Last week, I got a couple of rejections.  It's kinda weird to see the rejectomancy on these sometimes.  Along the lines of stories that are getting consistent good comments from pro editors with more to do than comment on my stuff get form letters from no-pay fledgling markets that won't be around in a year anyway.  And I've got to say that there ( Read more... )

What is Identity? In the LJ community, I heard a lot of identity statements, usually about gender. I remember in the mid-90's college campuses had a big movement where students openly identified as a gender they were not biologically assigned. At the time, this caused quite a ruckus because some were railing about "the bits and pieces God gave ( Read more... )

Didn't get any writing done last night.  By the time dinner was done, the kids were in bed, and the idiot dogs fed, I was too tired.  This time change thing is rough!  What I did get done last night was almost as good.  I watched the latest episode of the Venture Bros.  This one was called "Perchance to Dean".  The episodes this season are ( Read more... )