The Former Online Journal of Eric T. Marin
This is my former online journal. To read current entries, please visit my LiveJournal blog here.
Journal Entries for 2006
Journal Entries for 2005
Journal Entries for 2004
Journal Entries for 2003
01: Expressions (0 comments)
02: Lone Star Stories Site Changes (0 comments)
03: Writing Warm-up (0 comments)
04: Another Tale for Lone Star Stories (0 comments)
05: A Job is Born (0 comments)
06: To Genre or not to Genre (0 comments)
07: Exploring Reprints and Other Subjects (0 comments)
08: Goyen, Anyone? (0 comments)
09: Learning Process (0 comments)
10: More Poetry (0 comments)
11: Birthday (0 comments)
13: Editing and a Few Related and Unrelated Matters (0 comments)
14: Sick but Pleased (0 comments)
15: Typing, So Much Typing (0 comments)
17: Submissions (Mine and Others) (0 comments)
18: A Reprint and Rejected Revision (2 comments)
20: More Typing and Editing (0 comments)
21: Editing and Guideline Changes (0 comments)
23: Issue #1 of Lone Star Stories is Almost Ready (0 comments)
25: A Few Items of Interest (0 comments)
26: Five Questions (0 comments)
26: Five More Questions (0 comments)
26: The End [?] (9 comments)
27: It's Not Dead Yet (6 comments)
28: A Mostly Legal Day (4 comments)
29: Unfulfilled Expectations (4 comments)
29: Story as Politics (2 comments)
30: The Things Outside (2 comments)
31: The Day Fast Approaches (4 comments)
February
01: The First Issue of Lone Star Stories is Now Up (2 comments)
02: The Day After (0 comments)
03: My New Story and Other News (2 comments)
04: A Gratifying Blog Link (4 comments)
06: My First Week at Work is Over... (0 comments)
07: A Little Game for My Writing Readers (2 comments)
08: Some Writing, Some Waiting (0 comments)
09: A Book that Reminds me of Why I Read and Why I Write (0 comments)
11: A Beginning (0 comments)
12: Grasping for Immortality (2 comments)
13: The Second Week of Law Firm Life (0 comments)
14: The Power to Censor (or Not Censor) (3 comments)
14: My Market Submission Order (5 comments)
17: Random Bits of News (2 comments)
18: A Fiction Sale (1 comments)
19: The Law Comes Home with Me (2 comments)
20: A De-Zeppelined Story Drifts Along (2 comments)
21: My Kenoma Story is Up (2 comments)
22: A Tale Moves Forward and Other News Tidbits (0 comments)
23: Work Hours (3 comments)
25: Making Time to Write (0 comments)
27: Energized (3 comments)
28: A Writers Group is Born (1 comments)
29: New Lone Star Stories Guidelines (2 comments)
March
01: A Novel Approach (6 comments)
02: A Fiction Sale (10 comments)
03: A Tale for Lone Star Stories (2 comments)
05: Oddments (2 comments)
06: 500 Words and a Party (0 comments)
08: Tired (0 comments)
09: A Prose Poem, Rather than Prose (0 comments)
11: A Poem for Lone Star Stories (2 comments)
13: A Story Without a Market (0 comments)
15: Feverish (6 comments)
16: Feeling Better (5 comments)
18: Another Story for Lone Star Stories (2 comments)
20: A Poem for Lone Star Stories (0 comments)
21: Snapshots (2 comments)
23: Yet Another Story for L*S (2 comments)
25: An Amazing Attempt (4 comments)
28: A Little Editing, a Little Writing (0 comments)
31: A Day Home (0 comments)
31: Issue No. 2 of Lone Star Stories is Online (2 comments)
April
02: Poetry, Feedback, and Amazing Rejections (0 comments)
03: Realizing the Virtue of Patience (0 comments)
04: A Story and an Informal Review for Lone Star Stories (0 comments)
06: Saying No Can be Difficult Sometimes (0 comments)
07: An Evening of Poetry (2 comments)
08: A Transformation from Poem to Flash (2 comments)
09: All-Star Sale and Haiku Sale (12 comments)
11: Miscellany (0 comments)
14: Poems for Lone Star Stories (4 comments)
16: A Rewrite Request for Lone Star Stories (0 comments)
18: A Novel is Restarted (8 comments)
21: Pondering (2 comments)
25: Taking a Chance (0 comments)
25: The Rearguard (0 comments)
27: In Writing Mode (6 comments)
29: Creative Salvo (2 comments)
29: My Haiku is Up (0 comments)
May
04: Remiss (4 comments)
07: Two Tales for Lone Star Stories (4 comments)
10: Another Story for Lone Star Stories (2 comments)
13: A Sale to Flashshot (4 comments)
