Week of: 5/9/26

Don't let's call it a streak!

Three weeks running, are you kidding me? How exciting! And I'm sure you're wondering: did I receive any rejections this week?

Well! I sure did! Including my first rejection in many-a-year from Clarkesworld, so that helps me to feel like I'm right back in the game, lol.

I've been wondering a bit about some of the writerly adjacent activities, like critiquing, etc. It's not clear to me how I can work these things into my schedule at present, but it's always nice to have others around on the same journey, sharing in the ups and downs.

Let's see, news: I finished a flash fiction piece this week, put in time on the first draft of one or two longer stories, and edited an older one to a shape where I think it's more or less ready to go out. I'm a little ambivalent on the value of reworking older stories like this -- it seems to go against Mr. Heinlein's sage advice, never to rewrite (except to order) -- but for the moment, it's at least a process I'm enjoying. So maybe that's reason enough?

On the bookshelf, I'm reading Stephen King's Never Flinch. Yet another step in the never-ending quest to read his bibliography. With some minor quibbles along the way, perhaps, I'm enjoying it. I'm just glad he continues to write. And I'm happy for him that he's found such apparent pleasure in writing his Holly character; it's really nice to see.

Okay, back to it. Till next week! (he said with unearned confidence)