Anthony Rapino

Sorry about the lack of posting these past weeks. But I’m still here. I started work on my new novel. No title yet and only about 750 words in, so anything can happen. Otherwise, I’ve been content to hang on to this last bit of sanity. It’s a losing battle, but worth a shot.

Writing and Pumpkins and Turtles, Oh My. Let us go in order. Writing. A couple days ago I received a hold notice for my story “Stanley.” The magazine in question (I won’t reveal that until I have final word–I’m not sure why–though I will say it’s one I subscribe to and have wanted to break

I just finished writing a short story today. It clocked in at a whopping 7,200 words, which doesn’t seem like much until you try to submit a story longer than 5,000 words to a magazine. There are a number of magazines out there that do accept manuscripts into the 7,000, and sometimes even 10,000, word

Looking at my last blog post, I see over a week has flown by without so much as a peep from me. I guess I don’t have much to say. There is little to no news on the writing front. I haven’t gotten any more acceptances. I have this sci-fi (ish) story that I wrote.

I consider myself very lucky this year. It’s one thing to have some work published, but something else completely to work with, and be published alongside, authors you admire. Being welcomed into the Bad Moon Books family, I have the great pleasure of seeing my novel in print with writers like Michael Calvillo, Lisa Morten,

This year, rather than do my normal backyard vegetable garden, I decided to plant only pumpkins. I’ve been wanting to have a little pumpkin patch for years, but when spring came along, I always ended up going the same old tomato, eggplant, peppers, route. But not this year. On the 15th I planted the seeds,

I can’t promise I’ll update my work in progress every Wednesday, but I thought I’d give it a go this week. I’m 3,000 words into an untitled Halloween story that looks as if it’ll never be finished. This happens to me sometimes. I started writing the story, happy with its premise and direction. After a

I don’t usually do this, but I’m posting a short piece I just wrote. It’s pretty much unedited and as rough as sandpaper. But I don’t think I’ll ever do anything with it, so here: What I Am The burning sky falls across my back. I don’t dare look up; hot coals and liquid fire

I’ve been holding on to this news for three days now, uncertain of how to announce it. Finally I decided best to just blurt it out on the blog: My first novel, Soundtrack to the End of the World, will be published by Bad Moon Books! It is tentatively scheduled for a late 2011 release,

Hey all. I wanted to do a quick post about a very cool contest underway at Bibliophilic Book Blog. You can win an ereader of your choice, and all you have to do is fill out a quick entry form. Good luck!