{"id":23365,"date":"2017-05-03T20:21:38","date_gmt":"2017-05-04T00:21:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/?p=23365"},"modified":"2017-05-03T20:24:36","modified_gmt":"2017-05-04T00:24:36","slug":"in-which-i-am-transformed-into-susan-lucci-at-stokercon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/2017\/05\/03\/in-which-i-am-transformed-into-susan-lucci-at-stokercon\/","title":{"rendered":"In which I am transformed into Susan Lucci at StokerCon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As I told you <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/2017\/02\/23\/look-whos-on-the-final-ballot-for-the-2016-bram-stoker-awards\/\">earlier<\/a>, going into Saturday&#8217;s Bram Stoker Awards ceremony I was tied at 6-0 with three other writers for the most nominations without ever having won. I even wore a button throughout the weekend to ensure the other StokerCon attendees knew of my exalted state, as this Thursday night selfie with Becky Stratford, the Librarian Guest of Honor, proves.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/ScottEdelmanBeckyStratford.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/ScottEdelmanBeckyStratford-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-23368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/ScottEdelmanBeckyStratford-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/ScottEdelmanBeckyStratford-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/ScottEdelmanBeckyStratford-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/ScottEdelmanBeckyStratford.jpg 898w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What waited for me on the other side of that ceremony was either an award for Superior Achievement in Long Fiction &#8230; or something far more historic. How historic? So much so that emcee Jeff Strand felt moved to take notice of my potential achievement during his opening monologue. <\/p>\n<p>Give a listen to what he had to say &#8230;<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sbmNP9F4Nvc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Oddly&#8212;and this might be difficult for you to believe, I know&#8212;I was uncertain, as I sat in the audience aboard the Queen Mary, whether I wanted to win that night. <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d love one of those trophies, and do hope to walk away with one someday, but my win that night would not have been unique. My loss, however <em>would<\/em> be. For at 7-0, I&#8217;d stand alone. I&#8217;m still not sure why I was so sanguine about this, but I actually thought it would be more fun to lose&#8212;and pop on a new button to announce I&#8217;d be Susan Lucci for at least the next year&#8212;than win. I think a part of me would have regretted the win!<\/p>\n<p>How perverse is that?<\/p>\n<p>How&#8217;d I do? Well, as those who follow me on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/scottedelman\/with_replies\">Twitter<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scott.edelman\">Facebook<\/a> already know, I didn&#8217;t &#8220;win,&#8221; but I <em>did<\/em> &#8220;win.&#8221; And now, as you can see from the stats kept by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfadb.com\/Bram_Stoker_Awards_Tallies\">Locus Online<\/a>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/StokerNeverWon2017.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/StokerNeverWon2017-263x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"263\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-23366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/StokerNeverWon2017-263x300.jpg 263w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/StokerNeverWon2017.jpg 677w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m Number One! I&#8217;m Number One!<\/p>\n<p>Thank you, HWA members, for this amazing honor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I told you earlier, going into Saturday&#8217;s Bram Stoker Awards ceremony I was tied at 6-0 with three other writers for the most nominations without ever having won. 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