Good morning, folks! We have another guest interview for you today: Sensar, the mighty poet! I was just so impressed with his Sestina (formal poem) that I had to grab it for my readers. (Separate blog-post below this one just to keep things tidy!)
There isn’t really that much I can update you on personally. Hugbugs finally got rejected. It hurt a great deal but I think that was because of outside stressful factors being involved. Never mind though! It made it further than before so that is a good sign and one editor did like it. Need to go through a whole lot more rejection in order to get my stories out there too; so there is no point in getting all hurt about it.
Not going to let it stop me (the Delaney bouncebackability has been activated).
I sent Hugbugs out to a new publisher – which I will call Fang. They’re another Young Adult e-zine website. I am determined to find a home for Hugbugs. It really is a good story ... even if the ending is a little “guessable” but honestly I wanted it to be like that because it aids the story with creepiness. (It is basically a “CreepyPasta” for kids. The idea is creepy!)
I also sent out a new story to be published. I cleaned up “The Morning Coffee” and sent it to Blink. They prefer the really short stuff at only 50-words. The Morning Coffee is a little over that with 59-words but I think they don’t mind it being slightly over. It’s another -thinker’s- Flash. It makes you pause and think. It’s also a nice snapshot into a morning – which their website says they like snapshots. Well, I like it at any rate. (If that one comes back as rejected I might send them “The Wish” which is over at Flash Fiction Forums getting work-shopped, thank you XyZy and Locke!)
Bus-Route Rain is still with Vestal. They take a while to reply back usually. Last time about 3 months, so I’m not bothered currently. It is there and I am not thinking about it. They’re a pretty professional site so I expected the reply to take a longer time.
The new job is going very well! Turns out I have a knack for selling the promotional teddies. I found out the staff have a running competition on who can flog the most teddies, so now it is a personal goal of mine to sell as many as possible. I’m already beating some of the full-time permanent staff having sold 4. I’m just too competitive for my own good!
Hmm, anything else to mention? Oh, this morning I think I found the story I am going to write for this month’s Flash Fiction assignment over at A Writer’s Recluse. The topic is “Dr Seuss” and I’ve definitely had a little twitch of inspiration. I think it will need a lot of work though ... so watch this space! The Short Story assignment will be interesting too. I won’t say anything on this one because I will spoil the ending!
The snow’s gone, by the way. It rained ... well, when I say it rained, I mean that it came down in buckets! I’m also making awesome progress on “Under The Dome” which needs to be returned this Wednesday. I should have it finished by then and will probably try and pick up a book some friends recommended. (Damn you King for doing what I didn’t want you to do with one of the characters!)
Stay safe, folks! Love x
There isn’t really that much I can update you on personally. Hugbugs finally got rejected. It hurt a great deal but I think that was because of outside stressful factors being involved. Never mind though! It made it further than before so that is a good sign and one editor did like it. Need to go through a whole lot more rejection in order to get my stories out there too; so there is no point in getting all hurt about it.
Not going to let it stop me (the Delaney bouncebackability has been activated).
I sent Hugbugs out to a new publisher – which I will call Fang. They’re another Young Adult e-zine website. I am determined to find a home for Hugbugs. It really is a good story ... even if the ending is a little “guessable” but honestly I wanted it to be like that because it aids the story with creepiness. (It is basically a “CreepyPasta” for kids. The idea is creepy!)
I also sent out a new story to be published. I cleaned up “The Morning Coffee” and sent it to Blink. They prefer the really short stuff at only 50-words. The Morning Coffee is a little over that with 59-words but I think they don’t mind it being slightly over. It’s another -thinker’s- Flash. It makes you pause and think. It’s also a nice snapshot into a morning – which their website says they like snapshots. Well, I like it at any rate. (If that one comes back as rejected I might send them “The Wish” which is over at Flash Fiction Forums getting work-shopped, thank you XyZy and Locke!)
Bus-Route Rain is still with Vestal. They take a while to reply back usually. Last time about 3 months, so I’m not bothered currently. It is there and I am not thinking about it. They’re a pretty professional site so I expected the reply to take a longer time.
The new job is going very well! Turns out I have a knack for selling the promotional teddies. I found out the staff have a running competition on who can flog the most teddies, so now it is a personal goal of mine to sell as many as possible. I’m already beating some of the full-time permanent staff having sold 4. I’m just too competitive for my own good!
Hmm, anything else to mention? Oh, this morning I think I found the story I am going to write for this month’s Flash Fiction assignment over at A Writer’s Recluse. The topic is “Dr Seuss” and I’ve definitely had a little twitch of inspiration. I think it will need a lot of work though ... so watch this space! The Short Story assignment will be interesting too. I won’t say anything on this one because I will spoil the ending!
The snow’s gone, by the way. It rained ... well, when I say it rained, I mean that it came down in buckets! I’m also making awesome progress on “Under The Dome” which needs to be returned this Wednesday. I should have it finished by then and will probably try and pick up a book some friends recommended. (Damn you King for doing what I didn’t want you to do with one of the characters!)
Stay safe, folks! Love x
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