The acceptance that was, and the publication that will be

If you missed "Psyche Asunder" when it was given audio treatment by the podcast After the Gloaming, or if you prefer to read instead of listen (I do), you will have another chance. This week, Roads Less Travelled accepted "Psyche Asunder" for publication in their first or second issue (contract pending). I don't know when …

Two new publications, one new acceptance

I left you high and dry last week, and I know it. Recent months have been a blow to my ego, and it's been hard to work up the motivation to write something here when I have nothing to write and I'm feeling bad about my career and myself. I thought about writing a review …

An oldie but goodie is reborn

Did anyone ever read my flash piece "The Job"? It didn't sell well, and to this day, I don't understand why. I thought it was a decent little story. A fun piece. But it took a while to sell it the first time (you can go back and look it up if you want to; …

Feisty felines

I'm sure the title says it all: I sold another story. You don't need more details, do you? Okay, fine. Yesterday, late in the day, I received an acceptance from the upcoming anthology Feisty Felines and Other Fantastical Familiars from WordFire Press for my story "Trial by Cow." The anthology, as the title probably does …

One publication, two acceptances

Yes, I just used the reverse of that blog title four weeks ago. I am the anti-marketer, but I guess I need to buckle down on that just a little more, and advertising purchasable products must come before strokes to my ego. The second issue of the new Substack magazine Androids and Dragons came out …

One acceptance plus publication and a pre-order mandate

Do you notice how functional, how direct and flat my blog entry titles are? They mostly tell you exactly what you want to know: what is the blog entry about? They are complete failures as marketing, though. They do not make you want to click and find out more. They do not create an appetite …

Two acceptances, one publication

Tuesday (coincidentally German Unity Day) was an exciting day for your favorite struggling author. No, I mean me, not that other guy. He can continue to struggle for all I care. At 16:42, while I was briefly away from my desk, I received an acceptance from Androids and Dragons, an upcoming journal of and about …

“A Life of Idle Pleasure” sold

Finally, after just over three months of disappointment… This past week, I sold my story "A Life of Idle Pleasure," about a young man who wins the lottery and doesn't know what to do with himself afterward, to the upcoming anthology The One Percent: Tales of the Super Wealthy and Depraved from Rock and a …

My acceptance from nearly three months ago

I finally got the edits back for the story I sold in the middle of June but was not allowed to tell you about. In the process of refining the story with the editor, I had a chance to ask him if I'm allowed to tell the world now. It turns out, they've already announced …

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 …