McSweeney's turned down my sestina, but nicely. Atlantic Monthly has still not gotten back to me and I've exceeded their stated response time (but only by two days and it might have taken as long as 3 for it to get there as it was snailed). I haven't sent out any more poetry and I'm not currently writing it, though I will probably start again on ( Read more... )

ChiZine contest results are in. Not even so much as an honorable mention.

*bangs head against wall repeatedly*

I can't even send it to my next choice market until August 1st, stupid reading periods.

No publication in Strange Horizons for me. Denied.

Story must go elsewhere now. Must find an elsewhere to send it.

33 days and counting for Strange Horizons and Vestal Review. 19 days and counting for poetry. Plus, of course, the "who knows when except not for a couple-few weeks at least" for the ChiZine contest ( Read more... )

I knew, of course, that my muse smoked. I used to see her waving around her ivory cigarette holder. However, she no longer uses the holder. Why? Because she is now smoking Sobranies. Sobranie Black, Sobranie Pink, Sobranie Mint...

Also, she is drinking a glass of Rock 'n' Rye. And she won't share, the bitch.

Yeah, didn't like the story. I'm not really surprised. That one needs to go into the rewrite pile; I think the end could be better.

I have this problem with endings, it seems.

Well, I finally downloaded OpenOffice so I could make a spreadsheet to track submissions. The only problem is the complete and utter lack of an easy way to count unique entries in the 'story' column. Or, well, there's an 'easy' way, but I have to redo it every time I add a new unique story.

There's a few methods floating around for Excel to do ( Read more... )

I started on a new story yesterday, got about 350 words in, and then hrmed and stopped for a bit. I have this vague idea of what I want but not more than that yet. But the opening image was so strong I had to write it ( Read more... )

1 flash out to Vestal Review ( Read more... )

I have a record (for me) number of submissions out. I hate waiting...