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Tag Archives: Literary Journals
A Flurry of Recent Publications
“The Rats” I wrote this micro-fiction for Weird Tales years ago, when that magazine had just been refurbished (though the furbishment has since been tarnished) and they were looking fore short-shorts. For a long time I never thought “The Rats” … Continue reading
On How to Be Inspired
I have lots of ideas. They are scattered about my hard drive, in various journals, and in the back of my mind’s attic. For most of them, I succinct them into titles, or an opening sentence, and by the time … Continue reading
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Tagged Linguistic Experiments: Fiction, Literary Journals, Writing
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On Nano-posting and NANO Fiction
So, as you might have noticed, I’ve stopped posting everyday since my Year of Living Bloggily successfully ended (and, Oh, how I was afraid it wouldn’t, that I’d keep writing forever, every morning, until, alas, my fingers absconded for parts … Continue reading
On How to Properly Submit
First, rid yourself of your ego. Second, try again. You didn’t try hard enough. If you are still thinking of yourself as “you” then you have not successfully ratted out your ego and you might also have some identity issues … Continue reading
Production Log: A Passport to a Nation of Talking Slugs
Today I’ll be talking about a story, the eponymous story of this post (minus that “Production Log:” part), a story that’s coming up on its third birthday. The original inspiration came from a quote of James Blish: No one wants … Continue reading
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Tagged A Year of Living Bloggily, Literary Journals, Production Log, Writing
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On Science Fiction Poetry
I just had my first acceptance by an out and out science fiction magazine! Unfortunately, it is a poem. (What they accepted, not the magazine itself, silly.) This is unfortunate only because I’ve been trying to get SF stories of … Continue reading
Literary Warfare: Weave #5
As has been almost usual with my personal brand of literary warfare, I have a poem included in this issue, so I’m somewhat biased. In this particular case, I am only half as biased as I normally would be because … Continue reading
Literary Warfare: NANO Fiction 4.1
Each issue of NANO Fiction is amazing small. It can fit in your back pocket (I know, because I just tried it). You can’t use it as a doorstop (unless you glue it to a brick). It’s cute, tiny, and … Continue reading
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Tagged A Year of Living Bloggily, Literary Journals, Literary Warfare, What I'm Reading
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On Editing to Your Specifications
So… as a writer, I live in a vacuum. It’s dirty in here, but every once in a while some nice giant comes along and shakes all the dust, dirt, and grime out. As a writer – or, at least, … Continue reading
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Tagged A Year of Living Bloggily, Blogging Blogs, Literary Journals, Writing
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Literary Warfare: My Own Personal
I was planning on writing about something else today – namely, something not scary and how it can still be scary. Instead, I’m going to talk about two things. The first is that I recently had a few (say “two”) … Continue reading