OK, I definately have the writing bug again. I was looking through my files over the weekend and it has been about two years since I seriously made an attempt at a new piece of fiction, or even continued working on an old piece. As it stands right now, I have about 120,000 words done [...]
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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.
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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.
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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 taking the time to [...]
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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 replace. Recently, I heard some [...]
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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 January.) Regardless, I’ll [...]
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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 – given the hundreds of [...]
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Todd, Thank you for submitting “Allgemeine Kosten” to Book of Dark Wisdom magazine. I enjoyed your story immensely and have added it to the final reading pool. This does not mean that your story has been accepted, yet. But it is among the submissions being considered for an upcoming issue. A final decision will be [...]
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Yet another rejection, this time from Zahir for the story, “The Second Front”. I expected this one. I’ve never been happy with the story anyway.
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Bill Kenyon is a friend of mine from my days in Atlanta, and a fellow writer. I thought it would be appropriate for me to offer a link to his new endeavor. It is early, so there isn’t much there. I’m sure that will change over time.
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A paper note this time. I failed to place in the L. Ron Hubbard Writer’s of the Future contest. That officially means I have no stories in circulation at the moment. While a long string of rejections are expected at this point in my life, I do admit to being discouraged.
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I’m racking them up lately. Dear Mr Wiley, I’m going to decline “Windows.” The concept is great, but the storyline does not fulfill the promise of the concept. I like the aura-as-metaphor…I haven’t seen that before. But in the end, your protagonist becomes just another rather ordinary killer with motivations that have been dealt with [...]
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In my email this morning… Dear Todd, Although we won’t be publishing this particular piece, we do thank you for sending “Allgemeine Kosten”. It was a good read. We’re not able to give specific feedback, but please take a look at Editors’ Input for some ideas. Again, we appreciate the opportunity to read your work! [...]
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In my e-mail this morning. Dear Todd, Thank you for letting us read your story. After careful consideration, we’ve decided we won’t be able to use it in THE FIRST LINE. Sincerely, David LaBounty This one was particularly hard to take, since I really had high hopes for the submission. I felt I had a [...]
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Writing update. A few months back I entered a little contest on the Writer 2 Writer website. A writer in our local writing group won a few months back, so I thought I’d give it a go. The prize is next to nothing, so it was more a matter of a personal test. Unfortunately, word [...]
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I’m posting this from my local Panera as I sit in the corner and watch the world rush by. I’ve been off since Thursday when my wife had surgery (nothing serious, but quite uncomfortable). Today I got up early and came here at her urging, so I can get some writing done. I find that [...]
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Dragon flies off the shelves for author, 13, in a game of success I’m sure this situation also has an appropriate German word to capture the dark frustrations of a 35 year old wannabe writer struggling with his own novel. Those wonderfully expressive Germans have the greatest words….
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I just got a call from the Gazette and they are going to publish my latest letter as a ‘Viewpoint’ column, with some bio info on me at the end. Not sure how it’s going to look, or when it will run, but I’ll Blog it here when it comes out. I wish I could [...]
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CNN.com – She’s a bestselling author — at 15 – Apr 22, 2004 Talk about demoralizing…
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Letters to the editor My letter to the editor was published today in the local paper. Whoo-hoo! Now to write more.
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