They (I wish I knew who “they” were) always say never to believe your own reviews, especially the good ones. But it was still gratifying to see this review from Richard Labonte in which my story was specifically mentioned. Still, the story ended up being a lot better because of the input from Tim and [...]
Entries from February 2009
February 24, 2009
Well, that was fast
On Sunday evening, I e-mailed a story submission to a literary magazine. It’s not a big one and it doesn’t pay (except for copies), but their niche (GLBT-focused science fiction, fantasy, and horror) appealed to me.
Monday morning, I got a quick e-mail saying they’d received my story.
Twelve-thirty Monday afternoon, I got another e-mail saying they [...]
February 13, 2009
Non sequitur stitch up, or “That’ll put marzipan in your pie plate, Bingo”
I finally finished revising Chapter Three today. I did it, in fact, at the gym, writing in my notebook between sets, though I had to wait until this evening to type it all up. Now it’s on to Chapter Four.
I have no idea what to do with Chapter Four.
The house is very clean. Our friends [...]
February 5, 2009
Just Beachy
This evening I went to a reading at Left Bank Books by Kyle Beachy, a hometown boy (now living and teaching in Chicago) whose first novel, The Slide, was published last week by Dial Books. I only picked up the book that evening, mainly because he’s a friend of my friend and former co-worker Tess Tulley. [...]
February 4, 2009
‘Love’ for sale
This Monday I received my contributor copies of Fool for Love, which includes my short story, “At the End of the Leash.” This is my first fiction publication credit. It took three years following acceptance of my story for this book to see the light of day, and it never would have if it weren’t [...]
