Mood:
Proud
Meeting a goal, a week late...
All right, finally seeing some good progress on my many projects. Got done with the elusive chapter 16 as well as the 2nd section of the Wannoshay novel, over a week after I was hoping to have it done. But it's done, and it's pretty darn good. Needs a bit of polishing, but what stuff of mine doesn't?
This afternoon I plan on doing some major revising to "Remainders," thanks to some excellent feedback from Jay, Scott, and Greg. I hope to send that out tomorrow, for submission #21.
Speaking of submitting, I got my check from Asimov's yesterday for "Coal Ash and Sparrows!" Yeehaw. That'll take care of this month's car payment. As Lizzie said long ago, the money for my stories will show up when we need it, and as always, she was correct.
Although I may have gone a bit overboard this morning, checking on my payment for "Visions of Suburban Bliss" at Gothic.net. I've sent them three emails and still haven't gotten paid, for a story that ran in June! So I posted a note about it on the Horror Writers Association message board. I probably just killed my chance of publishing at Gothic.net ever again, but hell, they may not even be around to reject me (their finances are in the toilet). We'll see what comes of it. I just want my $200.
In more fun news, my bud Tim sent me this wacky website for crashed cars that's kick-ass. They're all wrecked car models. What a hilarious idea. I want to get a wrecked '72 Monte Carlo. And a wrecked '84 Escort. And... the possibilities are endless. I have so many wrecked cars in my fiction, I could keep this dude in business for years. Later.
Today's Words:
600, so far
Novel Words:
78,300
Now Playing:
"Become You," Indigo Girls
Today's Quote:
Before any words could be spoken, as the aliens nodded slightly at him from their chairs of misshapen metal, Shermie stood up straight. The lights from the globes in the walls seemed to brighten as he turned his arms so his elbows stuck out at an angle. He arched his back and gave his best formal bow to the alien elders.
When he stood up straight again, the old snake-hairs began talking, all at once.
Discuss
This afternoon I plan on doing some major revising to "Remainders," thanks to some excellent feedback from Jay, Scott, and Greg. I hope to send that out tomorrow, for submission #21.
Speaking of submitting, I got my check from Asimov's yesterday for "Coal Ash and Sparrows!" Yeehaw. That'll take care of this month's car payment. As Lizzie said long ago, the money for my stories will show up when we need it, and as always, she was correct.
Although I may have gone a bit overboard this morning, checking on my payment for "Visions of Suburban Bliss" at Gothic.net. I've sent them three emails and still haven't gotten paid, for a story that ran in June! So I posted a note about it on the Horror Writers Association message board. I probably just killed my chance of publishing at Gothic.net ever again, but hell, they may not even be around to reject me (their finances are in the toilet). We'll see what comes of it. I just want my $200.
In more fun news, my bud Tim sent me this wacky website for crashed cars that's kick-ass. They're all wrecked car models. What a hilarious idea. I want to get a wrecked '72 Monte Carlo. And a wrecked '84 Escort. And... the possibilities are endless. I have so many wrecked cars in my fiction, I could keep this dude in business for years. Later.
Today's Words:
600, so far
Novel Words:
78,300
Now Playing:
"Become You," Indigo Girls
Today's Quote:
Before any words could be spoken, as the aliens nodded slightly at him from their chairs of misshapen metal, Shermie stood up straight. The lights from the globes in the walls seemed to brighten as he turned his arms so his elbows stuck out at an angle. He arched his back and gave his best formal bow to the alien elders.
When he stood up straight again, the old snake-hairs began talking, all at once.
Discuss
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