It’s September! And yet still like 95 degrees. The planet is on fire, my dudes. So, as we discussed last month/week, August ended up not being terribly productive for me because I was free of the revision (aside from making
Promo: The Damned
Good morning, squiders! I have a teaser for you this morning, for an anthology coming out soon! Just in time for spooky season! Anthology Stories Include: The Drain, The Enforcers, The Fog, On a Spring Day, and The
So Long, May
Holy crap, squiders. May was one disaster after another. (And it’s lingering–my grandmother is in the hospital and it could be really bad.) But, on the other hand, I actually sold two short stories. Hooray! Vindication! Now I only have
Today’s Post is Delayed Due to Tornado Warnings
Oof. The weather today has been something, squiders. We almost never get tornado warnings here–the mountains tend to disrupt the weather systems that make them. In fact, I can’t actually remember having to shelter in place for one ever, though
The Well Runneth Dry
Good morning, squiders! I started this entry last Tuesday which tells you how my executive functioning has been lately. Every month I send out short stories. Basically I have a big spreadsheet, and it lists the story, the market, acceptance/rejection,
Short Story Frustrations
GUYS I am so frustrated I’ve always prided myself on being the sort of person who can put out a story when it’s called for, whether a spot needs filling in an anthology or what have you. That I can
I Made You a Blooper-Reel
It’s a big day! It’s September, which means autumn should be here soon (please please please I long for sweaters and the entire state not being on fire), I have a new short story (a silly dragon one) up over
Announcing The Best of Turtleduck Press, Volume II
How are you, squiders? I am exhausted. But I come bearing good news, or at least a book, which is basically the same thing. In celebration of our tenth anniversary over at Turtleduck Press (holy carp!), we’ve put out The
Foundational Books: Two-Minute Mysteries (and The Society of Misfit Stories)
(As an aside, does anyone have ideas for testing out the temporary tattoo pen I bought? My stupid brain is stuck on the dark mark from Harry Potter, and since it is hot and I am around other parents a
Announcing the Necro-Om-Nom-Nom-Icon
Hey, remember last year when I told you guys I’d been invited to submit a story to a Lovecraftian-themed anthology? Well, I can’t remember if I told you the story got accepted, but it did, and now the anthology’s coming
