Pictures from the May 24 Lambda Rising Black Pride Panel

(Photos courtesy of Steven G. Fullwood)

G. Winston James, Lisa C. Moore, CLG, Pamela Sneed

CLG, pontificating

CLG, signing

Lambda Rising Event

The Lambda Rising event was a great success! I was on a spirited panel with Redbone Press publisher Lisa C. Moore, author G. Winston James, and poet Pamela Sneed. About 30-40 people were present. The staff at Lambda Rising Bookstore asked us a few questions, mostly about publishing and writing as POC LGTB (lots of acronyms!), opened up the floor for questions for about 15 minutes. About 4 copies of Sea, Swallow Me were signed and sold.

DC BLACK PRIDE AUTHOR PANEL ON MAY 24TH

WHAT: Black Pride Author Panel

WHEN: Sunday May 24th, 2009 at 6:30pm

WHERE: Lambda Rising Bookstore, 1625 Connecticut Ave NW Washington, DC 20009

WHO:

1) Lisa C. Moore

2) Craig Laurance Gidney

3) G. Winston James

4) Steven Fullwood

After Elton, forthcoming Lethe title.

After Elton mentioned Sea, Swallow Me in a brief round up of current fiction, here. (It’s at the very end.)

I just finished editing the text of a forthcoming romantic fantasy for Lethe Press, Dan Stone’s The Rest of Our Lives.  I think people will like this mix of romance, magic and mayhem.  The potential cover is below.

Passport Magazine

A gay  travel magazine, Passport, has a brief write-up about Lethe Press here.

New hat

I am now the managing editor at Lethe Press.  One of my goals is to get the Tincture imprint–which focuses on writing by g/l/t/b of color — off the ground.  I’ve been doing it for a little under month, and I’m enjoying helping other authors and bring books to life immensely.

2009 Lammie Finalist!

Sea, Swallow Me has just been announced as a finalist in  the Sci-Fi/ Fantasy/ Horror category for the Lambda Literary Awards.    I feel honored to be nomimated along with such stiff competition:

• The Archer’s Heart, Astrid Amara, Blind Eye Books
• The Magician and the Fool, Barth Anderson, Bantam Del Rey
• Wilde Stories 2008, Steve Berman, Lethe Press
• Sea, Swallow Me and Other Stories, Craig Gidney, Lethe Press
• Turnskin, Nicole Kimberling, Blind Eye Books

Review in Chroma

The UK-based online literary and arts journal Chroma reviewed Sea, Swallow Me:

Each story in the collection is uniquely structured and laden with rich informed details showing that the writer has a strong sense of craft while being able to explore variations on his central themes of identity, alienation and the interplay of the supernatural with the real world. The intriguing set of characters’ flirtations with what is divine lead to surprising discoveries. These stories are engrossing, each confidently and imaginatively narrated while incorporating elements of mythology with a modern sensibility.

You can read the rest of the review here.

More pictures from the Feb 19 reading and signing

Reading at the DC Center

Around 40 people showed up for my reading/signing.  I thank them all for their support.  My publisher, Steve Berman of Lethe Press, sent me the beautiful lilies that are next to me.  I read portions of The Safety of Thorns and Her Spirit Hovering, and I read Magpie Sisters in it’s entirety.

I am completely overjoyed.