Last Week’s Goals All my blog posts went up on schedule. I had no stories return from market, so all my available stories are in traditional market slush piles. I should mention that the writing group I joined three years ago is publishing an anthology. The Carrollton League of Writers will be releasing The Sky … Continue reading
It may not be perfect, but our immigration system isn’t broken. What breaks our immigration system every time is people in positions of power who REFUSE to ENFORCE the laws that are on the books. Banks have security, but if the guards are told to bag up the money and carry it out to the … Continue reading
“The Pipes” started out as a monologue that popped into my head and out of my mouth while driving. That bit about bagpipes in the first paragraph – a large part of that first paragraph, even. I had to keep writing to find out why there was a funeral – and the other pipes that … Continue reading
Last Week’s Goals All my blog posts went up on schedule. I had one story return from market, but I was able to find another market (The Submission Grinder works really well for this.) All my available stories are in traditional market slush piles. I wrote on six days, and made my daily quota on … Continue reading
One of the popular “outrages” in recent years involves cultural appropriation. There seems to be a lot of appropriation of grievances that (if real) belong to other groups. I didn’t hear a lot of Native Americans complain about the Redskins or the Chiefs – it seemed more like a bunch of those “privileged” folks appropriating … Continue reading
I wasn’t thinking of anything in particular when “Saturday He Fed the Cat” came to me. It may have been influenced by the death of our 15-year old westie a couple of months earlier (Katy – the namesake of the story’s protagonist, and the westie pictured on the cover. She never told me that she’d … Continue reading
All my blog posts went up on schedule. All my available stories are out on traditional submissions. I had one story still waiting for a market from last week and was able to place it. I am very pleased with The Submission Grinder – they even allow me to exclude markets where I already have a … Continue reading
I grew up in Massachusetts. This time of year we’d have had snow on the ground for weeks. Our property was a hill, with a hundred foot driveway sloping down to the street. I’d get to shovel that driveway, and by this time I’d likely have snow piled alongside it, maybe five feet tall (I … Continue reading
The expression “The Wolves Will Come” was supposed to be a negative and represent a danger; colonists are on the run from their enemies, and they are forced to leave their home and their elderly behind. I wanted the elder to be abandoned by necessity, but proudly, not as a victim. It wasn’t until I … Continue reading
Last Week’s Goals All my blog posts went up on schedule. I had no stories return from market last week. I checked on three that have been out there for a while. There are publishers who don’t bother to let you know if your story has been rejected. Some at least do the courtesy of … Continue reading
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