I AM SO FREAKIN' RUDE. In my excitement, I forgot to thank the people who voted for me and got me there. My parents brought me up better than that. My apologies.

THANK YOU SO MUCH! You really made my week.

Another self-promoting faux update to let you know that Captive made it through to the final round IN ALL FIVE CATEGORIES! (Summer 2009)

I had hoped for one or two, but five? Maybe I actually have a shot (ETA: turns out I didn't, but just getting nommed five times (nom nom nom nom nom) was great).

Final nominations go up tomorrow, and voting starts 7/22/09. Please go vote, even if it isn't for me (although that would be the preferred option), and show under-appreciated authors some love. The web address (since I can't be arsed to figure out how to turn it into a link) is on my profile.