Submissions Central

Since I'm trying to "get back into the groove," I've been looking for new markets for my fiction, and I've found a number of exciting ones.

One that's very interesting to me personally is Sci Phi Journal.  (That's Phi as in "philosophy," though I expect they pronounce it Fi, notwithstanding.)  I have an abiding interest in all-things-philosophical, and I tend to write like it (sometimes to the detriment of my stories...), so I'm eager to start sending them the best fits.  Perhaps there can be an evolving relationship there!  Or maybe they'll reject me!  So much to learn, so much to see.  :)

All right.  Time spent blogging is time not spent submitting, or writing, or editing.  (Or doing dishes, or making lunch, or raising my child -- and yeah, there's some of all of that ahead of me today, too.)  So back to the grindstone... or, as I've taken to calling it recently, the dreamstone.

Consider that silliness trademarked! ;)

Getting Back into the Groove

Over the last few weeks, it finally has felt like I've somewhat been returning to form.  I've attended workshops and produced crits and received rejections and -- yes -- even found time for a little bit of writing.

It's not exactly what I want, yet.  (What is?)  I'm waking up too early to get it all in, and ignoring many chores/duties which ought not be ignored, which makes me... a less than ideal husband and father.  And I haven't made time for reading yet, which is huge for me, both personally and professionally.  Still, and even if I cannot keep this pace up forever, I feel good for what I've done in this time.  It's progress.

Speaking of happy things, a story of mine has received the Penn Cove Literary Arts Award.  Yay!  :)

All right, back to work.

Years!?

Years.

As it turns out, having a child is a bit of work...

Of course it is happy work, but nonetheless I have been greatly distracted from reading, writing, submitting, and all of those things that a writer ought do.  Updating this blog has received the very shortest end of the stick.

With my kid on the cusp of three, I cannot promise any great change immediately.  But slowly, slowly, I am trying to find some hidden time to put myself back on track.  Blogging will always be below reading, writing, and submitting, I'm afraid, and all of those will remain below parenting forever.

That said, I plan on stopping by from time to time, if you'd care to meet me here.

Till then.

Busy with Baby

Of course!

Despite this, I've been published a time or two since last we've spoken.  First in Whisperings Magazine.  An actual print publication -- I actually have a copy! :)

And then in Every Day Fiction, who were gracious enough to take on my (apparently) controversial flash piece, "In Line."  While I don't want to try to use the occasion to set out anything like a position paper, I must say that it's interesting to note how different people can respond so differently to the same story.  Not surprising -- I didn't say "surprising."  But interesting.  And it occurs to me that a person cannot make everybody happy simultaneously... so that's probably not a goal worth having, anyways.

jerseyworks!

Received word last night that one of my poems had been published on jerseyworks!  I'm very pleased -- I'd been submitting to them for quite some time, so this is a good success for me.

The poem can be found here.

Lacuna Matata!

What a wonderful phrase! -- a flash fiction piece of mine has just been (re)published by the Lacuna Journal!

It can be found here.  :)

Now you'll have to excuse me -- I have some diapers to address...

A wee bit busy... and horror poetry?

Not that I need particular excuses to have horrible, unforgivable delays between blog posts -- I'm simply awful about it -- but this time I actually have one worth sharing:

I'm a father!  Huzzah!

So yeah, that's what's been on my mind (and on my plate, though not literally, because yeech) of late.  In the meantime, and since this is October, I should note that I've had a couple of horror poems published, here and here.  So huzzah for that, too! :)