Announcement: All Our Dark Lovers

A long while back, a little over three years actually, I announced publication of my first collection of stories and poems with Morrigan Press. This will not happen. As you can see from the original post, the collection was supposed to come out in 2013, but that never happened. There was hardly any noticeable movement in the production process, very few updates or progress reports, and in the three years since I have lost count of the many unanswered emails I sent to Mark Deniz (when I asked about voiding the contract, I received a response within two hours.)

This is disappointing, hurtful, and just plain sad on a number of levels, but I do not really want to spend time outlining everything here. I do feel sorry I made the announcement and was never able to show any progress to people who might have been looking for it; this must have seemed like an insincerity on my part, but it was not. After all, I had a signed contract and the hope to be able to rely on that. Whatever the worth of experience might be, I could have done without this particular one.

Niteblade--last call

In a little over a month, Niteblade will close submissions for its final issue. This makes me sad for several reasons: Niteblade was my my first sale. It was my first editorial position too. I like the zine. I like working with Rhonda (aka the Beloved Editor).

At the same time, you know, there is this old saying when one door closes, another one opens. I am looking forward to new projects, and I am looking forward to other opportunities to work with amazing people who care about writing.

For now, I wanna help make the last issue of Niteblade a good one, a great one even, let it end in a bang. It would be cool to see new names in the slush pile. It would be cool to see diversity in the slush pile. It would be cool to find great writing in the slush pile.

If you haven't done so yet, please consider submitting. We sure do look forward to picking the best, one last time.

Sci Fi Writing Month...belated final update

 

February is over, and I should have been writing a lot of sf, except I didn't quite manage to get anywhere near the word count I wanted to.

The reasons were quite simply health issues, so that sucks, but on the plus side, there was no procrastination on my part involved, which is good. And I did end up with the beginning of a new story, also another entry in the plus column.

To sum this up, while this SciFi Writing month was as much of a success as I wanted it to be, I'll definitely do it again next year, maybe even set a total word count goal or something.

But while there were no major breakthroughs in terms of sf this past month, I did sell some things. Take Me found a home at inkscrawl, and On the Tree was bought by Liminality, and I am very, very happy to have both these poems on my list of forthcoming works, even happier to have them appear in those zines, so yay!

Sci Fi Writing Month 2015, Update #1

 

So the first week of SciFiWriMo is over, and I thought I'd post some personal updates.

I have a couple of sf stories that need finishing, but I didn't work on those. However, I'm about a thousand words into a new story. And that is it, at least as far as science fiction goes.

I've been working on some other things too, and there has been some good news this week (really EXCITING news actually) which I can't quite share yet, but the point is there is some editing and rewriting to be done. It's just not anything sf themed. What I want to say I suppose is I haven't been slacking off, just otherwise occupied, however, I'll still have at least one sf story done by the end of this month; weekly progress updates will be my own personal reminder.

February, or Sci Fi Writing Month

 

For no other reason than having a handful of unfinished sci fi stories sitting around, I'll just declare February Sci Fi Writing Month from here on out.

I also like the idea of having to dedicate some of my time specifically to sf, because fantasy has always come more easily to me. At the same time, sf certainly offers a whole other range of interesting possibilities, and it would be a shame to not dabble a little (and particularly female/QUILTBAG writers should definitely do more dabbling in sf.)

So, anyone feels like joining me in exploring possible futures? Lemme know your thoughts!

2014 Awards Eligibility Post

Well, to make it short, here's the list:


Short Fiction:

• A Quest for Fire, Lackington's Magazine
• "G is for..." , A is for Apocalypse (anthology edited by Rhonda Parrish)

Poetry:

• Ice Child, Superpow (anthology edited by KV Taylor)
• Lightning Time and the Time of Thunder, Superpow (anthology edited by KV Taylor)
• The Star Reader's Almanac, Ideomancer
• The Glass Men, Ideomancer,
• Moon Crop, Goblin Fruit (Spring 2014)
• Hearing the Language of the Universe, Astropoetica
• The Love Note That Was Called A Different Name, inkscrawl
• The Vow of Frozen Time, Goblin Fruit (Winter 2014)

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2015 starts with good news!

Hello 2015!  And thank you, New Year, for having the decency to bring good news with you!!

To wit: my very serious poem "The Hippolimerick" sold to the dreaded JOKE issue of Stone Telling (ST13). I consider this a wonderful decision from the editorial duet of this mermaid-loving, hippopotamoi-adoring market.

I'd also like to thank the editors for beating the poem's title into proper shape. I'm not good with titles, and I appreciate the editors' keener eyes! Thank you, Rose and Shweta!!

Dear 2015, it's all right with me if you stay a while, just keep the good news coming!