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It's time for a list
I've been a busy human, and I've neglected this journal rather a lot. Here are some highlights from the last little while.
- The Dictionary For Dreamers appeared at Diabolical Plots earlier this year.
- Borrower appeared at Strange Horizons in July
- My goal this year is to double the number of submissions from last year - short fiction and poetry ( Read more... )
- The Dictionary For Dreamers appeared at Diabolical Plots earlier this year.
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CC:Otherworlds
I feel a little weird doing this, because I always feel weird promoting stuff I do, but that's no excuse to not do it. A lot of y'all already know about the CC:Otherworlds project I'm working on, but for those of you who don't, read on ( Read more... ) -
The Story Machine
Beep! Boop! Welcome to The Story Machine. The current theme of The Story Machine is “Game Night Gone Wrong.”
The Story Machine is pleased to offer a wide variety of tasty bite-sized stories. Please choose from the following selections:
A story involving:
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Unofficial LJI Book Exchange!
What is it? Sign up, and get a name and address. Then send a used book to them in the mail, and receive something yourself!
Who is it for? Current or former (and former can be very former indeed) participants in therealljidol.
Why? Because stories are neat! Because we just made it to the top 50 contestants in this crazy super-long thing, and getting something ( Read more... ) -
the (totally unofficial) LJ Idol summer gift exchange
What is it? A small postal gift exchange, done Secret Santa style! You sign up here, I match you with another person, and you send and receive goodies in the mail.
Why? Because getting nice stuff in the mail is a pleasant experience. Because sending surprise gifts to other people is fun. Because it's a fun way to build connections in the community ( Read more... ) -
The Ship of Stories
It’s time for the Annual Games again, time to choose a new Narrator for the Ship of Stories. The Archetypes are all out of their halls and mingling here in the lobby, waiting for the stages to be set in the different story rooms, the choices to be made. You know your task: to earn as many points by the end of your story arc as possible while ( Read more... ) -
Upgrades
Every day after Michael left for work, Eve went about the business of taking herself apart. She did it in the basement, so the mess would be easier to clean up. Sitting at her workbench, she had a system for where everything should go. There was a magnetized strip for all the little tiny screws, and labeled mason jars for transistors and servo ( Read more... ) -
WisCon Spontaneous Writing Contest Story
I attended WisCon this year, and participated in their first ever Spontaneous Writing Contest. The idea was pretty simple - you show up at a certain place at a certain time and receive a thumb drive with a snippet of dialogue on it. Incorporating that dialogue, you write a story, and then return it on the thumb drive within an hour. There were (I ( Read more... ) -
Don't Panic (those are large friendly letters)
The deadline for LJI entries has been extended until Monday, May 20th, at 8 p.m. eastern. Pass it on. -
MedleyMisty
Letter in a bottle discovered on the shore of a sea of trees in North Carolina, USAGreetings fellow traveler, adventurer, wanderer, explorer! If your eyes are passing across this missive, then I have achieved my goal and made contact with another beyond these shores where I find myself. I have no doubt you are an intrepid soul - it takes a certain ( Read more... )