Right on the heels of my recent hold notice at Withersin, I have just received an acceptance letter for my piece, “Retired.” The story will appear in the October issue of MagusZine. I don’t want to jump the gun with this announcement because things might still change. In this business, I have learned that until
Bad News:I received a 39-day rejection from The Pedestal Magazine for my story “Smiles Beneath.” Good News:After resubmitting that same story to Withersin Magazine, a mere 3 hours later I received a hold notice from the editor, which stated that she liked the story and has put it in the “short list.” I’ll know more
I have been avoiding that word count tracker at the top of my page for a few days now. Partly because I have been lazy and not writing, and partly because I figured when i finally did update it, I wanted to have lots of wordage to add. Well, I’m finally past my writer’s laze,
I’ve neglected my real reason for having this blog. That is, of course, to keep a record of my writing, submissions, rejections, and so on. So, with that in mind, I tell you now of two rejections I have received over the past few days. One from Brutarian and one from Fantasy Magazine. Both were
I wish I knew how to post a video directly into this thing, but I’m “too lazy” to figure it out. So follow this link. You wont be disappointed. Click me oh so gently.
With very little else to say or do, I thought I’d post some more pictures. For one thing, it justifies my spending $140 on a digital camera. For another, it makes my dreary blog look oh so pretty. Come on. You look at me with a straight emoticon and tell me all that vibrant green
And yet, I post pictures of hummingbirds now. Is it a bad sign when I show a friend pictures of wildlife, and their first question is, “Tony. What did you do to it?” I promise. No harm has come to the hummingbird in these pictures. They’re too damn fast. No need to critique my horrible
This weekend was especially good, because I didn’t get any rejections. I added some wordage to my novel. I’m not totally sure what the increase is, but you can see the total above. It’s a bit hot today. I’m sitting here in my shorts, drinking a beer, and trying to convince myself that I should
