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Monthly Archives: February 2007

Sale!

Monday, February 26, 2007

I think it’s ok to post this, but I’m going to confine it to this largely-unread blog until I know for sure, then I’ll post it to Livejournal: “The Unattainable” has sold to Cecilia Tan’s anthology Cowboy Lover: Erotic Stories of the Wild West. It’ll come out at the end of April from Thunders Mouth [...]

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Dead silence

Sunday, February 25, 2007

About 1500 words on a new story, one that started out as a joke comment in Hannah Wolf Bowen’s livejournal (and whose origins actually came from one of Nick Mamatas’ posts on what not to submit to Clarkesworld Magazine). It’s about a girl who’s a tongue. Yes. That’s it, that’s the “twist”, and it’s right [...]

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Ugh

Monday, February 19, 2007

I don’t know why writers always talk about how great it is to write the last chapter or last scene of a novel or story. For me, it’s the worst part, because just as I’m reaching the end, I start to realize how many things I fucked up in the previous “xxx” pages. It usually [...]

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Teeny weeny sale!

Tuesday, February 6, 2007

While my big ole much-loved Clarion story is currently crashing on the rocks of what will probably be another rejection, my previously published, kinda ignored flash short “Brimstone Orange” has been accepted by PseudoPod, who will miraculously turn it into a spine-chilling podcast. I swear, this story just won’t quit bringing home the good stuff. [...]

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Stepping up the pace

Saturday, February 3, 2007

Last night I came home to find the contract from Senses Five Press for my story “Jetsam” – I know this sounds stupid, but I always get a thrill when I see the actual contract for what I’ve sold. I never got contracts as an actor. I got a phone call or email saying “show [...]

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