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graycardinal) wrote2011-10-28 05:56 pm
graycardinal) wrote2011-10-28 05:56 pm
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News! Returning to Oz, sort of
I have been keeping this under my hat for some time now, but the contributor copy arrived in today's mail, so I think it's safe to assume I haven't dreamed the whole thing.
Specifically, I have here a copy of Oziana 2011, the magazine of Oz stories published by the International Wizard of Oz Club. There is an elegant illustration of Glinda the Good on the cover...and inside, one of the featured stories is "The Solitary Sorceress of Oz", originally written by yours truly for Yuletide some years back. There are several extremely nice interior illustrations accompanying the story, done by Isabelle Melançon (co-creator and illustrator of Namesake, a Web comic you really ought to be reading if you haven't discovered it already). I am extremely pleased about this, as Oziana is known for being both extremely selective and highly regarded by Serious Oz Fans, I consider it a high honor to appear in its pages. I was also utterly delighted when I was told who'd be illustrating the story, as I have been a Namesake fan since the strip first appeared.
It should be noted that the printed story appears under the byline of Mycroft Mason, as writing for Oziana calls for different protocol than applies in the online fanfictional community. (In fact, "Mycroft Mason" is just as much a pen name as "Gray Cardinal", but we won't mention that to the Wizard....)
As I understand it copies of current issues are only available to IWOC members (and this issue is only just barely out as yet, I think), so it will likely be a bit before more information about it is available on the wider 'Net. But this is still very cool, and I am, as a certain Vulcan once said of a certain medical officer, likely to be insufferably pleased with myself for at least a week.
Specifically, I have here a copy of Oziana 2011, the magazine of Oz stories published by the International Wizard of Oz Club. There is an elegant illustration of Glinda the Good on the cover...and inside, one of the featured stories is "The Solitary Sorceress of Oz", originally written by yours truly for Yuletide some years back. There are several extremely nice interior illustrations accompanying the story, done by Isabelle Melançon (co-creator and illustrator of Namesake, a Web comic you really ought to be reading if you haven't discovered it already). I am extremely pleased about this, as Oziana is known for being both extremely selective and highly regarded by Serious Oz Fans, I consider it a high honor to appear in its pages. I was also utterly delighted when I was told who'd be illustrating the story, as I have been a Namesake fan since the strip first appeared.
It should be noted that the printed story appears under the byline of Mycroft Mason, as writing for Oziana calls for different protocol than applies in the online fanfictional community. (In fact, "Mycroft Mason" is just as much a pen name as "Gray Cardinal", but we won't mention that to the Wizard....)
As I understand it copies of current issues are only available to IWOC members (and this issue is only just barely out as yet, I think), so it will likely be a bit before more information about it is available on the wider 'Net. But this is still very cool, and I am, as a certain Vulcan once said of a certain medical officer, likely to be insufferably pleased with myself for at least a week.
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