Warmed and Bound: Best of 2011 noms

Spinetingler nomination for Best Anthology. Voting is here. (Closes end of April, Winner announced May 1) 
*This one’s especially exciting—Spinetingler is always hot on the trail of the next great thing in Noir. 

Goodreads nomination for Best Cover Art. Voting is here. (Add to your GR library or review the book here)

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Waiting to be said…

Closing in on the first anniversary, I want to thank everyone who’s said, written, or thought nice things about Warmed and Bound.

We all love our own babies and it’s often weird and unpleasant to endure excessive doting on the neighbors’—let alone add to it. To other writers especially, please know that we never took the flurry of attention for granted. We didn’t believe our baby was china doll and genius; we were surprised as anyone when it was treated as a darling of neo-noir. Newborns and new releases are little alien things that survive by the enthusiasm of others. W&B probably benefited as much from the enthusiasm of unselfish peers and readers as the effort needed to create it.

Here’s to creators encouraging creators. And to as many warm caresses for the frog-faced babies as the Blue Ivies. Keep on.

—PV