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So Much Good News :)
This week is starting off with a bang — I’ve got reams of good news. First of all, my poem, Cock-a-roach has been accepted and in fact, published at Poets Against War. That’s hardly a ream all by itself though is it? Nope 🙂
My drabble, “Sex on the Beach” has been accepted at SHINE! and should be published in October -and- my short story, “This Year’s Toy” has been accepted for the next issue of DiddleDog (and is online now).
Lastly, my short story, “Absinthe Eyes” has been accepted for publication at UR-Paranormal in the very near future.
That, surely, counts as reams of good news, don’t you think? 🙂
Fatherhood Published
I just got home from a wonderful vacation to find a contributor’s copy of the latest IdeaGems publication waiting in my mailbox. My drabble, Fatherhood, was reprinted in it this month. This marks the third time that particular story has been published, so I think I’m going to stop submitting it for a while. I really like it, but I think it’s time some of my other stories got a chance to shine. 😉
Published at La Fenetre
Two of my poems, “Ms. Chong’s Room”, which is a rhyming poem aimed at kids in grade two, and “Lazy” a fluffy rictameter that originated in my Poo-a-Tree book, have been published by La Fenetre magazine. They issue went live at midnight EST.
Published @ Static Movement
Oh! I almost forgot, my haiku titled Sandcastle #5 has been published at Static Movement. You can check it out here, in fact, please do, I’m rather proud of it 🙂
Wrong Turn Accepted
“Wrong Turn” a short story inspired by the NaNoLJers Word of the Week “Labyrinth” has been accepted for publication at Sorcerous Signals. That is a wonderful way to start the month of July if you ask me 🙂 I can’t wait until it gets published this fall because it’s one of my favorite stories — in fact, it’s one I’ve mentioned here before when I was talking about the balancing act between trusting your reader and smacking them in the face with ideas. I look forward to seeing what the readers of Sorcerous Signals think of it 🙂
Fatherhood Shines Again
My drabble, Fatherhood, has been scheduled to make an appearance in the summer issue of IdeaGems. I will, of course, post a link to it once it’s up and running, but if you just can’t wait you could always check it out from the links to the left 😉
In other news my short story, Sheltered, was published by Purpose and I received my contributors copies the other day. As much as I love being published online, and most of my publishing credits are online ones, there is something very satisfying about seeing your name in physical print — in a publication you can hold in your hands.
Sandcastle #5 Accepted
I know haiku aren’t supposed to have titles, but mine do — they need to or I’d have no chance of keeping track of them 🙂 Why am I telling you this? I guess I’m thinking about haiku a lot lately — I’ve written many in recent months and started submitting them to markets. It all started with Sandcastle #5. Wild Child Publishing accepted and published it, the first haiku I wrote since leaving high school. Happily, that isn’t the end of Sandcastle #5’s story — I just heard back from Static Movement and they’ve accepted it for their July issue.
Yay!
Hopefully I’ll have good news about some of my other haiku in the near future 🙂
Rant Published @ Poor Mojo’s Almanac(k)
My rant, “How To Save The World” was published at Poor Mojo’s today — that squid sure doesn’t waste any time 🙂 Once I get two more pieces accepted there I get a shirt — which I’m really looking forward to, even more than the occasional cheque that comes my way for mainstream writing. I think it feeds the same part of my brain that loves collecting badges on Pogo or finishing quests on World of Warcraft 🙂
How To Save The World Accepted
Today I found out that my rant erm, essay, “How To Save The World” has been accepted at Poor Mojo’s Almanac(k). Yay! I really like Poor Mojo’s as a market — they are laid back, funny, and they accept reprints, what’s not to like? 🙂 I’ll update later when the story goes live 🙂
Poetry Accepted @ La Fenetre
I’ve had two poems accepted at La Fenetre 🙂 The first is a rictameter called “Lazy” that I wrote one morning chastising myself (bet you can guess what for LoL).
The second poem, “Ms. Chong’s Room” is a poem for kids (complete with rhymes) about a teacher named Ms. Chong. My daughter’s grade two teacher was named Ms. Chong, I helped out two mornings a week in her classroom all last year, and this year, though my daughter is in grade three I still help out in Ms. Chong’s room two mornings a week. Is the title of a poem a coincidence? I think not 😉