14: X Prize Award Imminent? (4 comments)
15: A Flash Day (2 comments)
19: Miscellany (0 comments)
21: More Steven Utley (0 comments)
24: Procrastinating (0 comments)
25: Pushing Through the Block (2 comments)
June
01: Two Sales and Other News (6 comments)
02: Story Up (2 comments)
04: Writing and More Writing (0 comments)
04: Another Sale! (2 comments)
08: In the Zone (4 comments)
13: Back from Brownfield (0 comments)
15: Stories, Stories Everywhere (4 comments)
20: Sale! (4 comments)
23: Scifaiku Sales (2 comments)
26: A Poem for Lone Star Stories (4 comments)
29: Another Poetry Sale (0 comments)
July
02: Story Up (2 comments)
04: Writing and Such (7 comments)
08: Input Welcome (6 comments)
10: A Change for Lone Star Stories (0 comments)
13: The Effects of Change (2 comments)
16: Reasons (0 comments)
24: Fiction Sale (0 comments)
25: A Poem for Lone Star Stories (0 comments)
27: ToC for the August Issue of Lone Star Stories (0 comments)
29: Editing and Publishing Tasks (4 comments)
31: Haiku Up (2 comments)
31: August Issue of Lone Star Stories Up (0 comments)
August
02: "The God of the Goblins" (2 comments)
02: Poetry Sale (2 comments)
03: Fiction Sale (2 comments)
05: Poetry for Lone Star Stories (0 comments)
05: Story Acceptance (2 comments)
05: "The Deadline" (0 comments)
09: Print Edition of Scifaikuest (0 comments)
12: A Week of Writing (0 comments)
12: Poetry Sale (0 comments)
17: On a Poetry Kick (0 comments)
20: Themed Flashes (0 comments)
21: A Deferred Acceptance (2 comments)
25: Poetry Sale (0 comments)
25: A Review of Lone Star Stories (0 comments)
28: Where Have My Stories Gone? (2 comments)
September
02: Story Up (4 comments)
04: Fiction Sale (2 comments)
06: Finally, a New Story (0 comments)
08: Poetry Sale (2 comments)
09: Another Poetry Sale (0 comments)
13: A Story for Lone Star Stories (2 comments)
14: Poetry for Lone Star Stories (0 comments)
15: Flytrap #4 Open to Submissions (0 comments)
20: Strange Horizons (0 comments)
22: Issue No. 5 of Lone Star Stories (2 comments)
23: Poetry Sale (0 comments)
28: Lone Star Stories (0 comments)
28: Fiction Sale (0 comments)
29: A Poem for Lone Star Stories (0 comments)
30: Issue No. 5 of Lone Star Stories is Live (0 comments)
October
01: "An Elevator Too Far" (2 comments)
02: "Fingered" is Now Up (0 comments)
03: An Acceptance Declined (2 comments)
05: Fiction Acceptance (0 comments)
05: Lone Star Stories Review (0 comments)
06: A Poem for Lone Star Stories (0 comments)
09: Fiction Again (2 comments)
11: Haiku Acceptances (2 comments)
11: "Icy Grip" (0 comments)
11: Another Poetry Sale (0 comments)
12: Fiction Sale (2 comments)
14: Poetry Sale (0 comments)
17: More Poetry Sales (0 comments)
18: Poetry (0 comments)
21: What News? (2 comments)
25: Fiction Sale (5 comments)
30: A Novel Experience (2 comments)
30: Flash and Poetry (0 comments)
31: Fiction Sale (2 comments)
November
01: Fiction Sale (2 comments)
02: "Hunting Elk" (0 comments)
02: "Flowers from Chiapas" (0 comments)
09: Busy (2 comments)
12: Fiction for Lone Star Stories (3 comments)
13: Fiction Sale (4 comments)
14: Poetry Sale (0 comments)
14: A Story for Lone Star Stories (4 comments)
14: Another Poetry Sale (2 comments)
21: Lone Star Stories Guidelines Change (0 comments)
22: My 50th Acceptance (6 comments)
22: Another Fiction Sale (6 comments)
23: Yet Another Fiction Sale (0 comments)
29: What Novel? (0 comments)
29: Poetry Sales (0 comments)
30: Issue No. 6 of Lone Star Stories (2 comments)
December
01: "Games Symbiotes Play" (0 comments)
01: Four Haiku (0 comments)
02: Flytrap 3 (0 comments)
05: Poetry Sale (2 comments)
07: Zeppelins in the Mail (8 comments)
12: A Story for Lone Star Stories (0 comments)
13: Poetry Acceptance (6 comments)
16: "Chaos Bound" (0 comments)
17: A Cheery Holiday Haiku (4 comments)
18: "Silvereyes" (0 comments)
20: Because It's an Easy Plug . . . (2 comments)
21: Lone Star Stories Anthology? (Updated) (10 comments)
22: Champagne Shivers (0 comments)
29: Fiction Sale (8 comments)
29: Richard Horton on Lone Star Stories (4 comments)
30: The Fountain Award (UPDATED) (4 comments)
