I recall that I used to do end-of-year stats for my writing, but I think it was on my old journal and not this one, because I can't find them in my history. Which I think means I haven't done this since around 2004. Anyway, here's some stats:

2009: 2 haiku and 15 poems already accepted (one may come out in 2010 since the editor hasn't given me an ( Read more... )

The Fix (a short fiction review site) says this about my short story "Swan Song" (emphasis mine):

The story is very well written and also engaging, which is impressive because the first third deals with a rather boring look at a rather boring life. This is to be expected, as most day-to-day lives are boring. We wake up, we go to jobs we’d rather ( Read more... )

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New post up at Vary the Line about using traditional songs and verses in your poetry. I started thinking about it because "Angels We Have Heard On High," a poem about my niece's reaction to Christmas, was published today ( Read more... )

Chocolate News just did a bit about how Condi Rice needs a good raping.

Keep it classy, Grier.

• Wrote a cento for Vary the Line.
• Got a very nice rejection saying I came thisclose. Always nice to hear.
• Need to send out the two things that got rejected this week.
• Still employed.

I have a haiku here (scroll down).

Opportunity knocks softly and carries a big stick.

If you read Asimov's, go vote in their readers' poll (and vote for my poem, Deaths on Other Planets, while you're at it!).

The batcave is our back driveway - it's surrounded by wildly growing bamboo and trees and shrubs and things, so it's basically hidden if you don't know where to look. I spent an hour today mid-afternoon taking photos and with the sun slanting into everything, the light was just amazing golden miracle making everything look like little jewels. Here ( Read more... )