I'm not that big on the whole promotion thing and try to keep it more or less to a minimum, but I had to take a  second out to promote my good friend Aliette's new book Servant of the Underworld. Because let's face it a first book is a HUGE thing for a writer and also because what I'm really really hoping to see is this:


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Well, things have been hectic between the Xmas/New Year celebration and work (we don't have xmas holidays over here, but don't feel too sorry for me I have Chinese New Years in a few weeks), so I've pretty much been neglecting my LJ. The last couple days I've been considering tackling my F-List, but the sheer magnitude of it is quite daunting so I ( Read more... )

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Without getting into all the not so good things about Facebook, it is pretty cool to be connected to your family members (I suppose this could be not so cool also, but I won' get into that, ha). The other day my cousin posted some pics of my great grandmother and great grandfather. Obviously they have that wickedly cool old picture feel to them. My ( Read more... )

Just received a REALLY close call rejection from the Dark Faith Anthology. Seems it made it right up to the final cuts. Was a little bit bummed to be sure, but it was a really really nice rejection from buddy jerrygordon and a hell of an honor to have even come that close on this antho. I've been poking around on the internet and have assembled a small ( Read more... )

I've decided to sign up for Michael Knost's online workshop which is convenient for a number of reasons, first of all because I don't have to leave the comfort of my home (nothing like doing a workshop in your boxer shorts!) and also not overly pricey. There are four 1-hour classes throughout the month of December, one every Monday. I'm bound to ( Read more... )

The year started well. Xmas brought with it a wealth of inspiration and I produced a bunch of stories in January and February. This was followed by a couple acceptances and it looked like everything was going well. Then I don't know what happened. Throughout the whole summer I only produced one flash (the Shroud flash-fic one) and couldn't seem to ( Read more... )

Apparently the Duotrope Gods were listening! Not even a day after mentioning how I'd like the more detailed pending results function, presto the function was up! That's awesome! I don't know if it was coincedence or what, but I'm very happy about it. They also have another new function where you can get RSS feeds for the markets you are interested ( Read more... )