Swings and round-a-bouts. Got the rejection this morning for one anthology and an acceptance this evening for another. The Mending of the Broken has been picked up by Pill Hill Press for inclusion in 365 Days of Flash Fiction, it’s set to be released in December. Clawed it back to 3 – 2.

Have a good’en

As I said, keeping score. The score board is over to the left. It’s now February and the standings are 3 – 1

Got a rejection from the 31 Day’s of Halloween anthology. Not bitter, just gotta up my game and claw some goals back.

Hope you all fare better with that market.

Have a good’en!

First draft of the Fearology antho story is done, I’ll do the usual set it aside for a week and then return to do the second draft.

Glory one is smoothed out so will be submitting that probably tomorrow after I’ve had an extra pair of eyes ride over it.

I submitted to an new anthology yesterday 365 Days of Flash Fiction. It’s only exposure but they are accepting re-prints so where’s the harm in hoofing off something already rpeviously aired? None, get submitting. I bunged off The Mending of the Broken, so see how that fares.

Another I’m gonna think about today is 31 Days of Halloween this call for submissions is also accepting re-prints, and it’s paying, but only token amounts and royalties if the antho out earns the flat fee.

Extreme Zombie Anthology is open for submissions. They’re looking for novella length and paying a cent a word up to 150dollar max. Not sure if I’m gonna have a dabble at this one, see how much time I have.

I sent a query letter off the other day regarding an antho I submitted to back in November but heard nothing back. If any of you know anything about Side Show 2: Tales of the Bigtop and the Bizarre let me know if it’s filled and I’ve just not receieved my rejection letter yet lol

Have a good’en!

I’m Michael’s Solenders guest writer today with a little short titled: Puppies and Ponds

You can read it here.

Plans for this week. Finishing up the story for Fearolgy. Then moving onto polishing a sci-fi story called Glory One to submit to Escapepod. As its a podcast need to make sure there’s nothing clunky or too much of a tongue-twister. The story itself has been up on my website for the past 6 months. If you’d like to read it here’s the link. Don’t worry it’s not ‘Hard’ sci-fi, I ain’t that clever.

Then it’ll probably be doing some research for an idea I’ve had for a concentration camp story.

So that’s how I’m spending my spare time this week…thank the good Lord for blessing me with an understanding wife…it’s probably more that she gets full control of the television.

Yesterday I remembered about a second hand bookstall in a local market hall so went in for a nosy. What I was hoping for was some good pulp paperbacks from the glory days, or some more for my Pan Book of Horror Collection. I was hoping for some classic pulp westerns as I’ve never actually given them a go. Was denied them but found a treat. A Corgi Science Fiction book, Nebula Awards Stories Number 9 from 1976. What struck me was the first line by the editor of the anthology:

Kate Wilhelm:

“Conventional wisdom tells us fiction is dying, the short story is dead.”

It made me chuckle, they’re still saying that now, 34 years on.

50pence well spent for some classic Sci-Fi.

Problem now being I want to collect the rest of the now defunct series!