Archive for the ‘Writing’ Category

link added and interesting writing entry

Sunday, February 25th, 2007

I added a link to John Ringo's site.  If you haven't read any of Ringo's Human-Posleen war series, you're missing a fun ride. Also, John Scalzi, of Old Man's War fame, has a fascinating post on the finances of writing.   Be sure to check out his follow-up posts as well.

My First Published Story

Friday, December 1st, 2006

I'm coming up for air just long enough to post a link to my first piece of fiction ever published by someone other than me. You can find it at The Harrow, here.

Another Rejection

Wednesday, September 20th, 2006

In the mail box today - Thank you for submitting “Windows" to Dark Wisdom. The story was enjoyable, the characters strong, but it doesn't quite fit the style of the magazine, so we must pass on it. It seems likely the story will find a home with another market.Thank you for ...

Some Good News

Monday, August 21st, 2006

When I left Atlanta to move closer to my family, I left a lot of good things behind.  One of them was my writing group.  I was lucky to have a very strong group providing a great deal of mutual support and valuable criticism.  Something like that is hard to ...

Another Rejection Acceptance

Thursday, August 10th, 2006

In my email today... Dear Todd: Thanks for submitting 'The Second Front' to The Harrow and apologies for the LONG delay. I'd like to take this for our December 2006 issue, not barring any Christmas stories that come in between now and then (if that's the case, I'll move this story to ...

Another Rejection

Tuesday, May 30th, 2006

It has been awhile, but back in October I received an encouraging email from Dark Wisdom Magazine about a story submission. Today, the final word came back. Todd, Thank you for submitting "Allgemeine Kosten" to Dark Wisdom. Your submission has been in the final reading pool, which is an accomplishment – ...