Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
It’s a beautiful day in my neighborhood…
You may notice that I finally bit the bullet and have installed Google Friend Connect on my sidebar. So far I have two friends, and one of them is me, so if you’re feeling inclined to make things feel a little less lonely around here, I’d sure appreciate it. I’m not really even sure what it’s supposed to do, but I guess we’ll see.
In other news, after two unsuccessful attempts to eat fish, I have finally succeeded. My 78-day vegetarian streak has ended. Also, I don’t have the time or motivation to write a screenplay, and I have all but given up on learning Japanese. So that’s three Nonsensical Challenges broken, and it feels kind of good. We’ll see how long the others last.
In April, I’m planning to release a collection of my previously published short stories in ebook form. I figure it’s worth a shot to see how such things work, and it’s probably easier than looking for reprint markets. Here’s the cover I’ve come up with. Let me know what you think!
This last week brought a couple of second round rejections. They really stung. One was from a pro-mag that had the story for almost six months and the slush reader had practically foamed at the mouth telling me how much they enjoyed it. I was a little hopeful, I admit it. Form rejection from the editor. Ouch. I know that means I’m getting closer, or so I keep telling myself.
I’ve gotten very little done writing wise this week, but I’m almost caught up with all of my W1S1 stories. The week was pretty crazy…I had something going on almost every night, but I’ve got nothing on the plate this week, so we’ll see if I can’t knock out some serious wordage. April, on the other hand, is going to be CRAZY! Hosting book club at my house, visiting family, writer’s retreat, chicken and waffle party at my place, birthday madness, manuscript critiques, finishing my novel for critique, bah!
