7 months since my last post.

Today I was watching a Medium episode in which the past, the present & Alison's dreams had a peculiar relationship. This, like the Torah reading in which Jacob foretells the future of each of his sons, made me think about my story "A Singular Being," the protagonist of which is an alien being that perceives past, present & future simultaneously.


I think I should submit it again to Asimov's. The last time I submitted it to them it took so long to get an ordinary rejection that I vowed never to submit to them again as an unpublished author. I figured my manuscript fell under the desk for 100 days or so, and when they found it they figured they'd better dispatch it in a hurry.

But now, this seems silly.

I think the editorial office of Analog is much more organized than the folks down the hall at  Asimov's. But so what? Anyway, you can submit online now. So that's what I plan for the next step for "Being".

2012 update

Happy New Year!

My writing status is as follows:
(I picked up the habit of saying "as follows" while working in a law office & i can't seem to shake it.)

I have one sci-fi short story, "A Singular Being", which is complete, which I will continue marketing to publications on the SFWA (Science Fiction Writers of America)  Qualifying Short Fiction Venues list. It was rejected by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction in May of 2011 with a personal note wishing me luck with the story. That was a first for me, as I've always gotten form letter rejections before, and I found it very encouraging.

I have one sci-fi short story, "The Daily Grind", which needs one more revision before I consider it complete & can do the same. The revision may involve changing a recipe that is central to the story. I may ask writer, cook, & geek Cyn Mackley for feedback on this.

I completed draft one of my novel THAT AND A TOKEN during nanowrimo of 2010. It was a messy Draft 1, which is probably typical of nanowrimo. While writing it I never made fundamental decisions about things like tense and person. Draft 2 has been completed up to chapter 3.

I also have an ideas & future fiction folder in case I need to go back to the well.

Day to day i am focusing on things like what's for dinner, what medical people do i need to see to live comfortably with my disability, & finding an apartment with an elevator in case I need assistive equipment I can't get up the stairs to the 4th floor. After I've sent out one batch of applications for housing lotteries I will get back to a day to day focus on writing.

Until next time,
Me

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