poll. (Subscribers’ votes count twice, but anyone can vote.)

• You must enter your name and valid email address to have your vote counted.

• You don’t have to vote in all categories.

• If you see more than one thing you liked in a single category, you put rankings from 1 to 5 in the boxes beside them, in order of your preference.

• You can write in favorites you don’t see listed, like my publishers Word Horde or LFP in Best Publisher. Just, you know, for instance. 

Okay! That’s all!

Tuesday, I was very pleased to hear that A Pretty Mouth has made it on to the final ballot for the Wonderland Book Award! I’m up against some stiff competition, including my own publisher Cameron Pierce’s collection, and another put out by my cover designer, Matthew Revert. Whew! It’s great: I’ll be happy pretty much no matter who wins!

I know it’s the standard line, but with this Wonderland Book Award nod and with the earlier news of my British Fantasy Award nomination, it really is an honor just to be on the list. Really, I can’t express how thrilled I am that A Pretty Mouth has received so much positive attention. Thank you to everyone who voted for me for both awards; your enthusiasm is appreciated!

That said, A Pretty Mouth could use some fresh reviews on Amazon or Goodreads. If you’ve read it, I’d love if you could take the time to say something about it, whether you enjoyed it, were meh on it, or even hated it. (I’m a writer—I thrive on any kind of attention.) I’d especially like to have a few more review over on Amazon.co.uk. Thanks so much!