Welcome to the Endicott Studio's new blog -- which is going to be much more irregular and limited in scope than our previous Journal of Mythic Arts blog, being focused on Endicott-related news. We hope, nonetheless, that you'll find it worthwhile to bookmark and peruse from time to time.
The old JoMA blog has not disappeared. We've kept it online because it's packed with mythic arts links, reviews, images, and information that you might find it useful to have access to. You'll find JoMA News and Reviews (2006 - 2008) parked at this web address: http://endicottstudio.typepad.com/endicott_redux.
Midori and I have been enormously touched by the close-to-100 comments left on our Farewell Post on the News and Reviews blog. Thank you all for your very kind words. They've meant a great deal to us.
In one of those comments, Kim Power asked us to pass on the following message to others in the mythic arts community:
"I've already expressed
my sadness at the ending of this wonderful blog . . . however, I'm writing now to offer something constructive. I
belong to a website called Goodreads, where people share what they
read, their views, pick up new ideas of what to read and much more,
something like a ultra book club. Anyway, another member, Odette Odile,
had a wonderful idea to start a group on the site where we will read
through and discuss the Endicott books. Thankfully, you're keeping
the site archives on line so we can do this. I think it's an exciting
way to keep the spirit of this blog alive and gather people of common
interest. Here's the site: http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/4030.Endicott_Mythic_Fiction.
Come join us!"
The Journal of Mythic Arts:
We're finishing up work on the final, farewell issue of the Journal of Mythic Arts, which contains some wonderful material from many of our regular contributors . . . and a few newcomers too. Keep an eye on this blog, where we'll post an announcement when it goes online. Very soon . . . we promise!
In the meantime, we'd like to recommend the latest issue of Goblin Fruit, if you haven't caught it already. Once again, the editors have packed the issue with a range of truly marvelous offerings, and we're very honored indeed by the issue's dedication. Midori and I contributed two poems to this one, and we're both thrilled with Oliver Hunter's illustrations -- and with his very magical musical rendition of The Night Journey.
The World Fantasy Awards
The list of finalists for the 2008 World Fantasy Awards (for works published in 2007) has just been announced, and Endicott folks are well represented this year. Emma Bull's novel Territory (a mythic western set in Tombstone, Arizona in 1881), and Will Shetterly's The Gospel of the Knife (a magical realist novel dealing with coming-of-age issues in 1960s America), are both finalists for the Best Novel category. The Coyote Road: Trickster Tales, which I edited with Ellen Datlow, is a finalist for Best Anthology; and Kij Johnson's story for the book, "The Evolution of Trickster Stories Among the Dogs of North Park After the Change," is up for Best Short Story. (You can read it on the web here.) Pat McKillip, Dora Goss, Tim Pratt, Ellen Klages and other friends-of-Endicott are on the ballot too, which is truly full of treasures this year. And in the "Special Award" category, Midori and I have been nominated for our work on the Endicott Studio/Journal of Mythic Arts website.
Congratulations everyone!
Endicott Staff News
Midori has had her head down in Tucson this summer, finishing up the fairy novel that she's writing in collaboration with Jane Yolen. She's taken a summer hiatus from her blog, In the Labyrinth -- but she'll be back once her current deadlines are past, and the last JoMA issue is wrapped up.
I've just completed hanging an exhibition of mythic art for children in the Big Red Sofa bookstore/gallery in Devon. (It runs until Sept. 5, if you happen to be in south-west England.) Here's a little critter from the show . . . and you can see a few more of them over on my website.
Hooray! I am so happy to read this! Congratulations for all of the nominations, especially the much deserved "Special Award" nomination for Terri and Midori! Thank you also for the Goodreads link, I certainly want to check that out.
Best,
Chandra
Posted by: chandra | August 08, 2008 at 06:43 PM
I'm bookmarking this gleefully. Thank you so much!
Posted by: Grey | August 10, 2008 at 09:13 AM
So happy to see the blog back in some form. I've missed you.
Posted by: Angie | August 10, 2008 at 11:02 AM
Woo-hoo!!! Though not as grand in scope as the previous Endicott site I am thrilled that this exists! Very, very thrilled!!! Yay!!!
Posted by: Carl V. | August 14, 2008 at 12:14 PM
Terri and Midori: A HUGE thanks for mentioning our Goodreads site on this, your last (old) Endicott thread! We've gotten many more people and I'm looking forward to the inspiring conversations that will lead from your book recommendations. And I'm so pleased to know that you have not "disappeared"!
Warmest Regards, Kim Power
Posted by: Kim Power | September 01, 2008 at 03:43 AM
well… i visit your website first time and found this site very usefull and intresting !
well… you guys doing nice work and i just want to say that keep rocking and keep it up !!!!
Regards
Zohaib
Posted by: Zohaib | November 21, 2008 at 03:40 AM