The past week has been pretty stressful. Critter went back to school (good), and decided to completely backtrack on potty training (bad). At the same time, Hubby's schedule changed so I didn't have anyone else to lean on, so the boy was entirely my domain (bad). Trying to write a story while getting up every five minutes to monitor potty time is ( Read more... )

The odds of acceptance from an agency? Not so good.

Yesterday ended up being a day of submissions for me. I sent out a flash fic I've poked at for several months, and an essay for Chicken Soup. I was very happy to come across this article later in the day that talks about the current trend of big advances for animal books and how they boost ( Read more... )

I had one of those rare moments yesterday where the muses whispered in my ear and gave me a nice, tidy story that just flowed through the keyboard. And it worked. My husband, often critical of my flash fiction, made an enthusiastic declaration at the end that I heard in another room. I emailed the story to my mom for her opinion, and her ( Read more... )

I'm starting off the new year with an icky raw throat courtesy of the brown cloud that's been hovering over the valley for several days. It's always a bad sign when you see the pollution coming ( Read more... )

This was one weird day. I had more phone calls than we've had since the election ended, a rare interception with the mail man, and even the UPS guy. I feel popular. Of course, the phone calls were because Critter had arrived at school very upset and continued to cry, nonstop, for at least two hours. Being autistic, he couldn't explain what was ( Read more... )

Today: 2,147 words
Total: 59, 027 words

To counterbalance the last two days, I had a harsh rejection today that hit me like a dragon punch to the head. Owie.

Work continued on Normal. It's going well, anyway. I don't have as much faith in my flash fiction today. Maybe I'm just trying to cram too much into a thousand words and it's not ( Read more... )

Last week it felt like everything was going wrong at once. The past two days, it's like all the good stuff is happening at once. Go figure.

Today turned out to be publication day for me in two very different venues.

First of all, my story "Junk and Mothballs" earned runner-up in the WOW! Women on Writing Summer Flash Fiction Contest. You can ( Read more... )

I posted back on the 6th that I made it through the first elimination round on a very excellent flash fiction contest.

Last night, I finally had an update.

I'm in the top ten. o_o

This means at minimum my story will be published on WOW! Women on Writing, I get a prize pack of stuff, and I get interviewed on their blog. o_o I don't know yet if I ( Read more... )

The subject pretty much says it. For some indiscernible reason, my subconscious has a zombie fixation right now. Here's the thing: I don't like zombies. I don't like horror. I get worked up too easily. I don't generally watch zombie movies, and I don't read any books in that genre ( Read more... )

I think I've been writing too much flash fiction ( Read more... )