I believe in curated thought

I admit: this post was prompted by: A run-in with Twitter, cesspool of the Internet, which is itself a cesspool. They don't appear to allow non-users to browse tweets anymore. A lack of anything else to write about this week. (Still can't write about that acceptance from two weeks ago!) Well, okay, except the first …

Measuring success

My recent spate of success has been preoccupying me as much as my long stint of failure did before that. It's hampering my writing, but it seems like everything hampers my writing (housework, cats, eating, sleeping). On the upside, perhaps, I started a draft of a new story yesterday that may, in part, be feeding …

Top secret project finally revealed!

You know that acceptance I got at the tail end of December I wasn't allowed to talk about yet? I'm allowed to talk now, though "now" is the Saturday after I always post, so I'm putting off posting for a day. After the Gloaming is a new podcast project led by James Barnett (aka Jimmy …

Noteworthy rejections this week

Remember last week when I was (almost) relieved to receive a rejection for a story because it was still out at five other markets that would pay significantly more? And remember how I predicted someday I would be delighted to earn $50 for that story and still lose money in the process? Well, the rejections …

The rejection I was (almost) relieved to receive

Only a few minutes ago, I received one of maybe two rejections I have been relieved to receive in my life. I have a story out at six different magazines that would pay at least $100 and up to maybe $330 if they were to accept the story. I have reason to believe at least …