Category Archives: On Writing

For 18 months I submitted at least one short story to at least one publication. And then, in July, something broke. Don’t know what, but it broke good. Short stories weren’t working. I was sick of all my work, especially … Continue reading →

Things are looking up over here. I have some family additions on the way, and they appear happy and healthy. I sold a non-fiction piece, which in the grand pantheon of writerly achievement may be small, but for me looms … Continue reading →

I think so. No I have not sold a story. Different life area entirely. But still exciting.

I have a spreadsheet I use to track the status of all my submissions. To date it’s been easy to fill out the columns, because they’re always the same columns. Date Submitted, Story/Piece Title, Submitted to, Response. And Response is … Continue reading →

Well everyone else does it (said with whine…) * Revise The Final Tasting * Revise Faster * Finish 1st draft of Nine Tenths * At long last go back to the bazillionth draft of Moneymaker. Really it’s the last one … Continue reading →