These statistics are all for short stories, poems, or contest entries. Book reviews are not included. Sales in February: 0 Rejections in February: 1 Submissions sent out in February: 3 Total stories/poems/contests pending responses: 2 I’m restarting with new numbers. Let’s be honest… the market that I sent something to in May 2009 still hasn’t gotten around to… Continue reading February 2010
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Mailbox Monday – February 22nd
A big thank you to Marcia at The Printed Page for hosting Mailbox Monday. No books arrived at my house for the second week in a row. I’ve started and stopped a lot of book reviews this week. Can’t seem to finish them for some reason. What showed up in your mailbox this week?
Kicking My Behind
I started writing a short story earlier this month for a 2/28/2010 deadline. It was about half way written and (unbelievable for me) somewhat plotted out. Then I realized (1) I shouldn’t be including characters who aren’t in the story more than once. This reduced the current number of characters from four down to three and… Continue reading Kicking My Behind
Henning Mankell Interview
Yesterday morning I had the chance to listen to Henning Mankell on NPR’s Morning Edition. His latest novel doesn’t have his famous character, Inspector Kurt Wallander, in it. In fact, it’s mostly populated by women characters. Mankell read the opening scene. It is a desolate landscape and put a chill down this listener’s spine. It was… Continue reading Henning Mankell Interview
Mailbox Monday – February 15th
A big thank you to Marcia at The Printed Page for hosting Mailbox Monday. No books arrived at my house this week. I’ve spent my time catching up on writing book reviews and writing some short stories. What showed up in your mailbox this week?
The Concubine’s Daughter by Pai Kit Fai
From the book flap of my Advanced Reader’s Copy provided during a LibraryThing’s Early Bird Review giveaway: When the young concubine of an old farmer in rural China gives birth to a daughter called Li-Xia, or “Beautiful One,†the child seems destined to become a concubine herself. Li refuses to submit to her fate, outwitting… Continue reading The Concubine’s Daughter by Pai Kit Fai
Write Your @ss Off Progress
I made this a little bit harder then it should have been. Or maybe it didn’t occur to me to break up the 8 hours over the entire weekend instead of shooting to get it all done in one day. I checked on what other people were doing and found a few that took a… Continue reading Write Your @ss Off Progress
Mailbox Monday – February 8th
A big thank you to Marcia at The Printed Page for hosting the Mailbox Monday meme. Admit One by Emmett James appeared in my mailbox this week! Sent to me by Lisa Roe, Online Publicist. It’s one of the few books that my husband has been curious about. A memoir, it recounts the author’s childhood… Continue reading Mailbox Monday – February 8th
January 2010
These statistics are all for short stories, poems, or contest entries. Book reviews are not included. Sales in January: 0 Rejections in January:Â 0 Submissions sent out in January:Â 0 Total stories/poems/contests pending responses:Â 3 I’ve been working on a new poem to submit to the annual poetry contest held at an Ohio art museum. No new updates… Continue reading January 2010
Saying Goodbye to An Old Friend
About a week and a half ago, my Palm T|X fell from our phone cabinet and my keys went with it. The screen itself appears to be holding together but there’s funny business going on underneath. Where you see yellow in the picture, the dead grey pixels are slowly taking over and spreading out. It’s… Continue reading Saying Goodbye to An Old Friend