Acceptance letter!  I've been jonesing to get one from Ruthless Peoples Magazine for some reason, possibly because their rejections are so thorough and sensible.  Possibly because I like the title.  Either way, now I have one, and in under twelve hours -- they're trying to round out an issue, I submitted a nice wildly short drabble, and so we're ( Read more... )

Just so you all know:  No, Julie and I did not drown in the paint vat.  The house has the main body color on and most of the white trim; the doors and fascia still need some work, but we're getting there.  Picture will follow when it's actually done-done instead of sort of done ( Read more... )

I felt like sharing these.  Some editors do still have a little time in their days and a sense of humor.

Thank you for this submission and for paying such attention to our guidelines pages. I don’t feel I can put this piece in ______, but I did enjoy reading it.

The problem I found was that the protagonist was essentially passive, always the ( Read more... )

Needed: one beta-reader with huge amounts of free time willing to clobber my original prose at the rate of at least 5,000 words/week.  Must be fearless, sharp-quilled, and capable of humor.  Must be unafraid of arguments over a comma.  Must be willing to pretend never to have seen this universe before, even after story #8, because the magazine ( Read more... )