Nicola Griffith

Writer. Queer cripple with a PhD. Seattle & Leeds.

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SO LUCKY is 2: Some thoughts on publishing

Now that So Lucky has been out for two years, I’m revisiting the publishing process, and industry and reader response—and asking for your opinion.

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Posted on May 15, 2020 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

The Aud novels are mine!

I have spent the last four years fighting to get the rights back from Harper, Doubleday, and Penguin and on Friday the last piece feel into place: I now own rights to the whole trilogy.

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Posted on December 12, 2017 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

8/6 #CripLit Twitter Chat: Writing Disability

You are invited to the ninth #CripLit Twitter chat co-hosted by novelist Nicola Griffith and Alice Wong of the Disability Visibility Project®. We want to talk about the experience of writing about and from being disabled. Please join us on 6 August, 4pm Pacific/7pm Eastern

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Posted on July 28, 2017 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

#CripLit: Editor Roundtable, Sunday 1/15, 7 pm Eastern

For our fifth #Criplit chat for disabled writers we’re trying a slightly different format. We’ve invited editors and staff from some of…

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Posted on January 5, 2017 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Ellen Key Harris-Braun

This morning I found out from a friend that my first US editor, Ellen Key Harris-Braun, has died. She helped me a lot. Without her my career would be quite different. I will miss her.

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Posted on October 29, 2016 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Some thoughts on Ableism & the Publishing Industry

The Storify of the second #CripLit Twitter chat, on Ableism and the Publishing Industry is up. Here are my answers to the 10 questions formulated ahead of time.

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Posted on August 30, 2016 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Second #CripLit chat August 29: Ableism & Publishing

For our second #CripLit Twitter chat, Alice Wong and I will be joined by guest host Denarii Monroe to talk about ableism and the publishing industry.

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Posted on August 19, 2016 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Where to sign up to count literary prize data

A number of people have expressed interest in helping to count literary prize data. The data so far show a consistent, persistent,…

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Posted on August 10, 2015 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

More data on gender and literary prizes

Two more pie charts showing gender bias in literary awards.

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Posted on August 6, 2015 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

The long tail: not the author’s friend

Picture by Hay Kranen/ PD.  The long tail is that of the demand curve of products versus sales. The best-sellers are all…

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Posted on January 20, 2015 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

HILD to be published in the UK!

I’m delighted to announce that Hild will be published in the UK by Blackfriars, a brand-new imprint of Little, Brown UK. The…

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Posted on February 14, 2014 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Hild in the UK?

From: Sue Do you have any idea when Hild will be available in the UK? Online sellers that have it are shipping…

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Posted on January 10, 2014 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

The Next Big Thing: Authors Tagging Authors

An excuse to talk about HILD…My research blog Gemæcca began in 2008 with a medievalist blogger’s meme game about favourite historical characters. I desperately wanted…

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Posted on February 21, 2013 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Project decisions

An evening of this: Leads to noodling like this: And the begins of a decision. If you know my work worrying well,…

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Posted on February 18, 2013 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

The business of writing: a one-day workshop December 2

Publishing is in the throes of huge change and it’s hard to keep up with the choices available for writers–of any level…

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Posted on November 13, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Man Booker Prize 2012 longlist: zero novels by women about women

The 2012 Man Booker Prize longlist has been announced: Nicola Barker, The Yips (Fourth Estate) Ned Beauman, The Teleportation Accident (Sceptre) André…

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Posted on July 25, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Hild publishing deal!

I’m delighted to announce that Hild will be published in 2013 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. It will be a big fat…

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Posted on May 14, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Blog tweakage

Before Hild is published, I’ll be doing a tear-down of my website, this blog, and Gemæcca. Meanwhile, I’ve been futzing about with…

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Posted on March 18, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Publishers: pay writers more, it’s good for you

Mike Shatzkin has written another thought-provoking post about the publishing industry. (If the business interests you, subscribe to his feed; his perspective…

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Posted on December 13, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

The future of publishing: retail?

Today for your delectation and delight, here’s a selection of publishing news for you. According to Publishers Weekly, ebook sales in June…

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Posted on September 13, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Hild update

I’m now just over halfway through the third draft of Hild. I’ve squeezed out a paragraph here, a sentence there–but then wrote…

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Posted on September 12, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

How is publishing change treating you?

Via PW: Amazon just announced that it now sells more Kindle books than paper books: Since April 1, Amazon says it has…

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Posted on May 20, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Go listen: a good primer on current change in publishing

I don’t listen to podcasts much because almost everything I do is writing- or reading-related and listening interferes with that. But yesterday,…

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Posted on March 2, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Readers are customers, not the enemy

From Pat Holt, on Holt Uncensored, comes a blog post which begins with the tale of a rather boorish couple who act…

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Posted on January 26, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

"Plainly a fact": ebook territories

From: Michaela, Czech Republic First of all, I would like to express my gratitude for enlarging a row of female writers or…

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Posted on December 1, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized
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