August 2008 Archives

Clarkesworld Magazine is looking for slush readers, so I sent them an application.  They're a pretty prestigious market, so being affiliated with them would be awesome.  I also probably have like no chance at all.  But what the hell.  I filled it out and sent it. 

I should be starting to get to work reading slush for Mike pretty soon. 

Wish me luck.

I got a personal rejection from Apex Digest for "Three Grams."  

This year I had the privilege of working on Triangulation: Taking Flight with Pete Butler, Joseph Benedetto, and Bill Moran.  The magazine is put out every year by PARSEC and it debuts at their convention. 

I really enjoy working as an editor.  I love reading slush.  Good, bad, great, horrible, I enjoy it all.  And I learn from all of it, too.  I worked on my college's literary magazine during all four years of my college career, and I was really missing it before I got involved with Triangulation.  I'm going to get to work on it next year, too, and I'm am stoked. 

I'm also getting the opportunity to work on Flashing Swords Magazine with another member of our writing group, Michael Brendan.  I should be getting to work reading slush for him at the end of the month. 

So, all of that is quite exciting. 

Got quick and pleasant personal rejections for both "Journal of an Artist" from Cat Tales and "Lullaby to Loneliness" from Beneath Ceaseless Skies.  

I've been falling behind on getting things sent back out, so today I hit that problem hard. 

I got "Seasons of Friendship" ready to mail to ROF, and I sent out five other stories via email.  "If You Weren't Murdering My Wife" went to Strange Horizons, "Journal of an Artist" went to Cat Tales, "Tiffany and the Unicorns" went to Ballista, "Three Grams" went to Apex Digest, and "Larva Mother" went out to Warrior Wisewoman. 

The only thing I have left to send is "Shadow Under the Barn" and I'm hoping to send it to the 2009 Pagan Fiction Award Contest, because when I sent it to NewWitch the woman in charge of the contest sent me an email telling me that she thought it would do well.  Details were supposed to be out in their May issue of Pan Gaia, but I'm having problems finding details about it. 

The August/September issue of AlienSkin Magazine is out, and I'm in it!  

My story "Rapunzel Station" has passed through the second round of readings at Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, and they want to hold on to it for a few months to decide if they want to run it or not.