Here I am on my writers’ retreat in Banff, with six other writing friends–including Robert J Sawyer–and I have submitted the story I wrote last week, plus one other that I had edited but not submitted, last fall. So many deadlines coming up around the end of this month! So, I am putting on a real short-fiction push!
More Reviews
It is so cool to google “Analog Science Fiction reviews” and catch new reviews that have come up for “Turning It Off” in December, and “The Most Invasive Species” in April, and find ***+ out of **** or 4.5/5, as well as the reviewers’ kind words.
So, of course, I put them on my website–but !!! sometimes the website can be really tough to update. Pages go missing or show up under the wrong menu, and then can’t be deleted, or the entire review has to be re-typed rather than cut-and-pasted because some hidden command inside of it makes the website reject it… grrr! So if my site looks a little funny right now, don’t worry–the material is all there under one heading or another. I just have to get the menus straightened out. Email has gone to my guru!
Wrote another short story!
Finished the rough draft today. The idea came to me just as I was waking up, Tuesday, and the whole thing is done! Well, still have to revise and edit, of course. And, it is under 3000 words, which is great. I have a hard time writing at that length, and I like to have a few short pieces–there are so many markets for shorter stories.
Feels good 🙂
Teaching Science Fiction
I had my first Science Fiction class at the Alexandra Centre on Tuesday, and it was great. I have six students, and they are very enthusiastic. Already, people have signed up to have critiques done next week, and sent out their manuscripts. I read the first two, and both are really good. Always room for growth, of course, which is the point of the course.
Catching up after Trillionist
Trillionist has gone to the publisher and now I am trying to dig myself out of set-aside emails and put-off jobs–like applying for grants (all the applications seem to be due next week). Also, I have almost finished the edits for the three new stories to be included in my collection, due out from Five Rivers Chapmanry this fall. It would all be so much easier if I weren’t battling an energy-flattening cold!!