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Tweets for Today

  • 06:36 Don’t know why LoudTwitter didn’t work. Futzed with it a little more. Will see if it’ll work tonight. #
  • 06:36 Don’t know why I feel I want a Tumblr, either. #
  • 19:34 What happens to a dream deferred? It shrivels into a cold, hard nugget of contempt, stuck in your craw… #
  • 19:34 Kidding! Maybe. Or, not. #

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OPP: Other People’s Publications

This is on my goodreads “to-read” list and should be on yours, too.

Ben Tanzer, Most Likely You Go Your Way And I'll Go Mine

I met Ben at a reading he gave here in I-town a year or so ago for his first book, Lucky Man. Nice guy whose day job is in the field I worked in back in a past life. Anyway, this promises to be a good one, and based on my experience with Lucky Man, I’ve got no reason to doubt it.

“Thank you very–NEXT”

I thought the unusually lengthy response time from a particular flash market might’ve been due to a piece being shortlisted. But when I queried last week, I got…

Thanks for following up. We’ve been having some problems with a few email providers marking our emails as spam. We’re trying to fix that, but in the meantime, some responses are getting lost. Unfortunately, we decided to pass on “Civic Responsibility.”

Ain’t no thing, though. Off to the next one.

Oh, the Pain

Remember when I said…

Now I just have to wait for some of the cooler flash markets to reject the pieces I’ve already sent them to make room for this one. I probably won’t have to wait too long.

Well, I was right. Got the rejection email mere hours after I posted this. Unfortunately, they’re not taking stuff for another couple of weeks. No reason to wait, I figured, so the piece I wanted to send out got sent elsewhere.

Tough Love

For the past two sessions of my critique group, I’ve cheated by bringing non-genre stuff. I’ve gotten no complaints so far, but I’m starting to feel like I’m violating the group’s social contract. I’m probably commiting a more grievous offense by bringing in a piece I’ve workshopped elsewhere. Still, it paid off today.

<rationalization>
I edited a 155-word flash piece that got very favorable reviews in one workshop and one near-unanimous criticism that I tried to correct. I did, and then I brought it to today’s group. Judging from the reactions, I think I fixed it!
</rationalization>

Now I just have to wait for some of the cooler flash markets to reject the pieces I’ve already sent them to make room for this one. I probably won’t have to wait too long.