Triumph over Tragedy Anthology Updates

I've recently begun helping out with the Triumph over Tragedy anthology, editing some stories.  Another author to join the ranks is Adrian Tchaikovsky, as Sarah recently highlighted on her blog. If you haven't been following her blog before, you should now. In addition to her tireless efforts to raise awareness for the anthology, she runs one of the best genre blogs on teh intarwebs. 

http://www.indiegogo.com/TriumphOverTragedy

Author R.T. Kaelin immediately grabbed his bootstraps and put together Triumph over Tragedy, a benefit anthology for victims of Hurricane Sandy. Sarah of the terrific blog Bookworm Blues has been pitching in as well.

More information, and how to contribute, can be found at the Indie Go Go page for Triumph over Tragedy.

Triumph over Tragedy: Hurricane Sandy Benefit Anthology

As many of my readers know, I live in New Jersey.  Superstorm Sandy hit two weeks ago and to say that the natural disaster transformed  parts of the region into an apocalyptic landscape would be an understatement.  In other words, I'll take the five-day power outage and dozen or so toppled trees around my property as a win compared to what happened in other parts of New Jersey and New York.

http://www.indiegogo.com/TriumphOverTragedy

Author R.T. Kaelin immediately grabbed his bootstraps and put together Triumph over Tragedy, a benefit anthology for victims of Hurricane Sandy. Sarah of the terrific blog Bookworm Blues has been pitching in as well, most recently securing Elizabeth Bear for a story. Additionally, the VERY IMPRESSIVE list of contributors looks something like this:

• Robert Silverberg (Hugo and Nebular Award winner)
• Marion Zimmer Bradley (Locus Award winner) (donated by the MZB Literary Trust)
• Elizabeth Bear
• Michael J. Sullivan
• Bradley P. Beaulieu
• Phillip Athans
• Stephen D. Sullivan
• Mark Lawrence
• Rick Novy
• Jean Rabe
• Maxwell Alexander Drake
• SM Blooding
• Erik Scott de Bie
• Alex Bledsoe
• Matthew Wayne Selznick
• R.T. Kaelin
• Ari Marmell
• Jaym Gates
• C.S. Marks
• C.J. Henderson
• Marian Allen
• Bryan Young
• Donald Bingle
• Janine Spendlove
• T.L. Gray
• Miya Kressin
• Steven Saus
• Addie King
• Rob Knipe
• Vicki Johnson-Steger
• Tracy Chowdhury
• Doris Stever
• Gregory Wilson

More information, and how to contribute, can be found at the Indie Go Go page for Triumph over Tragedy.

Books in the Mail (W/E 2012-11-03)

As of Friday, the time I wrote and post-dated this entry for Sunday mornings normally scheduled Books in the Mail post, I've received no books for review because of the near apocalyptic affects of Hurricane Sandy to New York (where the majority of the publishers who send me books are located) and New Jersey (where I live).  Also as of Friday, I've been without power, internet, or phone in my home since Monday 10/29/2012) when Hurricane Sandy made landfall so even if something does arrive on Saturday or is waiting for me at home on Friday, chances are I won't be able to update by Sunday.

For our part, I'd say the 'o Stuff household was fairly lucky despite the loss of power, heat, water, and connectivity to the outside world. Of the dozen or so trees that were toppled on and around my property, none of them fell on the house or did any damage.

We are very lucky all things considered, but the same can't be said for the rest of the region, specifically  most of New Jersey, New York City and some of its Five Boroughs

Please, if you've got some extra scratch to spare, consider donating to the Red Cross as virtually the entire Jersey Shore has been destroyed and the estimates of the economic impact to the region is in the tens of billions of dollars.

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