<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[&#039;Homecoming&#039; Blog]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://homecomingbook.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[sueannbowlingauthor]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://homecomingbook.wordpress.com/author/sueannbowlingauthor/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Homecoming&#8217;s a Finalist!]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://homecomingbook.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/cover.jpg"><img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="653" data-permalink="https://homecomingbook.wordpress.com/2010/12/11/r%e2%80%99il%e2%80%99nai-humans-and-crossbreds-life-span/9781450213158_cover-indd/" data-orig-file="https://homecomingbook.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/cover.jpg" data-orig-size="1761,2720" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;LKleina&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;9781450213158_COVER.indd&quot;}" data-image-title="9781450213158_COVER.indd" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://homecomingbook.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/cover.jpg?w=194" data-large-file="https://homecomingbook.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/cover.jpg?w=663" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-653" title="9781450213158_COVER.indd" src="https://homecomingbook.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/cover.jpg?w=194&#038;h=300" alt="" width="194" height="300" srcset="https://homecomingbook.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/cover.jpg?w=194&amp;h=300 194w, https://homecomingbook.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/cover.jpg?w=388&amp;h=600 388w, https://homecomingbook.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/cover.jpg?w=97&amp;h=150 97w" sizes="(max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px" /></a>I wasn&#8217;t going to blog today, but I got an e-mail that I think deserves a little bragging on. <a href="http://sueannbowling.com" target="_blank"><em>Homecoming</em></a> is one of the three science fiction finalists for the <a href="http://bit.ly/eAeacN">Reader Views 2010 Literary Awards!</a></p>
<p>It&#8217;s not about space battles, or space aliens trying to take over the universe. It&#8217;s about people. Not all of them are human, but they are people, with hopes and desires and conflicts. Most of them are trying to make the universe a better place, but none of them are quite sure of how to go about it, and their ideas sometimes conflict with each others&#8217;.</p>
<p>No, everything does not wrap up neatly. When does it, in real life? But it does come to a point where one phase of a character&#8217;s life is over. Will a new phase begin? <em>Tourist Trap</em> should be out this spring.</p>
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