Seriously. Nothing spectacularly bad happened. I did sell a short, my weight stayed pretty stable (a little up, but not by much), we weren't able to get a mattress, my son turned 20. Thursday (mattress disaster) and Friday (run around and get things for kiddo's birthday then actually have said birthday) were probably the toughest, but it was ( Read more... )

Awhile back, I finally got back into submitting my short stories after not doing so for awhile because I was so frustrated with it in general. Then the end of last year and the beginning of this year, I really didn't do much of it because I was focused on other things. I did do some subs, managed a few small sales (like "God of Light" to Something ( Read more... )

No, not yesterday. Thing is, we're about out of ink, so I need to hold off any further work on Chef's textbook (unless he needs a later chapter early int he class) until I refill it. This means I get to set aside the textbook for a day or two at least, and I can go back to the writing that the time on the textbook ate up ( Read more... )

He hesitated a moment, then took her hand and kissed her fingertips gently before leaving.
~ Quest For Ehlarayn

Last week was pretty good, actually-I got quite a bit crossed off the goals list. The only thing I seem to be having real trouble with is Charms, and that's because I'm being avoidant. I really need to get over that and just push ( Read more... )

So, a bit back I sent in an essay for an anthology about autism tentatively titled Voices of Autism. I'll be honest, I didn't expect it to be accepted. It's been on the net for years as a part of my son's site (which has been badly neglected of late), and most places don't like net posted stuff even if they accept reprints. I did brush it up and ( Read more... )

"Human" has been "officially" accepted by Worlds of Wonder. As noted when I sent it, no surprise, but she hasn't said anything about changing the changes that were made either. This is good. She's wanted the story for a long while now, and I wasn't sure how the last revision would go over. There were some major cuts in particular. Anyway, it ( Read more... )

Tyree has accepted "Intended" either for the new publication, Sounds of the Night premiering this month (August) or for an issue of Aoife's next year.

WOOO!

God I needed that. What I needed more was his compliment:

Very good story. I'm not real big on reprints, but I do like this one ( Read more... )

In probably the quickest turn around I've EVER had, WoW has accepted "God of Light" for it's July issue.

Guess the tweaks worked. ;)

So, I'm getting ready to crash and I check my email like I always do, and I found this:

This is a good story for Beyond Centauri, our magazine for younger readers, and I'm accepting it for the January 2008 issue. Pasted below is the contract for your story. To accept, simply reply to this e-mail and say you accept. And if you have any ( Read more... )

I sent my poem, Dragon Dreams, to Illumen awhile back and ended up following up with a query in December. I don't know if he got the query (I suspect there may still be some holiday backlog there), but he did finally respond to the submission. I was checking email on my way to bed and found this:

"Dragon Dreams" is a good poem for Illumen, but ( Read more... )