At Night
Muddy black but bright, somehow light.
2011
Summer Starts Now
Classes are over, I’m done grading papers, and all my windows are open. Sounds like summer to me. For the first time since I started teaching this past autumn, I feel as if I can finally make some writing plans. Sure, I managed to squeak out a few stories during the past months, but mostly
I Don’t Remember Selling My Soul
But I must have. It’s the only way I can explain two story acceptances in as many days. Yesterday, mere hours after announcing my latest acceptance, I received another one for my story “Fixing a Hole.” Great news, right? Well, yes, except for that nagging suspicion that I’m hell bound. I don’t remember signing anything
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“Inside the Walls of East Lombard Street” Accepted
Happy Cinco de Mayo, wonderful peoples of the interwebs. Like most holidays, one of the only reasons I bother celebrating anymore is the food. After long years of contemplation, I’ve realized that beyond the religious or political reasons for holidays, my emerging family traditions all revolve around the food and spending quality time together (which,
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Home Brewed Beer: A Writer’s Best Friend?
Confession. There is little to no relationship between home-brewed beer and writing, except the little known fact that if you write while drunk on homebrew you’ll be visited by the beer goblin who will grant you one publishing wish…per beer…per day. That’s why alcoholic writers are so famous. And so, well, drunk. To get off
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Camera Obscura: Insider Trading
If you’ve had a chance to read my latest story, “Camera Obscura,” and you were keen on learning more about the strange goings-on, I have good news: Mr. Rorchalk (the editor of TQR) managed to bend space and time in order to track down Hadia in the shadow world of “Camera Obscura.” Once found, Mr.
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Cate Gardner is Awesome
A while back I wrote about how much I love getting mail. It’s one of the not-so-secret truths about me. So when I opened my mailbox to find a padded envelope sent from overseas, I cracked the first–and probably only–smile of the day. I’d completely forgotten (which makes it even better) that the wonderful and
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Winner and Free Story
Greetings one and all! Today there are two bits of news worthy of blog space. The first is the announcement of the big winner, who will receive a $25 Amazon Gift Card. The second is the announcement of my newly published short story, “Camera Obscura.” But first things first: The winner of the $25 Amazon
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Contest Update
EDIT: We’ve hit 50! Here’s the deal. I won’t have time to do the drawing until tomorrow afternoon. If I get many more entrant in that time, no one will be locked out of the contest, but I will add a second prize (to be determined) to make it fair. Check back tomorrow for the
Rat Versus Guinea Pig (And Contest Update)
I had a dream the other night that a rat and a guinea pig got into a fight. The guinea pig–lets call him Mr. Winkles–entered the arena (a small cage) and pushed the rat–Sir Sniffsalot– against the far wall. Mr. Winkles was twice the size of Sir Sniffsalot, and his imposing aura was enough to
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