NanoPals on Twitter today asked, "How does religion play into your worlds? Do you allow your personal beliefs to flavour your work? Wha do your characters believe? What kind of book do you prefer to read - one that heavily includes personal faith or one that shies away from a characters viewpoints. Do pious characters bother you if they stray too ( Read more... )

Just got a note from Anthology Builder. They've accepted the Werewolf Fic! So that's three of my stories you can buy through them now.

YAY!

Evolutions, Vol. 2, Issue 1, is now available for purchase through Lulu for the negligible sum of $9.99 for the trade paper version. Or, you can download it for $2.73 ( Read more... )

(metaphorically speaking) in my formerly nictine-stained fingers...

the .pdf proof for Darwin's Evolutions Vol. 2 No. 1. In which my story "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf" is appearing.

And it's shiny, y'all. OMG THE ILLUSTRATION. It's by the handsome and talented Karl Nordman, and it's SOOOOOOOOOO PRETTY ( Read more... )

So, I'm upstairs packing, and I come back down and notice that my Gmail has a new message in it. Gee, who's rejecting me this time? thinks I.

But it's not a rejection.

Darwin's Evolutions wants the Werewolf Fic!


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The Merc&theSnake fic has been sent to Clarkesworld.

The Werewolf Fic has been sent to Coach's Midnight Diner.

Last night, I was ready to put my fist through my laptop screen. *loathes hormones and the way they make me overreact to, like, everything* Today, I shall buckle down and WRITE.

Hear that? I will write at least 250 words ( Read more... )

And shipped the Werewolf Fic off to the Intergalactic Medicine Show. They've got about a three-month turnaround time ( Read more... )

Okay, I was going to send the Werewolf Fic off to Asimov's, but in looking over their guidelines, they say:

In general, we're looking for "character oriented" stories, those in which the characters, rather than the science, provide the main focus for the reader's interest. Serious, thoughtful, yet accessible fiction will constitute the majority of ( Read more... )

Many thanks to everyone for their birthday wishes yesterday! You guys all rock. *hugs ( Read more... )

Whether that's better than a "way," I don't know. However, in no particular order:

• Merc&theSnake: Going to Fantasy & Science Fiction next. They have a shockingly quick turnaround time. After that, maybe Strange Horizons. Will cross that bridge if it comes.
  
• CatFeet: Contingent upon it being salvagable, it's going to Weird Tales. Right now my ( Read more... )